25 August: What Happened On This Day in History

Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.

Alicia Meynell completed a four-mile racecourse in York, Britain, to become the first known female jockey.

Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil.

Henry William Crawford of London patented the process of producing galvanized iron.

Three women graduate from Oberlin Collegiate Institute, Ohio and the other two became the first women to be granted degrees.

The first significant step toward the Indianization of the British Indian Army was initiated when seven Indians serving in the British Indian Army were granted the King’s Commission in the infantry and the Cavalry.

The first scheduled international air service begins between Paris and London.

Paris was liberated by Allies countries in World War II.

Jana Gana Mana to be the provisional National Anthem till Constituent Assembly made a final decision.

Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, declares in New Delhi that India will defend Bhutan and Sikkim if attacked by China.

16th Rome Olympics started in Rome, Italy.

Indian troops cross the Kashmir ceasefire line pursuing Pakistani infiltrators.

Bundelkhand University was established in Uttar Pradesh.

Zimbabwe merged into United Nations.

Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra leader, elected the President of Congress.

Linux Torvalds announced the first version of Linux.

GOI announces formation of National Security Council headed by the Prime Minister.

Mi-4 was re-equipped with the mighty Mi-35 Squadron and was renamed as 104-Helicopter Squadron.

Cabinet approved the draft of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) which was to replace the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA).

Konkan Railway line in Goa, except for a short stretch between Pernem and Maharashtra border, becomes operational.

Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30% are from the Middle East, 20% each from South east Asia, US and Europe.

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.

Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.

Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2004. Over the next few days, the storm causes catastrophic flooding throughout much of eastern Texas, killing 106 people and causing $125 billion in damage.

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army launches its second large-scale attack at the Bangladesh–Myanmar border, prompting a massive military crackdown on Rohingya people by the Myanmar Army.