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On Aug. 25, 1944, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation.

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On Aug. 25, 1918, Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, composer and pianist, was born. Following his death on Oct. 14, 1990, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1718	Hundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana, with some of them settling in present-day New Orleans.
1825	Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil.
1875	Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
1916	The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior.
1921	The United States signed a peace treaty with Germany.
1950	President Harry S. Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
1975	The album "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen was released.
1984	Author Truman Capote was found dead at age 59.
1985	Samantha Smith, the schoolgirl whose letter to Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov resulted in her peace tour of the communist country, was killed with her father in an airplane crash in Maine.
1997	The tobacco industry agreed to an $11.3 billion settlement with the state of Florida.
1998	Former Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell died at age 90.
2003	Tennis champion Pete Sampras announced his retirement during a news conference at the U.S. Open in New York.
2009	South Korea's first rocket blasted off into space.
2009	Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., died at age 77.

Current Birthdays

Actor Sean Connery turns 81 years old today.

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Actress Blake Lively ("Gossip Girl") turns 24 years old today.

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1921	Monty Hall, Game show host ("Let's Make a Deal"), turns 90
1931	Regis Philbin, Talk show host ("Live With Regis and Kelly"), turns 80
1933	Wayne Shorter, Jazz saxophonist, turns 78
1933	Tom Skerritt, Actor ("Picket Fences"), turns 78
1941	Marshall Brickman, Filmmaker, turns 70
1946	Rollie Fingers, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 65
1949	Gene Simmons, Rock musician (Kiss), turns 62
1951	Rob Halford, Rock singer (Judas Priest), turns 60
1954	Elvis Costello, Rock musician, turns 57
1958	Tim Burton, Director, turns 53
1961	Billy Ray Cyrus, Country singer, turns 50
1961	Ally Walker, Actress, turns 50
1964	Blair Underwood, Actor, turns 47
1966	Albert Belle, Baseball player, turns 45
1967	Jeff Tweedy, Rock singer (Wilco), turns 44
1968	Rachael Ray, TV chef, turns 43
1970	Robert Horry, Basketball player, turns 41
1970	Claudia Schiffer, Model, turns 41
1981	Rachel Bilson, Actress ("The O.C."), turns 30

Historic Birthdays

Leonard Bernstein8/25/1918 - 10/14/1990American conductor, composer and pianist.Go to obituary »

79	George Wallace 8/25/1919 - 9/13/1998 American four-time governor of Alabama and 1968 third-party candidate
60	Walt Kelly 8/25/1913 - 10/18/1973 American creator of the comic strip "Pogo"
81	Sir Hans Adolf Krebs 8/25/1900 - 11/22/1981 German-born English Nobel Prize-winning biochemist (1953)
84	Sean O'Kelly 8/25/1882 - 11/23/1966 Irish president (1945-59) and leader of the Sinn Fein Party
77	Arthur Hinsley 8/25/1865 - 3/17/1943 English Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop of Westminster
45	Bill Nye 8/25/1850 - 2/22/1896 American journalist and humorist
40	Louis II ("mad king Ludwig") 8/25/1845 - 6/13/1886 German king of Bavaria (1864-86)
64	Allan Pinkerton 8/25/1819 - 7/1/1884 Scottish-born American founder of the Pinkerton detective agency
53	Ivan lV 8/25/1530 - 3/18/1584 Russian tsar remembered as "Ivan the Terrible"