25 August 1997 August 24, 2020 Author: Staff Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall. Famous Words of Inspiration..."I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." Galileo Galilei — Click here for more from Galileo Galilei Related posts: 5 June 1997 9 March 1796 13 June 1997 11 December 1997 17 August 1962 31 August 1997 31 August 1997 20 August 1997 22 April 1809 11 May 1997 Categories: History Tags: 1997, 25 August