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Birthday July 25, 1848 Earl Balfour, (C), British prime minister (1902-05) and Author. |
Birthday July 25, 1902 Eric Hoffer, US longshoreman, author (The True Believer). |
Birthday July 25, 1905 Elias Canetti, Bulgarian writer (Nobel 1981). |
Birthday July 25, 1907 Jack Gilford |
Birthday July 25, 1924 Frank Church, (D), former US senator from Idaho. |
Birthday July 25, 1924 Estelle Getty |
Birthday July 25, 1932 Paul J. Weitz, US astronaut (Skylab 2, STS-6). |
Birthday July 25, 1935 Barbara Harris |
Birthday July 25, 1943 Janet Margolin, Actress (Take the Money and Run) |
Birthday July 25, 1945 Donna Theodore, Bdwy singer |
Birthday July 25, 1954 Walter Payton, NFL running back (Chicago Bears). |
Birthday July 25, 1978 Louise Brown, in Lancashire England - World's 1st 'test tube baby' |
History July 25, 1593 France's King Henri IV a Protestant converted to Roman Catholicism. |
History July 25, 1729 NC becomes royal colony. |
History July 25, 1780 General Gates takes command of the southern army |
History July 25, 1814 Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British. |
History July 25, 1832 The first railroad accident |
History July 25, 1853 Head of frontier bandit placed on display |
History July 25, 1853 California Rangers kill Joaquin Murrieta |
History July 25, 1861 Congress passes Crittenden-Johnson Resolution |
History July 25, 1866 US Grant named 1st general of Army |
History July 25, 1868 Wyoming Territory created. |
History July 25, 1897 Jack London sails for the Klondike |
History July 25, 1898 Puerto Rico invaded |
History July 25, 1903 Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes |
History July 25, 1909 Louis Bl‚riot makes 1st airplane flight across the English Channel. |
History July 25, 1917 Mata Hari sentenced to die |
History July 25, 1920 Red Sox turn a triple play but Ruth's 35 HR leads Yanks 8-2 win |
History July 25, 1941 Henry Ford writes fan letter to Mahatma Gandhi |
History July 25, 1943 Mussolini falls from power |
History July 25, 1943 Benito Mussolini was dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II |
History July 25, 1945 Truman drops hint to Stalin about a terrible new weapon |
History July 25, 1952 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico created. |
History July 25, 1956 Ships collide off Nantucket |
History July 25, 1956 Italian liner Andrea Doria sank after collided with the Stockholm |
History July 25, 1956 Andrea Dorea sinks off Nantucket Island after collision. |
History July 25, 1961 Maris hits home runs 37 38 39 & 40 in a double header |
History July 25, 1963 US Russia & England sign nuclear test ban treaty |
History July 25, 1964 Joint Chiefs propose air strikes |
History July 25, 1965 Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival |
History July 25, 1965 Dylan appears at Newport Folk Fest |
History July 25, 1966 Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame |
History July 25, 1967 Construction begins on SF MUNI METRO (Market Street subway) |
History July 25, 1969 Nixon announces new doctrine |
History July 25, 1969 The Nixon Doctrine is announced |
History July 25, 1973 USSR launches Mars 5 |
History July 25, 1973 USSR launches Mars 5 |
History July 25, 1978 Bob Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager |
History July 25, 1981 Voyager 2 encounters Saturn. |
History July 25, 1984 Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became 1st woman to walk in space |
History July 25, 1985 Rock Hudson announces he has AIDS |
History July 25, 1986 Movie director Vincente Minnelli died in Los Angeles at age 76. |
History July 25, 1987 USSR launches Kosmos 1870 15-ton earth-study satellite. |
History July 25, 1988 A young man turns the death of his parents into a game |
History July 25, 1992 Opening of the XXV Olympiad in Barcelona |
History July 25, 2000 Concorde jet crashes |