TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT August 25, 1967

The Beatles boarded a train in London bound for Bangor, Wales, to attend a conference on transcendental meditation led by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi; the visit was cut short two days later when the group got word of the death of their manager, Brian Epstein. George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, was shot to death at a shopping center in Arlington, Virginia; former party member John Patler was convicted of the killing. Actor Paul Muni, 71 Died in Montecito, California.

ALSO ON THIS DATE 1718

Hundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana, with some settling in present-day New Orleans.

1825

Uruguay declared independence from Brazil.

1916

President Woodrow Wilson signed an act establishing the National Park Service within the Department of the Interior.

1921

The United States signed a peace treaty with Germany.

1944

During World War II, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation. Romania declared war on former ally Germany.

1958

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure providing pensions for former U.S. presidents and their widows.