Monday, August 25, 2014

25 August - History and Importance of the Day


Uruguay Independence Day


Important Events of the Day
325 -  Council of Nicaea ends with adoption of the Nicene Creed establishing the doctrine of the Holy Trinity
1499 - Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beat Venetians
1580 - Battle of Alcantara, Spain defeated Portugal
1609 - Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope in Venice to  lawmakers
1704 - Battle of Malaga: French vs English & Dutch fleet
1825 - Uruguay declared independence from Brazil (National Day)
1830 - Belgium revolts against Netherlands and begins the Belgian Revolution
1894 - Shibasaburo Kitasato discovered the infectious agent of the bubonic plague. Paper published in  in The Lancet.
1912 - The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.
1919 - 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane began between Paris and London
1920 - Russia suffers a decisive defeat in the battle of Warsaw against Poland
1940 - First British night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
1940 - Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union
1943 - Lord Louis Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia
1944 - Gen De Gaulle returns to Paris/walks Champs Elysees - Paris liberated from Nazi occupation (Freedom Tuesday)
1948 - Bradman scored 150 in 212 minutes in his last innings at Lord's
1967 - Paraguay accepted its constitution
1973 - Zambia adopted constitution
1979 - Somali adopted constitution
1987 - Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42
1990 - UN security council authorized military action against Iraq
2012 - 330 people are killed in the conflict in the Syrian civil war



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