August 25

August 25 is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by August 24, and succeeded by August 26. Following August 25, there are 128 days in the year.

Blavatsky's Gem of the Day

"Of a gift to be received or given, of an act to be done, time drinks up the flavor, unless it be quickly performed."

Events

• 1874 – Annie Besant, then atheist, gives her first public lecture entitled "The Political Status of Women."
• 1890 – Mme. Blavatsky issues an Executive Order to the theosophical members of Europe concerning her assumption of the position of President of the European Section Theosophical Society.

Births

• YEAR – NAME, SOMETHING ABOUT PERSON (d. YEAR) - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

Deaths

• 1999 – Dora van Gelder Kunz, President of the Theosophical Society in America 1975-1987 (b. 1904)

Holidays and observances

• NAME OF HOLIDAY, SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOLIDAY - THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE

External links

• This Date in Wikipedia