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Historic Anniversaries this Week in 2025

Major historical anniversaries and events for this day in history and this week for 2025.
 

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Historical Anniversaries this Week

September 18

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (died 1945)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (died 1994)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Dorothy Wedderburn, English economist and academic (died 2012)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian[48]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter

 Deaths (350 years ago today): 1675Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (born 1604)[77]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (born 1907)

September 19

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925W. Reece Smith Jr., American lawyer and academic (died 2013)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975Marcus Dunstan, American director and screenwriter

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975Pamela Brown, English actress (born 1917)

Commemorations:
International Talk Like a Pirate Day

September 20

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (died 1921)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925James Bernard, English composer and screenwriter (died 2001)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Ananda Mahidol, King Rama VIII of Thailand (died 1946)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975Asia Argento, Italian actress[47]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Moon Bloodgood, American actress[51]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Joel Gertner, American wrestling announcer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jason Robinson, American saxophonist and composer

 Deaths (400 years ago today): 1625Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (born 1555)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975Saint-John Perse, French poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)

September 21

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975Doug Davis, American baseball player

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975Bedri Rahmi Eyübo?lu, Turkish painter and poet (born 1911)

Commemorations:
International Day of Peace

September 22

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875Mikalojus Konstantinas ?iurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer (died 1911)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925Virginia Capers, American actress and singer (died 2004)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Leila Hadley, American author (died 2009)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975Mireille Enos, American actress[49]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Ethan Moreau, Canadian ice hockey player and scout

September 23

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925Denis C. Twitchett, English historian and scholar (died 2006)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Chris Hawkins, English journalist and producer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Eric Miller, Irish rugby player, footballer, and coach

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Vitali Yeremeyev, Kazakhstani ice hockey player[50]

 Deaths (350 years ago today): 1675Valentin Conrart, French author, founded the Académie française (born 1603)

September 24

 Events (150 years ago today): 1875 – The 1864 play Heath Cobblers by Aleksis Kivi is premiered for the first time in Oulu, Finland.[2]

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.

 Births (400 years ago today): 1625Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (died 1672)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and academic (died 2004)

 Deaths (750 years ago today): 1275Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1208)

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975Earle Cabell, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (born 1906)


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