424 Historic Events for September 25
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Remy C, de Kerckhove, Flemish poet
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| 1922 |
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Giants beat St Louis, to clinch John McGraw's 8th pennant
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| 1922 |
Birth |
John Farr, British MP
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| 1924 |
Birth |
Norman Ayrton, opera director (Royal Shakespearean Acad - UK)
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| 1924 |
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Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH
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| 1925 |
Birth |
William Edgar Mitchell, physicist
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Silvana Pampanini, Rome Italy, actress (Day in Court, Island Sinner)
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| 1926 |
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Canadian govt of MacKenzie King forms
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| 1926 |
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Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week
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| 1926 |
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NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings
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| 1926 |
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Walter Hagen wins PGA golf tournament
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| 1926 |
Event |
9th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Salisbury GC Westbury NY
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| 1926 |
Event |
Yankees take a doubleheader from Browns to clinch AL pennant
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| 1926 |
Birth |
John Ericson, Dusseldorf Germany, actor (Sam Bolt-Honey West)
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Sergei Filatov, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1960)
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| 1926 |
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International slavery convention signed by 20 states
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Aldo Ray, Pen Argyl PA, actor (God's Little Acre, Green Beret)
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor (NY Met 1967-71)
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Carl Braun, basketball player (NY Knicks)
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| 1928 |
Death |
Karl Schneider, cricketer (South Aust bat), dies of leukaemia at 23
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Hendrika G "Tine" de Vries, actress (Seaman's Wife)
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| 1929 |
Event |
Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam
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| 1929 |
Death |
Miller Huggins, manager (NY Yankees), dies from blood poisoning at 49
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| 1929 |
Birth |
John Rutherford, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1956)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Ronnie Barker, British comedian (2 Ronnies)
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