Sept 25
1237 Treaty of York is signed between Kings Henry III of England and Alexander II of Scotland, establishing a boundary between the two countries that remains mostly unchanged in modern times
1513 Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa crosses the Isthmus of Panama, becoming the first European to see the Pacific Ocean
1844 Canada defeats the USA by 23 runs in the first international cricket match at the grounds of St. George's Cricket Club in Manhattan, New York
1873 Frontiersman and gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok supposedly marries Calamity Jane according to the latter's daughter (disputed)
1878 British physician Dr. Charles Drysdale warns against the use of tobacco in a letter to The Times newspaper in one of the earliest public health announcements on the dangers of smoking
1906 Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the Telekino in Bilbao before a large crowd, guiding a boat from the shore, considered the birth of remote control
1926 Henry Ford announces an 8-hour, 5-day workweek for workers at Ford Motor Company
1933 The Turin Shroud: Holy Relic or Fake? For 600 years controversy has raged over the Turin Shroud, said to be Christ’s burial cloth. But thousands gazed in awe when, on this day, as it went on display.
1939 Andorra and Germany sign a treaty ending World War I, as the Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra
1957 18th Venice Film Festival: Influential Indian film "Aparajito," directed by Satyajit Ray, is the first film to win both the Golden Lion and the Critics' Award
1976 Bono, David Evans, his brother Dik, and Adam Clayton respond to an advertisement on a bulletin board at Mount Temple posted by fellow student Larry Mullen Jr. to form a rock band, which becomes U2
1981 Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn in as the first female US Supreme Court Justice
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