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August 25, 2012

Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Historical Context for August 25, 2012

In 2012, the world population was approximately 7,201,202,485 people[†]

Notable Deaths

2012Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (born 1935)[†]

Florencio Amarilla Lacasa was a Paraguayan footballer, coach and later actor.

Neil Armstrong

2012Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)[†]

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.

2012Roberto González Barrera, Mexican banker and businessman (born 1930)[†]

Roberto GonzĂĄlez Barrera was a Mexican businessman. He was the chairman of Gruma, the largest producer of tortillas and corn flour in the world, and of Banorte, the largest Mexican-owned private bank in Mexico. Because of his prominent role in the expansion of Gruma, he was often nicknamed "El Maseco" or "Don Maseco", as well as the "King of Tortillas".

Donald Gorrie

2012Donald Gorrie, Scottish politician (born 1933)[†]

Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie OBE was a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region from 1999 to 2007, and sat in the British House of Commons as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburgh West from 1997 to 2001.

Historical Events

Voyager 1

2012Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space, becoming the first man-made object to do so.[†]

Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's heliosphere. It was launched 16 days after its twin, Voyager 2. It communicates through the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) to receive routine commands and to transmit data to Earth. Real-time distance and velocity data are provided by NASA and JPL. At a distance of 166.40 AU from Earth as of May 2025, it is the most distant human-made object from Earth.

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Headlines from August 25, 2012

Cash Moves by HSBC in Inquiry

By Jessica Silver-Greenberg

Federal authorities said the bank was suspected of laundering money for Mexican drug cartels and moving cash for Saudi Arabian banks with ties to terrorists.

Business985 words

A Slump Can’t Get in the Way

By David Waldstein

For all the injury and indignity that come with squatting behind the plate, what the catcher does with a bat in hand is how he is measured — in the eyes of fans, and in the checkbooks of owners.

Sports2297 words

For Boston, a Swap of Problems for Potential

By Tyler Kepner

The Red Sox reached an agreement with the Dodgers on a trade that would send three of their most expensive players — first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, left fielder Carl Crawford and starter Josh Beckett — to Los Angeles.

Sports898 words

Blunting Ideology With Biography

By Ginia Bellafante

The ascension of Wendy Long, the Republican candidate for Senate, suggests a continuing interest among conservatives in cultivating candidates with attributes that could blunt the impact of unpalatable social ideologies.

Metro988 words

The End of the Line

By Patrick Healy

Despite assumptions in the past that the Gore name would persist in politics, members of the family seem to have left that world behind to pursue very different lives.

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