Event:
Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth with Endeavour to Pacific Ocean
More Notable Events on August 25:
1990 U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq
1952 Puerto Rico becomes a U.S. commonwealth
1944 Paris liberated from Nazi occupation, Freedom Tuesday
1814 British forces destroy Library of Congress, containing 3,000 books
1609 Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers
