On August 25

The skeleton of King Richard III of England was discovered under a car park in Leicester.

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

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

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

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

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

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

World War I: During the sack of Louvain in Belgium, German troops burned the town's Catholic university, destroying several medieval manuscripts.

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

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

Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (pictured) demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.

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

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

George Mouzalon, the regent of the Empire of Nicaea, was assassinated as part of a conspiracy led by nobles under the future emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.