Historical Events on September 25.

1. 1818, 25th September – The first blood transfusion using human blood (as opposed to animal blood), took place in London at Guy’s Hospital.

2. 1897, 25th September – Britain’s first motor bus service started in Bradford.

3. 1969, 25th September – The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation was signed.

4. 1974, 25th September – Dr. Frank Jobe performs first Ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John. 

5. 1981, 25th September – Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman judge of the United States Supreme Court.

6. 2002, 25th September – Indian National Security Guards ended the attack by two armed terrorists on the Akshardham Temple in Gandhinagar in Gujrat, India. 29 devotees were dead and 79 others were injured.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 25.

1. 1903 – Abul A’la Maududi, Indian and Pakistani Islamist, Muslim philosopher, jurist, historian, journalist, activist, and scholar.

2. 1916 – Deendayal Upadhyaya, an Indian politician and thinker of right-wing Hindutva ideology espoused by the RSS, and leader of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh.

3. 1920 – Satish Dhawan, Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer, former President of ISRO.

4. 1922 – Nath Bapu Pai, an Indian freedom fighter, Barrister and Member of Parliament.

5. 1939 – Feroz Khan, an Indian actor, film editor, producer, and director. He is best known for his work in Hindi cinema.

6. 1940 – Tim Severin, an Indian-English researcher, historian, and author.

7. 1944 – Michael Douglas, an American actor, and producer. 

8. 1946 – Morari Bapu, Hindu spiritual leader, and a preacher from Gujarat, India.

9. 1946 – Bishan Singh Bedi, a former Indian cricketer.

10. 1968 – Will Smith, an American actor, producer, and rapper.

11. 1972 – Rahul Sharma, Indian music director, and classical Santoor player.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on September 25.

1. 275 AD – Aurelian, Roman emperor.

2. 1066 – Harald Hardrada, Norwegian king.

3. 1506 – Philip I of Castile, Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy.

4. 1955 – Rukhmabai, an Indian physician and feminist. 

5. 1958 – John Broadus Watson, an American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism, establishing it as a psychological school.

6. 1960 – Emily Post, American columnist, and writer on etiquette.

7. 1970 – Erich Maria Remarque, German novelist.

8. 1983 – Leopold III, King of the Belgians.

9. 1986 – Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.

10. 1990 –  Prafulla Chandra Sen, the third Chief Minister of West Bengal.

11. 2003 – Franco Modigliani, an Italian-American economist and the recipient of the 1985 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

12. 2020 – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, an Indian musician, playback singer, music director, actor, dubbing artist, and film producer.

25-September-1524

Vasco-de-Gama was the Last Viceroy of Portuguese, who ruled India.

25-September-1857

Lucknow relief by Havelock & Outram begins.

25-September-1899

Narhar Gangadhar Apte, great Hindi writer, was born at Satara.

25-September-1914

Devilal, former deputy Prime Minister of India and leader of farmers, was born.

25-September-1916

Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay, great litterateur, philosopher, social worker and first General Secretary of UP branch, was born at Dhankia village, Rajasthan.

25-September-1919

Rayat Educational Institute (Rayat Shikshan Sanstha) was established.

25-September-1922

Shri Nath Pai, freedom fighter, Barrister and Member of Parliament, was born in Konkan region of Maharashtra.

25-September-1927

Jagmohan Amirchand was born in Hafizabad (now in Pakistan).

25-September-1928

Madhavrao Gadkari, great litterateur and editor, was born.

25-September-1936

Juliet Prowse, actress (Who Killed Teddy Bear) and dancer, was born in Bombay, India.

25-September-1946

Bishan Singh Giansingh Bedi, cricketer (mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79), was born in Amritsar. He received the Arjun Award (1969) and the Padmashree (1970).

25-September-1947

Kashmir accedes to Indian Union.

25-September-1954

14 Members of Parliament (MP) form a new party called the Union of Socialist Progress. Acharya Kripalani is the leader.

25-September-1962

Rajiv Ramesh Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87), was born in Bombay.

25-September-1984

Indian Army withdraws from the Golden Temple; repair of Akal Takht complete.

25-September-1985

Akali Dal wins Punjab state elections.

25-September-1990

L. K. Advani, BJP President, starts his Somnath Temple, Ayodhya Rath Yathra.

25-September-1990

S. S. Chauhan, one of the students who had suffered severe burns while trying to immolate himself in protest against implementation of Mandal Commission Report, died.

25-September-1990

Sabyasachi Mukherji, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, aged 63, died in London.

25-September-1990

Prafull Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister of West Bengal and Gandhian leader, died in Calcutta. He was 94 years old.

25-September-1993

Soli Sorabji, 63, nominated as Prosecutor of the International War Crimes Court by UN Secretary General.

25-September-1997

BAI-IBC dispute resolved.

25-September-1997

India clinches the Red & White Latif Masters International Snooker title in Karachi.

25-September-1999

Eighth SAF Games inaugurated in Kathmandu.

25-September-2000

A Delhi Court dismisses applications of three of the 17 accused seeking dropping of proceedings against them in the sensational Coomar Narain espionage case which hit the headlines and rattled the Rajiv Gandhi Government in 1985.