Today's Holidays in September 25

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Erev Sukkot ערב סוכות holiday
• Islamic: Urs of Imām Abu Hamīd al-Ghazzāli ق major
• Chinese: Mid-Autumn Festival major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2003 — The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan. ↗
• 1992 — NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later,... ↗
• 1983 — Maze Prison escape: Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze prison. ↗
• 1981 — Belize joins the United Nations. ↗
• 1978 — PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1996 — Anett Vilipuu, Estonian footballer
• 1993 — Toby Greene, Australian footballer
• 1992 — Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver
• 1992 — Kerrod Holland, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 — Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer