TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2009

Today is Tuesday, August 25, the 237th day of 2009. There are 128 days left in the year.

1609 _ Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers

1814 _ British capture Washington, D.C.

1825 _ Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)

1830 _ Belgium revolts against Netherlands

1921 _ U.S. signs peace treaty with Germany

1940 _ First parachute wedding

1944 _ Paris liberated from Nazi occupation

1950 _ President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike

1981 _ Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years

1990 _ U.N. Security Council authorizes military action against Iraq