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A bit of September 25th history...

1066 - Battle of Stamford Bridge: English army under King Harold II defeat invading Norwegians led by King Harald Hardrada and Harold’s brother Tostig, who were both killed (pictured)

1513 - Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crosses the Panama Isthmus becoming the 1st European to see the Pacific Ocean

1639 - Suzuki Shosan, samurai monk of Zen Buddhism, found awakening

1789 - US Congress creates the Bill of Rights

1906 - Leonardo Torres Queveda successfully demonstrates the Telekino at Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore; considered the birth of the remote control 

1926 - Henry Ford announces an 8 hour per day, 5 day work week

1932 - Poona Act signed in India, reserving legislative seats for depressed classes - the untouchables

1974 - Scientists 1st report that freon gases from aerosol sprays are destroying the ozone layer

1981 - Sandra Day O’Connor sworn in as 1st female US Supreme Court Justice