WHAT HAPPENED ON 25. AUGUST
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Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat. (25. August 1920)
The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur. (25. August 1921)
The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people. (25. August 1933)
The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power. (25. August 1939)
World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. (25. August 1942)
World War II: second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged. (25. August 1942)
World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies. (25. August 1944)
Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War. (25. August 1945)
The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss. (25. August 1948)
President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike. (25. August 1950)
President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power. (25. August 1961)
Zimbabwe joins the United Nations. (25. August 1980)
Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn (25. August 1981)
The Chiado area in Lisbon is partially destroyed by a fire. (25. August 1988)
Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe. (25. August 1989)
Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time. (25. August 1989)
Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary. (25. August 1989)
Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union (25. August 1991)
The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August–November, during the Croatian War of Independence (25. August 1991)
Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux. (25. August 1991)