📜 This Day in History

August 25

• 1258George Mouzalon, the regent of the Empire of Nicaea, was assassinated as part of a conspiracy led by nobles under the future emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
• 1609Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
• 1875Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, doing so in approximately 21 hours 40 minutes.
• 1967Founder of the American Nazi Party George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated by John Patler, a former member of his group.
• 2001American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record company were killed when their overloaded aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport in The Bahamas.
• 2012The skeleton of King Richard III of England was discovered under a car park in Leicester.

Born on this day

• 1530Ivan the Terrible, Russian ruler (died 1584)
• 1744Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1803)
• 1912Erich Honecker, German politician (died 1994)
• 1930Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer (died 2020)