On August 25, 1982, U.S. President Ronald Reagan ordered the deployment of Marines to Beirut as part of a multinational force during the Lebanese Civil War. The troops stayed in Lebanon until March 1984 and suffered casualties, with over 260 U.S. service members dying, mostly due to a barracks bombing in 1983. This event is one of several historical events marked by this article on August 25.
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On August 25, U.S. President Ronald Reagan ordered the deployment of Marines to Beirut in an effort to stabilize the country amid the Lebanese Civil War. This marked the beginning of a multinational force that would stay in Lebanon until March 1984. During their deployment, more than 260 U.S. service members died, with the majority being killed in a barracks bombing in 1983. The deployment was part of a broader attempt to restore order and stability to the region, which had been plagued by sectarian violence and conflict.
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In 1609, Galileo Galilei exhibited his first telescope in Venice.
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In 1718, the city of New Orleans was founded.
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In 1944, allied forces and the French resistance freed the city of Paris from German occupation during World War II.
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He reported the Parisians welcomed the Allies with kisses: "Lord, how they kissed us!"
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In 1967, a sniper assassinated American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell in Arlington, Va.
In 1982, U.S. President Ronald Reagan ordered the deployment of the Marines to Beirut amid the Lebanese Civil War.
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The troops were part of a multinational force that ultimately stayed in Lebanon until March 1984.
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More than 260 U.S. service members died during the deployment, most during a barracks bombing in 1983.
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In 1985, Samantha Smith, 13, was killed with her father and six other people in a plane crash in Maine.
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Samantha's 1983 letter to Soviet President Yuri Andropov about her fear of nuclear war earned her a visit to the Soviet Union.
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In 1989, Voyager 2, after a 4 billion-mile journey, made its closest pass over Neptune, sending back images of southern lights and its moon, Triton, to Earth.
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In 2009, U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., a liberal fixture in the Senate for 46 years, died of brain cancer at the age of 77.
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In 2012, former astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died in Cincinnati.
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In 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall on San Jose Island, Texas, as a Category 4 storm.
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Harvey killed more than 100 people and caused $125 billion in damage.
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In 2020, the Africa Regional Certification Commission declared Africa free of wild polio after four years without a case.
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It returned less than two years later.
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