This Day In History

August 25th

325  The Council of Niceae held the first ecumenical debate by the early Christian Church and concluded the establishment of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. Convened by Roman Emperor Constantine I, the council deems the Arian belief of Christ as inferior to God as heretical, thus resolving an early Church crisis.
1718  New Orleans founded by French settlers and French-Canadians fleeing English persecution in Canada. The settlement was named in honor of the Duke of Orleans, and remains in French hands until the city is ceded to the Spanish in 1762.
1829  US President Andrew Jackson was refused his offer to purchase Texas from the government of Mexico.
1916  The US National Park Service created
1942  The Duke of Kent, George Edmund and youngest brother of King George VI, are killed during active service in World War II when his Sunderland flying-boat crashes in Scotland during a war mission to Iceland.

1918  Conductor Leonard Bernstein
1919  Alabama Governor George Wallace, US Presidential Candidate, paralyzed by gunshot wounds during assassination attempt
1923  TV Game Show Host Monty Hall (Halparin)
1930  Actor Sean (Thomas Sean) Connery
1942  Singer Walter Williams
1946  Baseball Hall of Fame Rollie Fingers
1949  Rock Musician Gene Simmons
1955  Musician Elvis Costello (Declan McManus)
1961  Country Singer Billy Ray Cyrus
1964  Actor Blair Underwood
1970  Supermodel Claudia Schiffer

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