Exactly 5 years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting, there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, leaving 3 people dead. Date: August 26, 2023 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 26 📅 Events on this day in 2023 📅 On This Day (Today)
Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Liaoyang begins. Date: August 25, 1904 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1904 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Kuomintang is founded for the first time in Peking. Date: August 25, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1912 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost. Date: August 25, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On…
World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary. Date: August 25, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States National Park Service is created. Date: August 25, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat. Date: August 25, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
Nazi Germany and the Zionist Federation of Germany signed the Haavara Agreement. The agreement was a major factor in breaking the anti-Nazi boycott of 1933 and facilitated Jewish emigration from Germany and into British Mandate of Palestine. Date: August 25, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on…
The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people. Date: August 25, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power. Date: August 25, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today)