September 25

Today in History
• 1555 - Freedom of Religion in Augsburg
• 1639 - First printing press in America set up in Cambridge
• 1690 - Publick Occurrences, first newspaper in the American colonies
• 1775 - American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured
• 1789 - US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights
• 1804 - Twelfth Amendment to the US Constitution, becomes effective
• 1867 - Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard U in Washington, D.C.
• 1904 - Charles Follis is 1st black to play professional American football


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• International Ataxia Awareness Day
• Math Storytelling Day
• National Daughters Day
• National Psychotherapy Day
• National Roadkill Day
• One-Hit Wonder Day
• World Dream Day
• Yom Kippur

Birthdays
• 1694 - Henry Pelham, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1743-54)
• 1711 - Qianlong Emperor of China, 6th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1735-96)
• 1744 - Frederick Willem II, King of Prussia (1786-97)
• 1764 - Fletcher Christian, English sailor who led the mutiny on the HMS Bounty
• 1877 - Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary and president (1924-28)
• 1922 - Hammer DeRoburt, First President of Nauru
• 1925 - Paul MacCready, aeronautical engineer and inventor (1st man-powered aircraft)
• 1933 - Adolfo Suárez, Prime Minister of Spain (1976-81)