What are the important events that happened on September 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 25: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 25 is the 268^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 12, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 488,544 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectahexacontaoctagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 145 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,661 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 25 Historical Events

• 275 –
  In Rome, (after the assassination of Aurelian), the Senate proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus Emperor.
• 1066 –
  The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking invasions of England.
• 1775 –
  Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe. At the same time, Benedict Arnold and his expeditionary company set off from Fort Western, bound for Quebec City (Invasion of Canada (1775)).
• 1915 –
  World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.
• 1959 –
  Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
• 1962 –
  The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
• 1978 –
  PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727-214, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, California, resulting in the deaths of 144 people.
• 2003 –
  A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
• 2008 –
  China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou 7.

Who were born on September 25?

• 1694 –
  Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1754)
• 1816 –
  Georg August Rudolph, German politician (d. 1893)
• 1938 –
  Ron Hill, British runner
• 1954 –
  Sylvester Croom, American college football coach
• 1956 –
  Danny Hillis, American inventor, entrepreneur, scientist, engineer, and author
• 1964 –
  Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer
• 1969 –
  Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (d. 2002)
• 1974 –
  Olivier Dacourt, French professional footballer
• 1975 –
  Declan Donnelly, British actor, television presenter and musician
• 1981 –
  Gemma Garrett, British model

Who died on September 25?

• 1536 –
  Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet (b. 1511)
• 1602 –
  Caspar Peucer, German reformer (b. 1525)
• 1630 –
  Ambrogio Spinola, marqués de los Balbases, Italian general (b. 1569)
• 1900 –
  Félix-Gabriel Marchand, premier of Québec (b. 1832)
• 1905 –
  Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French politician (b. 1853)
• 1929 –
  Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1995 –
  Dave Bowen, Welsh football manager (b. 1928)
• 2000 –
  R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (b. 1913)
• 2003 –
  George Plimpton, American writer and actor (b. 1927)
• 2009 –
  Pierre Falardeau, Canadian director, writer and activist (b. 1946)