August 25

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on August 25, include:

• Founders Day (National Park Service) 
  
• Go Topless Day - August 25, 2024 (Sunday closest to Women's Equality Day of August 26th)
• Kiss and Make Up Day 
• National Banana Split Day - August 25, 2024
• National Park Service Day 
• National Second-Hand Wardrobe Day 
• National Whiskey Sour Day - (also on August 29th)
• Pony Express Day - August 25, 2024 (Last Sunday in August)
• Sacrifice our Wants for Other's Needs Sunday - August 25, 2024 (Last Sunday in August)

2024 Weekly Holidays that include August 25, are:

• Info. to Come!

2024 Monthly Holidays that include August 25, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our August Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of August.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Info. to Come!

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for August 25 is Virgo.

Birth Flower of the Month

Birthstone

Famous Birthdays

• 1530 - Ivan the Terrible, Russian ruler (d. 1584)
• 1819 - Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy who founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency (d. 1884)
• 1930 - Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer who played James Bond in seven Bond films
• 1946 - Rollie Fingers, American baseball player (Oakland A's)
• 1961 - Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer, songwriter and actor (Achy Breaky Heart)
• 1964 - Blair Underwood, American actor (L.A. Law)
• 1987 - Blake Lively, American model and actress (Gossip Girl, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants)

Famous Deaths

• 1984 - Truman Capote, American novelist (Breakfast at Tiffany's), playwright and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1988 - Art Rooney, American businessman who founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)
• 2001 - Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979)
• 2009 - Ted Kennedy, American politician (b. 1932)
• 2012 - Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer and astronaut who was the first person to walk on the moon (b. 1930)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1885 - Author Laura Ingalls marries Almonzo James Wilder (Little House on the Prairie)
• 1928 - Architect Frank Lloyd Wright marries Olga Ivanovna
• 1994 - Billy Joel's divorce from model Christie Brinkley is final

Quote of the Day

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

The Glycemic Index, is a system that measures the speed at which a particular carbohydrate raises blood sugar, after that food is eaten. Carbohydrate foods are those that contain simple sugars (glucose) and are found in plant foods and milk products.

The rating system is from 0 to 100. Foods that cause a dramatic rise in blood sugar, and quickly absorbed, are given a rating of 70 to 100. Foods that cause a moderate rise in blood sugar, and time to be absorbed are given a 55 to 70 rating. Foods that take the longest time to raise the blood sugar and be absorbed, are given a rating of less than 55. Sugar is given a value of 100, and each food is compared to sugar to receive its rating.

Find out more about the Glycemic Index from Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits Website!

This Day in History

• 1609 - Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers
• 1814 - British troops torch the Library of Congress, United States Treasury, Department of War and other public buildings in Washington 
• 1916 - The United States National Park Service is created
• 1933 - The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County in Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people
• 1944 - During World War II, Paris is liberated by the Allies
• 1950 - In order to avoid a railroad strike, U.S. President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads
• 1980 - Zimbabwe joins the United Nations
• 2012 - Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space as the first man made object 
• 2017 - Category 4 hurricane, Harvey makes landfall in Texas and causes catastrophic flooding through much of eastern Texas, killing 106 and causing $125 billion in damage

This Day in Music

• 1976 - Boston releases their self-title debut album
• 1979 - My Sharona by The Knacks hits #1 in the US
• 1984 - Menudo, the Puerto Rican boy band releases their 16th studio album, Evolucion that introduces their new 12 year old singer Ricky Martin
• 1998 - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is released as Lauryn Hills's first solo album that goes on to become the first hip-hop album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year
• 2001 - Aaliyah dies in a plane crash after shooting the music video for Rock The Boat in the Bahamas

This Day in Sports

• 1920 - Swimmer Ethelda Bleibtrey becomes the 1st U.S. woman to win in the Olympics
• 1968 - Tennis player Arthur Ashe, becomes the 1st African American to win the U.S. Singles championship
• 1977 - Canadian NHL player Tim Horton is posthumously inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
• 1986 - Oakland A's Mark McGwire hits his 1st major league home run
• 1991 - Track star Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!