History for August 25

History for August 25 - On-This-Day.com
Mel Ferrer 1917, Leonard Bernstein 1918, George C. Wallace 1919 


Monty Hall 1923 - Game show host ("Let's Make a Deal"), Sean Connery 1930 - Actor, Tom Skerritt 1933 - Actor ("Picket Fences")


Gene Simmons 1949 - Musician (KISS), Billy Ray Cyrus 1961 - Country singer, Rachel Ray 1968 - TV Chef 


1939 - The movie "Wizard of Oz" opened around the United States. 


1941 - Soviet and British troops invaded Iran. This was in reaction to the Shah's refusal to reduce the number of German residents. 


1941 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the bill appropriating funds for construction of the Pentagon. 


1944 - Paris, France, was liberated by Allied forces ending four years of German occupation. 


1946 - Ben Hogan won the PGA in Portland, OR. It was his first major golf title. 


1949 - NBC Radio debuted "Father Knows Best." The show went to TV in 1954. 


1950 - U.S. President Truman ordered the seizure of U.S. railroads to avert a strike. 


1972 - In Great Britain, computerized axial tomography (CAT scan) was introduced. 


1993 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 3,652.09, an all-time high.