Historical Events In July - 25

1930  On July - 25 phila Athletics triple steal in 1st & 4th innings vs Cleveland  

1930  Maureen Forrester, Montreal Canada, contralto (Ressurection Symphony) on July - 25.  

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

1933  On July - 25 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington  

1934  On July - 25 failed nazi coup in Austria  

1934  On July - 25 engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian chancellor assassinated by nazis  

1935  C Jackson discovers asteroid #1641 Tana on July - 25.  

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

1936  115 acre Orchard Beach opens in the Bronx on July - 25.  

1937  The birth of Colin Renfrew, British archaeologist on July - 25.  

1938  On July - 25 jewish artisans not allowed in Germany  

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

1940  John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hrs 46 mins in the Mississippi R on July - 25.  

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

1942  On July - 25 german troops occupy Rostov  

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

1943  On this day in history benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator, forced to resign  

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 this day in history.  

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

1944  The breakout from the Normandy beaches begins on July - 25.  

1944  On this day in history the first jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262)  

1944  -26] Japanse banzai-attack on Guam on this day in history.  

1944  On this day in history 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  US detonates underwater A-bomb at Bikini (5th atomic explosion) on July - 25.  

1946  Narziss Oh, German psychology, dies on July - 25.  

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

1947  US Deptartment of the Army created on this day in history.  

1950  On July - 25 goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #1799 Koussevitzky, #1822 Waterman & #2842  

1951  On this day in history 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  On July - 25 herbert Murrill, composer, dies at 43  

1953  NYC transit fare rises from 10. to 15., first use of subway tokens on this day in history.  

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1016  On this day in history birth of casimir I, Duke of Poland (d. c. 1058)  

1109  On this day in history birth of afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85)  

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

1404  On July - 25 birth of philips van Saint-Pol, Duke of Brabant  

1421  Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1461) was born on this day in history.  

1517  Jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet/scientist was born on July - 25.  

1562  Kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.  

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

0306  On July - 25 gaius Flavius V Constantius, under-emperor of Rome 297-306, dies  

1409  On July - 25 death of king Martin I of Sicily  

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 July - 25.  

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

1580  On this day in history baltazar Alvarez, Spanish jesuit/writer, dies at 47