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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.
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