On this day... September 25:

On this day...

September 25:  Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) (2014, 5775 AM) 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, theHasanid branch of the Alids began the Alid Revoltagainst the Abbasid Caliphate. 1868 – The Russian frigate Alexander Nevskywrecked off northwestern Jutland, nearly drowningGrand Duke Alexei (pictured). 1944 – World War II: British troops began their withdrawal from theBattle of Arnhem in the Netherlands, ending the Allies' Operation Market Garden in defeat. 1974 – The first surgery to replace the ulnar collateral ligament, commonly known as the Tommy John surgery after the first patient, was performed by Dr. Frank Jobe. 1996 – The last Magdalene asylum, an Irish institution to rehabilitate so-called "fallen women", was closed.