25 August 1609

Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist, and polymath often called the “father of modern…

25 August 1835

The first Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon. The Great…

25 August 1960

The Games of the XVII Olympiad commence in Rome, Italy. The XVII Olympiad, also known as the 1960 Summer Olympics, was held in Rome, Italy….

25 August 1967

George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, is assassinated by a former member of his group.

25 August 1997

Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.

25 August 1940

The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Berlin_in_World_War_II’]

25 August 1835

A Great Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon. The “Great Moon…

25 August 1835

A Moon Hoax article is published in The New York Sun claiming the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon. Throughout the final week…