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Today in History: Thursday, August\u00a0 25, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Aug. 25, 1944, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation.
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1718<\/td>\nHundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana, with some of them settling in present-day New Orleans.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1825<\/td>\nUruguay declared its independence from Brazil.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1875<\/td>\nCaptain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1916<\/td>\nThe National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1921<\/td>\nThe United States signed a peace treaty with Germany.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/td>\nPresident Harry S. Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nation’s railroads to avert a strike.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\nThe album “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen was released.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nAuthor Truman Capote was found dead at age 59.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1985<\/td>\nSamantha Smith, the schoolgirl whose letter to Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov resulted in her peace tour of the communist country, was killed with her father in an airplane crash in Maine.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nThe tobacco industry agreed to an $11.3 billion settlement with the state of Florida.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nFormer Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell died at age 90.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nTennis champion Pete Sampras announced his retirement during a news conference at the U.S. Open in New York.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2009<\/td>\nSen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., died at age 77.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Sean Connery turns 86 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Monty Hall<\/td>\nGame show host (“Let’s Make a Deal”)<\/td>\n95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regis Philbin<\/td>\nTalk show, game show host<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wayne Shorter<\/td>\nJazz saxophonist<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tom Skerritt<\/td>\nActor (“Picket Fences”)<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marshall Brickman<\/td>\nFilmmaker<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rollie Fingers<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gene Simmons<\/td>\nRock musician (Kiss)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rob Halford<\/td>\nRock singer (Judas Priest)<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elvis Costello<\/td>\nRock musician<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim Burton<\/td>\nDirector<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Billy Ray Cyrus<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ally Walker<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blair Underwood<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albert Belle<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeff Tweedy<\/td>\nRock singer (Wilco)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachael Ray<\/td>\nTV chef<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Claudia Schiffer<\/td>\nModel<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Bilson<\/td>\nActress (“The O.C.”)<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Blake Lively (“Gossip Girl”) turns 29 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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