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What happened in history on this day: September 25?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On September 25 in ...
- 1984 - IBM makes a major software announcement of 31 programs for its personal computers. There are two series of programs, the IBM Business Management Series, for US$695 each, and the IBM Personal Decision Series, for US$150-250 each.
- 1996 - IBM launches OS/2 Warp 4, in San Francisco, California. New features include Java technology, voice recognition software, and Open32 Win32 APIs. Price is US$249; upgrade is US$149. It is the first operating system to include built-in speech navigation and recognition.
- 1996 - Microsoft releases DirectX 3.0 to software developers. Included is support for multimedia, multiplayer online games, 3D positional sound, and more input device support.
- 1998 - National Semiconductor announces it will terminate its processor manufacturing agreement with IBM by the end of the year. As a result, IBM will lose access to Cyrix 6X86 designs, compatible with Intel x86 processors.
- 2000 - Intel releases 800 and 850 MHz mobile Pentium III processors. Prices are US$508 and US$722 each in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2000 - Intel releases the 700 MHz mobile Celeron processor. Price is US$181 each in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2001 - Romania issues a postage stamp that depicts the first microprocessor, in 1971.
- 1924 - Bard's Hollywood Theater previews the ninth Alice Comedy film, Alice and the Three Bears.
- 1931 - The Mickey Mouse film Fishin' Around is released to theaters.
- 1942 - The Donald Duck film The Vanishing Private is released to theaters.
- 1953 - Marvin Davis completes his second-generation "hub" layout of the proposed Disneyland.
- 1957 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, entitled Adventure in Wildwood Heart, including portions of the film Perri.
- 1959 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the Mickey Mouse Club TV show.
- 1964 - The fifth annual Dixieland at Disneyland show is held.
- 1966 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled The Legend of El Blanco.
- 1975 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled The Outlaw Cats of Colossal Cave.
- 1980 - Grenada issues ten postage stamps featuring scenes from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- 1980 - Turks and Caicos Islands issues ten postage stamps with scenes from Disney's film Pinocchio.
- 1984 - Nearly 1800 disgruntled Disneyland workers stage a strike.
- 1991 - The ABC TV network premieres the Disney TV series Good and Evil.
- 1992 - Buena Vista generally releases the film Sarafina! to theaters in the US.
- 1994 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character says "Romance is dead. It was acquired in a hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney...".
- 1996 - Walt Disney Home Video releases Oliver and Company to the home video market.
- 2001 - Disney Interactive releases the Ultimate Ride software for Windows in the US. The player can build and ride virtual roller coasters.
- 2005 - Disney holds the premiere of the live-action feature film The Greatest Game Ever Played at the El Capitan theater in Hollywood.
- 2005 - Disney releases the film Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch on videocassette and DVD in Venezuela.
- 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A plan to re-split up reconciled parents is referred to as a "reverse Parent Trap", a reference to the Disney film.
- 2006 - Time magazine runs an article on films coming to computer via legal downloads, and shows a picture from Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
- 2007 - The CBS TV network premieres the Cane TV series.
- 1978 - Chevrolet introduces the 1979 model Corvette.
- 1980 - Chevrolet introduces the 1981 model Corvette.
- 1983 - At the Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California, the SCCA Budweiser Trans-Am Championship - Round 11 race is held.
- Finishing 9th is the Pickett Racing #9 Corvette, driven by Mark Wolocatiuk.
- Finishing 12th is the Pickett Racing #6 Corvette, driven by Darin Brassfield.
- Finishing 15th is the Park Performance #79 Corvette, driven by Larry Park.
- Finishing 23rd is the Commodity Refining Exchange #99 Corvette, driven by Doug Hooper.
- In 28th place, but not finishing the race, is the Automotive Enterprises #27 Corvette, driven by Rich Sloma.
- In 29th place, but not finishing the race, is the Rick Stark Enterprises #17 Corvette, driven by Rick Stark.
- 1988 - At the Mosport Park raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, the 9th race of the SCCA Corvette Challenge series is held. Finishing 1st is Stuart Hayner.
- 1988 - At the Mosport Park raceway in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada, round 12 of the SCCA Escort Trans-Am Championship is held. Finishing 15th is the Deman Racing #22 Corvette, driven by Peter Deman.
- 1992 - Chevrolet announces it would limit production of the ZR-1 to 380 cars for the 1993 model year.
- 2004 - At the Road Atlanta raceway in Braselton, Georgia, the Petit Le Mans race is held, round eight of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 1st in GTS class and 4th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C5-R, driven by Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta, and Jan Magnussen.
- Finishing 2nd in GTS class and 5th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C5-R, driven by Ron Fellows, Johnny O'Connell, and Max Papis. This win gives Chevrolet its fourth straight manufacturer's title.
Top GTS drivers for the series are Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell. Ron Fellows becomes the first driver in American Le Mans Series history to win three championships in any class.
- 2021 - At the Grand Prix of Long Beach raceway in Long Beach, California, USA, the Grand Prix of Long Beach race is held, round 10 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 6th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C8.R driven by Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy.
- Finishing 2nd in GT Le Mans class and 7th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C8.R driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia.
- 1939 - (0830 hours) Off Stavanger, Norway, a German submarine sinks Swedish freighter Silesia, carrying cargo to England.
- 1939 - The German High Command orders commencement of systematic attack on Warsaw.
- 1939 - Adolf Hitler issues Directive No. 4 "for the Conduct of the War", concerning the final steps in Poland: secure the Demarcation Line with Russia, halt the flow of refugees west of the Line. No attacks on or over land are to be made in the West. Attacks on English and French merchant shipping are to be made.
- 1939 - Guns of the French Maginot Line and German Westwall along the 80-mile front from Lauterbourg to Basle exchange fire for 24 hours.
- 1939 - German forces outside Warsaw capture Fort Mokotowski.
- 1939 - Soviet Ukraine closes the Black Sea port of Odessa.
- 1939 - Canada's premier of Quebec, Maurice Duplessis, calls a general election in a month's time. He claims that proclamations made by the federal government under the War Measures Act are a violation of provincial rights.
- 1940 - In Norway, the King of Norway and the Administrative Council are deposed, the government is declared illegal, and political parties are dissolved except for the Nasjonal Samling, with Vidkun Quisling as Prime Minister.
- 1940 - Royal Canadian Navy armed merchant cruiser Prince Robert captures German merchant ship Weser off Manzillo, Mexico.
- 1940 - German submarine U-32 torpedoes and sinks R. Chapman & Son cargo ship Mabriton in convoy OB-217, west of Ireland, with loss of 12 crew.
- 1940 - German submarine U-43 torpedoes and sinks Donaldson Line cargo ship Sulairia in convoy OB-217, west of Ireland, with loss of one crewmember.
- 1940 - German submarine U-29 torpedoes and sinks Blue Funnel Line cargo ship Eurymedon in convoy OB-217, west of Ireland, with loss of 20 crew and nine passengers.
- 1940 - Operation Menace ends at Dakar in French West Africa, as the occupation force withdraws at night.
- 1942 - Australian forces begin counter-attack on Japanese forces approaching Port Moresby from Buna on New Guinea.
- 1942 - Four British Mosquito bombers attempt to destroy the Gestapo headquarters in Oslo, Norway. Four bombs hit the building, but none explode. One plane is shot down.
- 1943 - Soviet forces re-capture Smolensk.
- 1944 - Operation Undergo commences with Canadian forces attacking Calais, France, quickly capturing three large gun positions.
- 1944 - The British Royal Air Force and the United States Air Force issue a joint directive that oil targets in Germany are to be the top priority of aerial bombing.
- 1944 - (1910 hours) The German V-2 rocket attack on England is resumed, as a rocket lands at Hoxne in Suffolk, twenty miles from the target Norwich in Norfolk.
- 1970 - Poland issues three postage stamps depicting the Polish Navy during World War II.
- 1993 - Italy issues three postage stamps depicting World War II events of 1943.
- 1993 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Smolensk.
- 2001 - Enix releases the Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
- 2003 - Nintendo of America reduces the price of the GameCube in North America to US$99.
- 2005 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A mom says to her son "... I'm going to erase all the saved games on your PlayStation".
- 2006 - Nintendo releases the Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.
- 2006 - EA Sports releases the NBA Live 07 video game for the Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable in the US.
- 2007 - EA Sports releases the FIFA Soccer 08 video game for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and PlayStation 2 in the US.
- 2007 - Microsoft releases the Halo 3 video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2012 - EA Sports releases the FIFA Soccer 13 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
- 1598 - The forces of Duke Karl defeat the royal army of King Sigismund near Linköping.
- 1629 - Sweden and Poland sign a six-year truce at Altmark, near Danzig. Sweden retains control of Livonia and the mouth of the River Vistula. Poland regains other Swedish gains since the 1625 invasion. Sweden will receive all shipping tolls at ports of Poland and Prussia for the six years.
- 1939 - (0830 hours) Off Stavanger, Norway, a German submarine sinks Swedish freighter Silesia, carrying cargo to England.
- 1996 - The Royal Canadian Mint completes production of 300 million 1996 $2 coins for circulation, one year ahead of schedule.
- 1792 - Three coin presses arrive at the Mint in Philadelphia from overseas.
- 1885 - The Francis W. Furman copy of the 1804 Draped Bust silver dollar is stolen from his residence in Providence, Rhode Island.
- 1987 - A bill, S. 1776, is introduced in the US Senate calling for the modernizing of circulating coinage designs.
- 1882 - First baseball doubleheader (Providence and Worcester).
- 1908 - Chicago Cubs' Ed Reulbach becomes only pitcher to throw doubleheader shutout (against Brooklyn Dodgers).
- 1911 - Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1920 - Vern Bradburn of Winnipeg Victorias kicks 9 singles in a game.
- 1926 - NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings.
- 1934 - Lou Gehrig plays in his 1500th consecutive Major League Baseball game.
- 1934 - Rainbow (US) beats Endeavour (England) in 16th America's Cup.
- 1949 - Louis Suggs wins US Woman's Golf championship.
- 1956 - Brooklyn Dodgers' pitcher Sal Maglie no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0.
- 1960 - Philadelphia Phillies beat Cincinnati Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday losses.
- 1962 - Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title.
- 1962 - Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Australia) in 19th running of America's Cup.
- 1965 - At age 34, Willie Mays becomes the oldest Major League Baseball player to hit 50 home runs in a season. The Giants' center fielder was also the youngest to accomplish the feat hitting 51 homers in 1955.
- 1966 - Smallest Yankee stadium crowd, 413 see Chicago White Sox win 4-1.
- 1973 - Willie Mays night at Shea Stadium.
- 1976 - Montreal Expo's last game at Montreal's Jarry Park.
- 1979 - The California Angels defeat the Kansas City Royals, 4-1, to win their first American League West title.
- 1986 - Houston Astros' Mike Scott no-hits San Francisco Giants, 2-0.
- 1988 - Florence Griffith Joyner runs Olympic record 100m in 10.54 seconds.
- 1990 - First eight New York Yankeesl players hit safely versus Baltimore Orioles to tie record.
- 1990 - Oakland Athletics clinch third straight American League West title.
- 1998 - Sammy Sosa hits homerun number 66 to take the lead in the Major League Baseball homerun race. Less than an hour later Mark McGwire also hits his 66th.
- 2004 - Port Adelaide Power win their first premiership against Brisbane Lions in AFL Grand Final.
- 2021 - At the Grand Prix of Long Beach raceway in Long Beach, California, USA, the Grand Prix of Long Beach race is held, round 10 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the Whelen Engineering Racing #31 Cadillac DPi driven by Felipe Nasr and Pipo Derani.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 6th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C8.R driven by Tommy Milner and Nick Tandy.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 9th overall is the Paul Miller Racing #1 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 driven by Bryan Sellers and Madison Snow.
- 2021 - At Enterprise Center in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, NHL pre-season game: Saint Louis Blues beats Minnesota Wild by score 6-2.
- 2021 - At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NHL pre-season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Montreal Canadiens by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Empower Field at Mile High in Denver, Colorado, USA, National Football League regular season game: Denver Broncos beats San Francisco 49ers by score 11-10.
- 2022 - At Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, USA, National Football League regular season game: Green Bay Packers beats Tampa Bay Buccaneers by score 14-12.
- 2022 - At Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington, USA, National Football League regular season game: Atlanta Falcons beats Seattle Seahawks by score 27-23.
- 2022 - At State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, USA, National Football League regular season game: Los Angeles Rams beats Arizona Cardinals by score 20-12.
- 2022 - At SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, USA, National Football League regular season game: Jacksonville Jaguars beats Los Angeles Chargers by score 38-10.
- 2022 - At Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, National Football League regular season game: Carolina Panthers beats New Orleans Saints by score 22-14.
- 2022 - At FedExField in Landover, Maryland, USA, National Football League regular season game: Philadelphia Eagles beats Washington Commanders by score 24-8.
- 2022 - At MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, National Football League regular season game: Cincinnati Bengals beats New York Jets by score 27-12.
- 2022 - At Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA, National Football League regular season game: Baltimore Ravens beats New England Patriots by score 37-26.
- 2022 - At U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, National Football League regular season game: Minnesota Vikings beats Detroit Lions by score 28-24.
- 2022 - At Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, USA, National Football League regular season game: Miami Dolphins beats Buffalo Bills by score 21-19.
- 2022 - At Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, National Football League regular season game: Indianapolis Colts beats Kansas City Chiefs by score 20-17.
- 2022 - At Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, National Football League regular season game: Tennessee Titans beats Las Vegas Raiders by score 24-22.
- 2022 - At Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, National Football League regular season game: Chicago Bears beats Houston Texans by score 23-20.
- 1973 - Three-man crew of Skylab II make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days.
- 2008 - From the Jiuquan spaceport in Gansu province, China launches the Shenzhou VII capsule atop a Long-March II-F rocket. This is China's third manned space mission, with astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming, and Jing Haipeng.
- 2004 - Hurricane Jeanne makes landfall near Port Saint Lucie, Florida, near location Hurricane Frances hit two weeks earlier. Jeanne kills over 3,030, mostly in Haiti.
- 1789 - US Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify).
- 1861 - Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves.
- 1890 - Sequoia is established as a National Park in California.
- 1919 - US President Woodrow Wilson becomes seriously ill and collapses after a speech.
- 1925 - SS City of Rome merchant ship rams and sinks USS S-51 submarine, killing 33.
- 1926 - Henry Ford announces the 8 hour, 5-day work week.
- 1929 - Lieutenant Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight at Mitchell Field in New York, proving that full Instrument Flying from take off to landing is possible.
- 1956 - TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
- 1957 - 300 US Army troops guard nine black kids' return to Central High School in Arkansas.
- 1962 - A black church is destroyed by fire in Macon, Georgia, USA.
- 1973 - Three-man crew of Skylab II make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days.
- 1978 - PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides with a small private airplane and crashes in San Diego, California; 144 are killed.
- 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as US Supreme Court justice.
- 1982 - Pennsylvania prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 are his own children).
- 1990 - Saddam Hussein warns US will repeat Vietnam experience.
- 1991 - The Paramount at Madison Square Garden in New York City opens.
- 1998 - (to September 28) Major creditors of Long-Term Capital Management, a Greenwich, Connecticut-based hedge fund, after days of tough bargaining and some informal mediation by Federal Reserve officials, agree on terms of a re-capitalization.
- 2004 - Hurricane Jeanne makes landfall near Port Saint Lucie, Florida, near location Hurricane Frances hit two weeks earlier. Jeanne kills over 3,030, mostly in Haiti.
- 2006 - The Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans re-opens 13 months after Hurricane Katrina with extensive repairs, including the largest re-roofing project in the United States.
- 2007 - Microsoft releases the Halo 3 video game for the Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2008 - U.S. regulators seize bank Washington Mutual, the biggest bank failure in the nation's history, and sell its assets to JPMorgan Chase & Company for US$1.9 billion. Washington Mutual was the largest savings and loan bank, with $307 billion of assets and $188 billion of deposits.
Other history:
- 1513 - Vasco Nu¤ez de Balboa is the first European to see the Pacific Ocean.
- 2008 - U.S. regulators seize bank Washington Mutual, the biggest bank failure in the nation's history, and sell its assets to JPMorgan Chase & Company for US$1.9 billion. Washington Mutual was the largest savings and loan bank, with
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