Monday 25th of August 1270

King of France Louis IX aka Saint Louis dies of dysentery at the age of 56 in Tunis, Protectorat Français, Tunisia.

After Louis IX his death his body was subject to the process known as mos Teutonicus (a postmortem funerary custom used in medieval Europe whereby the flesh was boiled from the body, so that the bones of the deceased could be transported hygienically from distant lands back home) for its transportation back to France.

Wednesday 25th of August 1819

Detective and spy Allan Pinkerton known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency is born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Monday 25th of August 1845

King of Bavaria Otto Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig II aka Der Märchenkönig is born in Schloss Nymphenburg, München, Bayern, Germany.

Sunday 25th of August 1867

Physicist Michael Faraday dies of unknown causes at the age of 76 in Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom.

Tuesday 25th of August 1891

Murderer Edward H. F. Watts is executed by hanging in Winchester Prison, Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom.

Saturday 25th of August 1900

Philosopher and philologist Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche dies due to manic-depressive illness with periodic psychosis followed by vascular dementia at the age of 56 in Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

Sunday 25th of August 1907

33-year-old Serial killer Jeanne Weber aka l’Ogresse de la Goutte d’Or is sent to an asylum in Nanterre, Île-de-France, France.

Weber was only briefly confined to the asylum and the doctors there pronounced her sane and set her free.

Sunday 25th of August 1912

General Secretary of the East German Socialist Unity Party Erich Honecker is born in Max-Braun-Straße, Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany.

Sunday 25th of August 1918

Composer Leonard Bernstein is born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States.

Monday 25th of August 1930

Actor Sean Thomas Connery known for portraying the character James Bond is born in Edinburgh, Fountainbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Thursday 25th of August 1938

Writer, journalist and former spy Frederick McCarthy Forsyth known for his novel ‘The Day of the Jackal’ is born in Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom.

Sunday 25th of August 1946

19-year-old Serial killer Harvey Murray Glatman aka The Pin-Up Killer is arrested and charged with first degree robbery in Ontario Street, Albany, New York, United States.

Wednesday 25th of August 1954

Singer-songwriter Elvis Costello is born as Declan Patrick MacManus in St Mary's Hospital, London, Paddington, Greater London, United Kingdom.

Thursday 25th of August 1955

26-year-old Serial killer Charles Ray Hatcher aka Evil Incarnate is sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for auto theft in Orrick, Missouri, United States.

Saturday 25th of August 1956

Sexologist Alfred Charles Kinsey dies of a heart disease and pneumonia at the age of 62 in Bloomington, Indiana, United States.

Saturday 25th of August 1956

A huge number of books, journals and papers of 59-year-old Psychoanalist and pioneer of sexual freedom Wilhelm Reich are burned by FDA officials in Gansevoort Street Destructor Plant, Bloomfield Street, New York, New York, United States.

Wednesday 25th of August 1965

28-year-old Genowefa Łebek is strangled by serial killer Zdzisław Marchwicki aka The Zagłębie Vampire in Będzin, Województwo Sląskie, Poland.

Friday 25th of August 1967

Founder of the American Nazi Party George Lincoln Rockwell is shot dead by disgruntled former member of his party John Patler while leaving a laundromat near his house at the age of 49 in Arlington, Virginia, United States.

Monday 25th of August 1969

83-year-old Leila Witt Jackson is strangled and mutilated by serial killer George Putt aka The Memphis Murderer in 21 N. Somerville, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.

Tuesday 25th of August 1970

Fashion model Claudia Schiffer is born in Rheinberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

Saturday 25th of August 1984

Writer and playwright Truman Capote known for inventing the ‘nonfiction novel’ dies of liver disease complicated by phlebitis and multiple drug intoxication at the age of 60 in Los Angeles, Bel Air, California, United States.

Wednesday 25th of August 1999

A black swan in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.

Wednesday 25th of August 2004

Double murderer Jasen Shane Busby is executed by lethal injection at the age of 29 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

Busby's last meal request was for fried chicken breasts, jalapenos, barbecue ribs, catfish with tartar sauce, a medium steak, french fries with ketchup, plain M&M's candy, cherries, strawberries, and a peach. He also had milk mixed with chocolate syrup.

Wednesday 25th of August 2004

The California Board of Prison Terms denies parole to 55-year-old Manson Family member Leslie Louise Van Houten aka Lulu for the fifteenth time in California Institution for Women, Chino, California, United States.

Saturday 25th of August 2012

Astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong known for becoming the first person to walk on the Moon dies of complications from vascular bypass surgery at the age of 82 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.

Thursday 25th of August 2022

Murderer James Coddington is executed by lethal injection at the age of 50 in Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma, United States.

Coddington's last meal request was for two cheeseburgers, two crunchy fish sandwiches, two large fries and a large soda.