On This Day — July 25

🕰️ Notable Events on July 25

• 2010 — WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history. Wikipedia ↗
• 2007 — Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president. Wikipedia ↗
• 2000 — Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 passengers. Wikipedia ↗
• 1996 — In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. Wikipedia ↗
• 1995 — A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded. Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948. Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War. Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — The Saint James Church massacre occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk. Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners. Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Another section of the Sinai Peninsula is peacefully returned by Israel to Egypt. Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders. Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF. Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo. Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched. Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war. Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music. Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO. Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — The African Regroupment Party (PRA) holds its first congress in Cotonou. Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — The Republic of Tunisia is proclaimed. Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51. Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Operation Crossroads: An atomic bomb is detonated underwater in the lagoon of Bikini Atoll. Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war. Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the Grand Council of Fascism and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation. Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal. Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt. Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established. Wikipedia ↗
• 1917 — Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%). Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross. Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from (Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom) in 37 minutes. Wikipedia ↗
• 1908 — Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it. Wikipedia ↗
• 1898 — In the Puerto Rican Campaign, the United States seizes Puerto Rico from Spain. Wikipedia ↗
• 1894 — The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship. Wikipedia ↗
• 1869 — The Japanese daimyōs begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869). Wikipedia ↗
• 1868 — Wyoming becomes a United States territory. Wikipedia ↗
• 1866 — The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army. Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to be promoted to this rank. Wikipedia ↗
• 1861 — American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery. Wikipedia ↗
• 1853 — Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed. Wikipedia ↗
• 1837 — The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone. Wikipedia ↗
• 1824 — Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua. Wikipedia ↗
• 1814 — War of 1812: An American attack on Canada is repulsed. Wikipedia ↗
• 1799 — At Abu Qir in Egypt, Napoleon I of France defeats 10,000 Ottomans under Mustafa Pasha. Wikipedia ↗
• 1797 — Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain). Wikipedia ↗
• 1792 — The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed. Wikipedia ↗
• 1788 — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550). Wikipedia ↗
• 1783 — American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement. Wikipedia ↗
• 1759 — French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé. Wikipedia ↗
• 1755 — British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians. Wikipedia ↗
• 1722 — Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border. Wikipedia ↗
• 1693 — Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Mexico. Wikipedia ↗
• 1609 — The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there. Wikipedia ↗
• 1603 — James VI of Scotland is crowned king of England (James I of England), bringing the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal union. Political union would occur in 1707. Wikipedia ↗
• 1593 — Henry IV of France publicly converts from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. Wikipedia ↗
• 1567 — Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela. Wikipedia ↗
• 1554 — Mary I marries Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral. Wikipedia ↗
• 1547 — Henry II of France is crowned. Wikipedia ↗
• 1538 — The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil. Wikipedia ↗
• 1536 — Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founds the city of Santiago de Cali. Wikipedia ↗
• 1467 — The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively. Wikipedia ↗
• 1278 — The naval Battle of Algeciras takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista resulting in a victory for the Emirate of Granada and the Maranid Dynasty over the Kingdom of Castile. Wikipedia ↗
• 1261 — The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. Wikipedia ↗
• 1139 — Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques who is proclaimed King of Portugal. Wikipedia ↗
• 1137 — Eleanor of Aquitaine married Prince Louis, later King Louis VII of France, at the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux. Wikipedia ↗
• 864 — The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings. Wikipedia ↗
• 315 — The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. Wikipedia ↗
• 306 — Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on July 25

• 1997 — Nat Butcher, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Sergei Simonov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Toni Duggan, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Thodoris Karapetsas, Greek footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Natalia Vieru, Russian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — John Goossens, Dutch footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Tom Hiariej, Dutch footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Stacey Kemp, English skater Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Paulinho, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Anthony Stokes, Irish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Richard Bachman, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Mitchell Burgzorg, Dutch footballer and rapper Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Fernando, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Eran Zahavi, Israeli footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Abraham Gneki Guié, Ivorian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Hulk, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — James Lafferty, American actor and athlete Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Hugo Rodallega, Colombian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Loukas Mavrokefalidis, Greek basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Nenad Krstić, Serbian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Brad Renfro, American actor and musician (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Conor Casey, American soccer player Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Constantinos Charalambidis, Cypriot footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Yūichi Komano, Japanese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Mac Lethal, American rapper and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Jani Rita, Finnish ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Shawn Riggans, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Toni Vilander, Finnish race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — David Wachs, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Scott Waldrom, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Ali Carter, English snooker player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Tom Lungley, English cricketer and umpire Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Gerard Warren, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Kenny Thomas, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan, Macedonian poet and critic Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Javier Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Jody Craddock, English footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Jean-Claude Darcheville, Guianan-French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — El Zorro, Mexican wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Brian Gibson, American bass player Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Evgeni Nabokov, Russian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Lauren Faust, American animator, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Julia Laffranque, Estonian lawyer and judge Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese rugby player and wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Dani Filth, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Kevin Phillips, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — David Penna, Australian rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Roger Creager, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Tracy Murray, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Billy Wagner, American baseball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Jon Barry, American basketball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Annastacia Palaszczuk, Australian politician, 39th Premier of Queensland Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Rudi Bryson, South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Shi Tao, Chinese journalist and poet Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Matt LeBlanc, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Ruth Peetoom, Dutch minister and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Tommy Skjerven, Norwegian footballer and referee Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Daryl Halligan, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Maureen Herman, American bass player Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Diana Johnson, English politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Marty Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Illeana Douglas, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Dale Shearer, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Anne Applebaum, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Tony Granato, American ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Breuk Iversen, American designer and journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Denis Coderre, Canadian politician, 44th Mayor of Montreal Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Julian Hodgson, Welsh chess player Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Carin Bakkum, Dutch tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Doug Drabek, American baseball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Alain Robidoux, Canadian snooker player Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Justice Howard, American photographer Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Māris Martinsons, Latvian film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Geoffrey Zakarian, American chef and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Alexei Filippenko, American astrophysicist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Thurston Moore, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Mark Hunter, English politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Steve Podborski, Canadian skier Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Andy Goldsworthy, English-Scottish sculptor and photographer Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Frances Arnold, American scientist and engineer Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Iman, Somalian-English model and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Randall Bewley, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Ken Greer, Canadian guitarist, keyboard player, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Sheena McDonald, Scottish journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Walter Payton, American football player and race car driver (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Jochem Ziegert, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Joseph A. Tunzi, Chicago based author, foremost expert on Elvis Presley Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Robert Zoellick, American banker and politician, 14th United States Deputy Secretary of State Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Eduardo Souto de Moura, Portuguese architect, designed the Estádio Municipal de Braga Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Jack Thompson, American lawyer and activist Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Verdine White, American bass player and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Mark Clarke, English singer-songwriter and bass player Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Steve Goodman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984) Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — José Areas, Nicaraguan drummer Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Nicole Farhi, French fashion designer and sculptor Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — John Gibson, American radio host Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Rita Marley, Cuban-Jamaican singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — P. Selvarasa, Sri Lankan politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Ljupka Dimitrovska, Macedonian -Croatian pop singer (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Sally Beauman, English journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Erika Steinbach, Polish-German politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Jim McCarty, English singer and drummer Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Bruce Woodley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Manny Charlton, Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter (Nazareth) Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, English archaeologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Gerry Ashmore, English race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Glenn Murcutt, English-Australian architect and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Barbara Harris, American actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi Arabian businessman (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Gilbert Parent, Canadian educator and politician, 33rd Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — John Robinson, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Lars Werner, Swedish lawyer and politician (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Don Ellis, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1978) Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Claude Zidi, French director and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Paul J. Weitz, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — James Butler, English sculptor and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricketer and manager (d. 1985) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Maureen Forrester, Canadian actress and singer (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and criminologist (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Judd Buchanan, Canadian businessman and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Public Works Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Somnath Chatterjee, Indian lawyer and politician, 14th Speaker of the Lok Sabha Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1995) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Dolphy, Filipino actor, singer, and producer (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Mario Montenegro, Filipino actor (d. 1988) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Nils Taube, Estonian-English businessman (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗

📅 National Days on July 25 (Calendar.cx)

Also observed on July 25

🏛️ Public Holidays

Also in: Caracas City Foundation Day (VE) · Santiago Apóstol (ES)

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Shabbat Nachamu