Step Back in Time 25 August Independence Day - Uruguay - TopicsExpress

Step Back in Time 25 August Independence Day - Uruguay Liberation Day - Paris Soldiers Day - Brazil 1537 - The Honourable Artillery Company - oldest surviving regiment in the British Army formed 1580 - Battle of Alcântara - Spain defeats Portugal 1609 - Galileo Galilei shows his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers 1718 - Hundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana 1768 - James Cook begins his 1st voyage 1825 - Uruguay declares independence from Brazil 1894 - Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague & publishes his findings in The Lancet 1916 - US National Park Service created 1921 - US signs peace treaty with Germany 1939 - UK & Poland form a military alliance 1939 - Wizard of Oz opens around US 1944 - Paris is liberated by the Allies 1975 - Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen released 1980 - Zimbabwe joins the United Nations 1981 - Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn 1984 - Truman Capote Dies ( 59 ) 1989 - Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune 1991 - Michael Schumacher makes Formula 1 debut at Belgian GP 2003 - Pete Sampras announces his retirement at the U.S. Open 2012 - Voyager 1 launched in 1977 enters interstellar space 2012 - Neil Armstrong Dies ( 82 ) #stepbackintime #todayinhistory #michaelschumacher #wizardofoz #trumancapote