Sept. 25th in history:
1992 U.S. Mars Observer launched from Space shuttle
1992 Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents and live with his foster parents, he takes name Shawn Russ
1990 Saddam Hussein warns that U.S. will repeat Vietnam experience
1990 U.N. Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq
1989 Wade Boggs is 1st to get 200 hits and 100 walks in 4 consecutive seasons
1985 Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus
1985 Rickey Henderson steals Yankee record 75th base of season
1982 Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children)
1972 Norway votes to join common market
1965 Children find trunk with corpse in Amsterdam canal
1957 300 U.S. Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Arkansa
1956 Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used
1949 Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years
1939 Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I
1930 Austrian government of Vaugoin forms
1930 Roger Hornsby replaces Joe McCarthy as Cubs manager
1929 Queen-mother Emma opens Antonie van Leeuwenhoek House in Amsterdam
1926 International slavery convention signed by 20 states
1911 Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park
1846 U.S. troops under General Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico
1844 Canada defeat USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international
1829 Failed assassination attempt on Simon Bolivar
1804 12th amendment to U.S. constitution, regulating judicial power
1789 Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify)
1780 Benedict Arnold joins the British
1777 English general William Howe conquers Philadelphia
1775 American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured
1639 1st printing press in America