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25 September 2025
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
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Historical events
History
2018 - Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.American entertainer (born 1937)
History
2003 - The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.Earthquake in Japan
History
1998 - PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people.1998 aviation accident
History
1997 - NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station.Space Shuttle orbiter (1985–2011)
History
1992 - NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.American space and aeronautics agency
History
1987 - Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.President of Fiji from 1987 to 1993
History
1985 - 3 civilians killed by alleged supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Larnaca yacht killings.Official representative of Palestinians
History
1983 - Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.1983 prison break in Northern Ireland
History
1978 - PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground.1978 mid-air collision over California
Notable births
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Notable deaths
Died
2016 - José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1992)Cuban-born American baseball player (1992–2016)
Died
2016 - Arnold Palmer, American golfer (born 1929)American professional golfer (1929–2016)
Died
2016 - Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (born 1960)Jordanian writer and political activist
Died
2015 - Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936)Italian Roman Catholic bishop
Died
2015 - John Galvin, American general (born 1929)United States Army General (1929–2015)
Died
2015 - Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (born 1944)American baseball player (1944–2015)
Sky
Moon phase
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated
Lunar age: 3.0 days
Sun zodiac
Libra
2.68 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Scorpio
13.40 degrees
Constellation: Libra
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.