Historical Events
- Operation Market Garden ends in Allied failure as the last British and Polish paratroopers are evacuated from Oosterbeek, near the town of Arnhem
Famous Birthdays
- Aleksandr Lenyov, Russian soccer midfielder / defender (10 caps Soviet Union; Torpedo Moscow), born in Novomoskovsk, Russia (d. 2021)
- Doris Matsui, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Poston, Arizona
- Eugenia Zukerman, American flutist and novelist (Deceptive Cadence), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Grayson Shillingford, West Indian cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 15 wickets, BB 3/63; Windward Islands), born in Macoucherie, Dominica (d. 2009)
Michael Douglas (79 years old)
American actor (Coma, Wall St, Jewel of the Nile), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
Famous Deaths
- Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer (Irrfahrten), dies at 68
- Leo Justinus Kauffmann, Alsatian composer, dies at 43
Died in 1944 1944 Highlights
About September 25, 1944
Day of the Week: Monday
How Long Ago? 79 years, 6 months and 25 days
Leap Year: Yes
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Monkey
Star Sign: Libra
