Historical Events In July - 25

1930  On this day in history phila Athletics triple steal in 1st & 4th innings vs Cleveland  

1930  On this day in history maureen Forrester, Montreal Canada, contralto (Ressurection Symphony)  

1932  On this day in history cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (It Bolleken), dies [or 1936]  

1933  1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington on this day in history.  

1934  Failed nazi coup in Austria on July - 25.  

1934  Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian chancellor assassinated by nazis on this day in history.  

1935  On July - 25 c Jackson discovers asteroid #1641 Tana  

1936  G Neujmin discovers asteroid #3761 on this day in history.  

1936  115 acre Orchard Beach opens in the Bronx on this day in history.  

1937  On this day in history the birth of Colin Renfrew, British archaeologist  

1938  Jewish artisans not allowed in Germany on July - 25.  

1939  5th & last Dutch govt of Colijn, forms on July - 25.  

1940  On July - 25 john Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hrs 46 mins in the Mississippi R  

1941  On July - 25 fDR bans selling benzine/gasoline to Japan  

1942  German troops occupy Rostov on this day in history.  

1943  Benito Mussolini dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II on July - 25.  

1943  Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator, forced to resign on July - 25.  

1943  With American and British forces racing across Sicily, Italian King Emmanuel III, acting under the recommendation of the Fascist Grand Council, dismissed Fascist leader Benito Mussolini and placed him under arrest on July - 25.  

1943  On this day in history 1st warship named for a Black person, SS Leonard Roy Harmon, launched  

1944  The breakout from the Normandy beaches begins on this day in history.  

1944  The first jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262) on this day in history.  

1944  -26] Japanse banzai-attack on Guam on July - 25.  

1944  On July - 25 lesley J McNair, US lt-general, killed by US bomb at St-Lo  

1946  The first bikini is shown at a Paris fashion show on this day in history.  

1946  On this day in history uS detonates underwater A-bomb at Bikini (5th atomic explosion)  

1946  On this day in history narziss Oh, German psychology, dies  

1947  On this day in history uS Air Force, Navy & War Dept form US Dept of Defense  

1947  On this day in history uS Deptartment of the Army created  

1950  On this day in history goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #1799 Koussevitzky, #1822 Waterman & #2842  

1951  On July - 25 l Boyer discovers asteroid #1714 Sy  

1952  Commonwealth of Puerto Rico created (Constitution Day) on this day in history.  

1952  On this day in history goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1788 Kiess  

1952  Herbert Murrill, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1953  On July - 25 nYC transit fare rises from 10. to 15., first use of subway tokens  

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1016  Casimir I, Duke of Poland (d. c. 1058) was born on July - 25.  

1109  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85) was born on July - 25.  

1336  On July - 25 birth of albert, Count of Holland (d. 1404)  

1404  On this day in history birth of philips van Saint-Pol, Duke of Brabant  

1421  On July - 25 birth of henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1461)  

1517  Jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet/scientist was born on this day in history.  

1562  On July - 25 birth of kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord (d. 1611)  

1575  Christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer was born on this day in history.  

0306  On this day in history gaius Flavius V Constantius, under-emperor of Rome 297-306, dies  

1409  Death of King Martin I of Sicily on this day in history.  

1471  John Soreth, French general, dies on this day in history.  

1492  On July - 25 innocent VII, [Giovanni B Cibo], Italian Pope (1484-92), dies  

1539  Lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat, dies at 65 on July - 25.  

1564  Ferdinand I, German Emperor (1558-64), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1570  On this day in history death of ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed  

1580  Baltazar Alvarez, Spanish jesuit/writer, dies at 47 on this day in history.