41st year - Nr 237 Tuesday, 25 August 2026

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41st year - Nr 237 Tuesday, 25 August 2026

25 August / Today's 26 Events:

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(-) 756 years ago He Was Subject to mos Teutonicus Monday 25th of August 1270 King of France Louis IX aka Saint Louis dies of dysentery at the age of 56 in Tunis, Protectorat Français, Tunisia. After Louis IX his death his body was subject to the process known as mos Teutonicus (a postmortem funerary custom used in medieval Europe whereby the flesh was boiled from the body, so that the bones of the deceased could be transported hygienically from distant lands back home) for its transportation back to France.

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(+) 207 years ago Wednesday 25th of August 1819 Detective and spy Allan Pinkerton known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency is born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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(+) 181 years ago War es ein Märchen Monday 25th of August 1845 King of Bavaria Otto Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig II aka Der Märchenkönig is born in Schloss Nymphenburg, München, Bayern, Germany.

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(-) 159 years ago Sunday 25th of August 1867 Physicist Michael Faraday dies of unknown causes at the age of 76 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom.

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(-) 135 years ago Tuesday 25th of August 1891 Murderer Edward H. F. Watts is executed by hanging in Winchester Prison, Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

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(-) 126 years ago Kam Der Wille zur Macht Zu Ende Saturday 25th of August 1900 Philosopher and philologist Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche dies due to manic-depressive illness with periodic psychosis followed by vascular dementia at the age of 56 in Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

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(x) 119 years ago Sunday 25th of August 1907 33-year-old Serial killer Jeanne Weber, originally Jeanne Moulinet aka l’Ogresse de la Goutte d’Or is sent to an asylum in Nanterre, Île-de-France, France. Weber was only briefly confined to the asylum and the doctors there pronounced her sane and set her free.

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(+) 114 years ago Sunday 25th of August 1912 General Secretary of the East German Socialist Unity Party Erich Honecker is born in Max-Braun-Straße, Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany.

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(+) 108 years ago Sunday 25th of August 1918 Composer Leonard Bernstein is born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States.

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(+) 96 years ago He Was not a Secret Baby Monday 25th of August 1930 Actor Sean Thomas Connery known for portraying the character James Bond is born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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(+) 88 years ago Thursday 25th of August 1938 Writer, journalist and former spy Frederick McCarthy Forsyth known for his novel ‘The Day of the Jackal’ is born in Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom.

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(x) 80 years ago Sunday 25th of August 1946 19-year-old Serial killer Harvey Murray Glatman aka The Pin-Up Killer is arrested and charged with first degree robbery in Ontario Street, Albany, New York, United States.

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(+) 72 years ago He Wasn't Watching the Detectives Wednesday 25th of August 1954 Singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, originally Declan Patrick MacManus is born in St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 71 years ago Thursday 25th of August 1955 26-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for auto theft in Orrick, Missouri, United States.

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(x) 70 years ago Saturday 25th of August 1956 A huge number of books, journals and papers of 59-year-old Psychoanalist and pioneer of sexual freedom Wilhelm Reich are burned by FDA officials in Gansevoort Street Destructor Plant, Bloomfield Street, New York, New York, United States.

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(-) 70 years ago Saturday 25th of August 1956 Sexologist Alfred Charles Kinsey dies of a heart disease and pneumonia at the age of 62 in Bloomington, Indiana, United States.

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(-) 61 years ago Wednesday 25th of August 1965 Genowefa Łebek is strangled by serial killer Zdzisław Marchwicki aka The Zagłębie Vampire in Będzin, Województwo Sląskie, Poland.

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(-) 59 years ago He Left the Laundromat Friday 25th of August 1967 Founder of the American Nazi Party George Lincoln Rockwell is shot dead by disgruntled former member of his party John Patler while leaving a laundromat near his house at the age of 49 in Arlington, Virginia, United States.

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(-) 57 years ago Monday 25th of August 1969 Leila Witt Jackson is strangled and mutilated by serial killer George Putt aka The Memphis Murderer in 21 N. Somerville, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

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(+) 56 years ago Tuesday 25th of August 1970 Fashion model Claudia Schiffer is born in Rheinberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(-) 42 years ago Saturday 25th of August 1984 Writer and playwright Truman Capote, originally Truman Streckfus Persons known for inventing the ‘nonfiction novel’ dies of liver disease complicated by phlebitis and multiple drug intoxication at the age of 60 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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27 years ago The Eyes had it Wednesday 25th of August 1999 A black swan in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.

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(x) 22 years ago Wednesday 25th of August 2004 The California Board of Prison Terms denies parole to 55-year-old Manson Family member Leslie Louise Van Houten aka Lulu for the fifteenth time in California Institution for Women, Chino, California, United States.

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(-) 22 years ago Wednesday 25th of August 2004 Double murderer Jasen Shane Busby is executed by lethal injection at the age of 29 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Busby's last meal request was for fried chicken breasts, jalapenos, barbecue ribs, catfish with tartar sauce, a medium steak, french fries with ketchup, plain M&M's candy, cherries, strawberries, and a peach. He also had milk mixed with chocolate syrup.

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(-) 14 years ago He Went to the Dark Side of the Moon Saturday 25th of August 2012 Astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong known for becoming the first person to walk on the Moon dies of complications from vascular bypass surgery at the age of 82 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

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(-) 4 years ago He went for two, two and two Thursday 25th of August 2022 Murderer James Coddington is executed by lethal injection at the age of 50 in Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma, United States. Coddington's last meal request was for two cheeseburgers, two crunchy fish sandwiches, two large fries and a large soda.

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