Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux. Date: August 25, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of Vukovar by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serb paramilitary forces, between August and November 1991 (during the Croatian War of Independence). Date: August 25, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1991…

Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union. Date: August 25, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)

Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall. Date: August 25, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)

American singer Aaliyah and several members of her entourage are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas. Date: August 25, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)

NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space. Date: August 25, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida. Date: August 25, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion. Date: August 25, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)

A Filair Let L-410 Turbolet crashes on approach to Bandundu Airport, killing 20. Date: August 25, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)

Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas. Date: August 25, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)