September 25.

1066:Battle of Stamford Bridge. Harold Godwinson defeats a Norwegian army led by his brother and Harald Hardrada.

1492:Crewman on Columbus's ship "The Pinta" sights land.

1514:Spaniard Vasco Nunez de Balboa crosses the Isthmus of Panama and becomes the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.

1780:American general Benedict Arnold defects to the British side.

1890:Head of the Mormons issues a manifesto renouncing the practice of polygamy.

1915:Battle of Loos begins.

1939:Luftwaffe firebombs Warsaw.

1944:Actor Michael Douglas born.

1951:Actor Mark Hamill born.

1952:Actor Christopher Reeve born.

1957:Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga in Australia.

1961:Actress Heather Locklear born.

1962:Sonny Liston wins world heavyweight title.

1968:Actor Will Smith born.

1969:Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones born.

1975:Singer Jackie Wilson collapses on stage aged 41 ,after suffering a heart attack leading to brain damage.Spends the remaining 9 years of his life in hospitals.

1976:Paul Hewson,David Evans,his brother Dik and Adam Clayton respond to a note posted on a bulletin board, in Mount Temple school,by Larry Mullen regarding the formation of a band.

1979:"Evita" opens on Broadway.

1988:Florence Griffith Joyner wins gold in Seoul ,in the 100m,in an Olympic record time.

1996:Last of the Magdalen asylums shuts in Ireland.

2002:Vitim Event in Siberia.

2015:Caitlyn Jenner officially changes her name from Bruce and her gender to female.

2017:Uber's London licence not renewed.