September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).
NATIONAL ONE-HIT WONDER DAY
NATIONAL ONE-HIT WONDER DAY
762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate.
1066 – The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking invasions of England. Less than one week later, Normand king, William I (William the Conqueror) invades England and rules for 21 years.
1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe. Benedict Arnold and his expeditionary company set off from Fort Western, bound for Quebec City.
1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia.
1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.
1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.
1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
1974 – The first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (today known as Tommy John surgery) is successfully performed on Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Tommy John.
1978 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
1983 – The Maze Prison escape: Thirty-eight republican prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals truck and smash their way out of the Maze prison. It is the largest prison escape since World War II and in British history.
1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail.
2003 – The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan. Over 800 people were injured. The earthquake also caused a tsunami reaching 4 meters in height. The earthquake's presence was felt throughout Japan, stretching all the way to Honshu and Tokyo.
1983 – The Maze Prison escape: Thirty-eight republican prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals truck and smash their way out of the Maze prison. It is the largest prison escape since World War II and in British history.
1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail.
2003 – The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan. Over 800 people were injured. The earthquake also caused a tsunami reaching 4 meters in height. The earthquake's presence was felt throughout Japan, stretching all the way to Honshu and Tokyo.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1897 – William Faulkner, American author, poet, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
1930 – Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (d. 1999)
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