Historical Events In July - 25

1930  Phila Athletics triple steal in 1st & 4th innings vs Cleveland on July - 25.  

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

1934  On this day in history failed nazi coup in Austria  

1934  Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian chancellor assassinated by nazis on July - 25.  

1935  C Jackson discovers asteroid #1641 Tana on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1940  John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hrs 46 mins in the Mississippi R on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1943  Benito Mussolini, the Italian dictator, forced to resign on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history 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  

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

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

1944  The first jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262) on July - 25.  

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

1944  Lesley J McNair, US lt-general, killed by US bomb at St-Lo on July - 25.  

1946  On this day in history the first bikini is shown at a Paris fashion show  

1946  On July - 25 uS detonates underwater A-bomb at Bikini (5th atomic explosion)  

1946  On July - 25 narziss Oh, German psychology, dies  

1947  On July - 25 uS Air Force, Navy & War Dept form US Dept of Defense  

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

1950  Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #1799 Koussevitzky, #1822 Waterman & #2842 on July - 25.  

1951  L Boyer discovers asteroid #1714 Sy on July - 25.  

1952  On July - 25 commonwealth of Puerto Rico created (Constitution Day)  

1952  Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1788 Kiess on July - 25.  

1952  On this day in history herbert Murrill, composer, dies at 43  

1953  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1109  Afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85) was born on this day in history.  

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

1404  Philips van Saint-Pol, Duke of Brabant was born on July - 25.  

1421  On this day in history birth of henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1461)  

1517  On July - 25 birth of jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet/scientist  

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

1575  On this day in history birth of christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer  

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  Innocent VII, [Giovanni B Cibo], Italian Pope (1484-92), dies on this day in history.  

1539  On this day in history lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat, dies at 65  

1564  On July - 25 ferdinand I, German Emperor (1558-64), dies at 61  

1570  Death of Ivan Viskovati, chancellor of Russia, executed on this day in history.  

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