August 25th, 1972

Born on August 25th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 18,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 25th?

August 25th, 2012

The NASA space probe Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to enter interstellar space.

August 25th, 2011

Mexican drug war: Fifty-two people are killed in an arson at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico.

August 25th, 2001

American singer Aaliyah (pictured) and several members of her record company were killed when their overloaded aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Marsh Harbour Airport in the Bahamas.

August 25th, 1989

The NASA spacecraft Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Neptune and provided definitive proof of the existence of the planet's rings (pictured).

August 25th, 1975

Bruce Springsteen released his commercial breakthrough album, Born to Run.

August 25th, 1942

World War II: Japanese forces attacked the Australian base at Milne Bay on the eastern tip of New Guinea.

August 25th, 1875

Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, doing so in approximately 21 hours 40 minutes.

August 25th, 1758

Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland.

August 25th, 1537

The Honourable Artillery Company, now the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, was granted a royal charter by Henry VIII.

August 25th, 1270

Philip III became King of France following the death of his father Louis IX during the Eighth Crusade.

August 25th, 2012

Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.

August 25th, 2011

Fifty-two people are killed during an arson attack caused by members of the drug cartel Los Zetas.

August 25th, 2006

Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko is sentenced to nine years imprisonment for money laundering, wire fraud, and extortion.

August 25th, 2005

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Florida.

August 25th, 2003

NASA successfully launches the Spitzer Space Telescope into space.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 25th

Born on August 25th, 1972

51

Gülben Ergen

Turkish singer and occasional actress

*August 25th, 1972, Kadıköy

51

Marvin Harrison

American football player (born 1972)

*August 25th, 1972, Philadelphia

51

Joe Wright

British film director

*August 25th, 1972, London

51

Nikolaj Arcel

Danish film director and screenwriter

*August 25th, 1972, Copenhagen

51

Scarlett Chorvat

American actress

*August 25th, 1972, Bratislava

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 25th?

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

23

Nicki Nicole

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 25th, 2000, Rosario

53

Claudia Schiffer

German model

*August 25th, 1970, Rheinberg

35

Jung Jae-sung

South Korean badminton player

*August 25th, 1982, Jeonju †March 9th, 2018, Hwaseong

65

Tim Burton

American filmmaker and artist

*August 25th, 1958, Burbank

81

Erich Honecker

Former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party

*August 25th, 1912, Neunkirchen †May 29th, 1994, La Reina

90

Sean Connery

Scottish actor (1930–2020)

*August 25th, 1930, Edinburgh †October 31st, 2020, Lyford Cay

53

Jo Dee Messina

American singer-songwriter

*August 25th, 1970, Framingham

31

Ricardo Rodriguez

Swiss association football player

*August 25th, 1992, Zürich

69

Elvis Costello

English singer-songwriter (born 1954)

*August 25th, 1954, London

50

Fatih Akin

German filmmaker (born 1973)

*August 25th, 1973, Hamburg

48

Sarah Manners

British actress

*August 25th, 1975, Birmingham

44

Hussain Al Jassmi

Emirati singer

*August 25th, 1979, Khor Fakkan

53

Matthias Opdenhövel

German television presenter

*August 25th, 1970, Detmold

56

Tom Hollander

British actor

*August 25th, 1967, Bristol

35

Philipp Mißfelder

German politician (1979-2015)

*August 25th, 1979, Gelsenkirchen †July 13th, 2015, Coesfeld

74

John Savage

American actor

*August 25th, 1949, Old Bethpage

44

Antonie Kamerling

Dutch actor

*August 25th, 1966, Arnhem †October 6th, 2010, Zevenhoven

57

Sandra Maischberger

German journalist

*August 25th, 1966, Munich

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

51

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*May 28th, 1972, Odense

51

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentine association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1972, Santa Fe Province

51

Crispin Freeman

Voice actor originally from the Midwestern United States

*February 9th, 1972, Chicago

51

Toni Collette

Australian actress and musician

*November 1st, 1972, Glebe

51

Jessica Hynes

English actress and writer

*October 30th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Anika Noni Rose

American actor-singer

*September 6th, 1972, Bloomfield

50

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

51

Danny Alexander

British banker and former Liberal Democrat politician

*May 15th, 1972, Edinburgh

51

Zinedine Zidane

French association football player and manager

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Eminem

American rapper, songwriter and actor

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

51

Gwendal Peizerat

French ice dancer

*April 21st, 1972, Lyon

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Ricardo Fernandes

Badminton player

*November 12th, 1972, Funchal

51

Pavel Nedvěd

Czech association football player

*August 30th, 1972, Cheb

51

Corinna Harney

American actress and model

*February 20th, 1972, Bremerhaven

51

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

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Born on August 25th, 1972
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1972 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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