Major events recorded on August 25
August 25 marks events including the liberation of Paris, the death of singer Aaliyah and major court rulings.
Nicosia, Cyprus. August 25 has been marked by political, cultural, criminal and technological developments across several countries.
1936 to 1978
In 1936, 16 opponents of Soviet leader Josef Stalin were executed following a show trial.
Paris was liberated in 1944 after the local German commander surrendered to the Allies.
In 1978, the Turin Shroud, venerated by many as the burial cloth of Christ, was publicly displayed for the first time in 45 years.
Trials and technology
In 1997, Egon Krenz, East Germany’s last hardline Communist leader, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison for the deaths of citizens killed while fleeing across the Berlin Wall.
Hitachi released the world’s first video equipment using Digital Versatile Disk (DVD) technology in 2000.
Deaths, attacks and court cases
American singer Aaliyah and eight other people died in 2001 when a passenger plane burst into flames after taking off in the Bahamas.
Twin car bombings in Bombay, India’s financial capital, killed 51 people and injured at least 150 in 2003.
South African police arrested Mark Thatcher, the son of Margaret Thatcher, in 2004 on suspicion of involvement in a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea. He later pleaded guilty and avoided jail under an agreement with prosecutors.
In 2006, former Ukrainian prime minister Pavlo Lazarenko was sentenced by a United States court to nine years in prison and fined $10 million after his 2004 conviction for extortion and money laundering.
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