FRIDAY, Aug. 25, 2023

1609 ― Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers

1814 ― British capture Washington, D.C.

1825 ― Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day)

1886 ― First int'l polo meet (U.S. vs England)

1912 ― First time an aircraft recovers from a spin

1916 ― National Park Service established in the Dept. of the Interior

1919 ― First scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London)

1921 ― U.S. signs peace treaty with Germany

1940 ― First parachute wedding

1944 ― Paris liberated from Nazi occupation

1960 ― AFL begins placing players' names on back of their jerseys

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

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