July 25

July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 159 days remaining.

Events

• 306 - Constantine I proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops
• 1261 - Constantinople captured by Nicaean[?] forces under the command of Michael VIII Palaeologus, allowing the re-creation of the Byzantine Empire
• 1759 - British capture Fort Niagara[?] from French (Seven Years' War)
• 1898 - The United States invades Puerto Rico
• 1909 - Louis Bleriot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine.
• 1943 - In Italy the Gran Consiglio votes against Mussolini, resulting in the end of Fascism
• 1956 - The ships Andrea Doria[?] and Stockholm[?] collide
• 1973 - Soviet Mars 5 space probe launched.
• 1978 - Birth of Louise Brown[?], first human created with IVF.
• 2000 - Concorde airplane crashes just after takeoff from Paris.

Births

• 1844 - Thomas Eakins, artist
• 1848 - Arthur Earl Balfour[?], Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1902-1907 (+ 1930)
• 1848 - Ottokar Kernstock[?], poet (+ 1928)
• 1867 - Max Dauthendey[?], writer (+ 1918)
• 1870 - Maxfield Parrish[?], illustrator (+ 1966)
• 1883 - Alfredo Casella[?], composer (+ 1947)
• 1894 - Walter Brennan[?], Academy Award winning actor (+ 1974)
• 1902 - Eric Hoffer, philosopher (+ 1983)
• 1905 - Elias Canetti, writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1981 (+ 1994)
• 1907 - Karl Höller[?], composer (+ 1987)
• 1920 - Rosalind Franklin, scientist (+ 1958)
• 1924 - Estelle Getty[?], actress: "The Golden Girls"
• 1937 - Colin Renfrew, archeology professor
• 1954 - Walter Payton, National Football League player (+ 1999)
• 1955 - Iman, model
• 1982 - Brad Renfro[?], actor

Deaths

• 306 - Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor
• 1834 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet
• 1853 - Joaquin Murietta[?], California outlaw
• 1934 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician
• 1973 - Louis Stephen Saint Laurent, twelfth Prime Minister of Canada

Holidays and observances

• Saint James the Great, patron saint of Spain.
• Costa Rica - Anniversary of the Annexation of Guanacaste Province
• Cuba - Eve of Revolution Day
• Puerto Rico - Constitution Day (1952)
• Tunisia - Republic Day (1957)
• Virgin Islands - Hurricane Supplication Day
• Incan Empire - festival in honor of Ilyap'a

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