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Today in History
September 25

1396   The last great Christian crusade, led jointly by John the Fearless of Nevers and King Sigismund of Hungary, ends in disaster at the hands of Sultan Bajazet I’s Ottoman army at Nicopolis.
1598   In Sweden, King Sigismund is defeated at Stangebro by his Uncle Charles.
1775   British troops capture Ethan Allen, the hero of Ticonderoga, when he and a handful of Americans try to invade Canada.
1789   Congress proposes 12 new amendments to the Constitution.
1804   The 12th Amendment is ratified, changing the procedure of choosing the president and vice-president.
1846   American General Zachary Taylor’s forces capture Monterey, Mexico.
1909   The first National Aeronautic Show opens at Madison Square Garden.
1915   An allied offensive is launched in France against the German Army.
1918   Brazil declares war on Austria.
1937   German Chancellor Adolf Hitler meets with Italian Premier Benito Mussolini in Munich.
1938   President Franklin Roosevelt urges negotiations between Hitler and Czech President Benes over the Sudetenland.
1942   The War Labor Board orders equal pay for women in the United States.
1943   The Red Army retakes Smolensk from the Germans who are retreating to the Dnieper River in the Soviet Union.
1959   President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khrushchev begin Camp David talks.
1974   Scientists warn that continued use of aerosol sprays will cause ozone depletion, which will lead to an increased risk of skin cancer and global weather changes.
1981   Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice, is sworn in.

Born on September 25
1847   Vinnie Ream, who sculpted President Abraham Lincoln from life shortly before he was assassinated.
1897   William Faulkner, Nobel Prize-winning writer (The Sound and the Fury, Absalom, Absalom!).
1906   Dimitri Shostakovich, Russian composer.
1931   Barbara Walters, television news personality and interviewer.
1932   Glenn Gould, concert pianist best known for his Bach interpretations.

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