What Happened On This Day ? September 25
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2008
China launches Shenzhou spacecraft with 3 astronauts
This was the third human manned space flight mission of China's Space Program.
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1992
NASA launches the Mars Observer
The robotic space probe's main goal was to study Mars. Almost a year later all communications with it were lost.
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1977
Runners run the first Chicago Marathon
One of the world's six major marathons, which include the marathons in Berlin, Boston, London, New York, and Tokyo, the Chicago Marathon was initially called the Mayor Daley Marathon. The first race was won by Rhud Metzner.
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1962
The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is officially created
Ferhat Abbas was appointed as the President of the Algerian National Assembly, and Ben Bella was seated as the country's new Prime Minister.
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1890
Sequoia National Park is established by the United States Congress
The park, situated in the state of California is famous for its giant sequoia trees.
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1969
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Welsh actress
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1952
Christopher Reeve
American actor
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1932
Glenn Gould
Canadian pianist, composer
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1903
Mark Rothko
Latvian/American painter
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1897
William Faulkner
American author, Nobel Prize laureate
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2011
Wangari Maathai
Kenyan environmentalist, Nobel Prize laureate
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2003
Edward Said
Palestinian/American theoretician
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1971
Hugo Black
American jurist, politician
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1929
Miller Huggins
American baseball player, manager
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1066
Harald Hardrada
Norwegian king