Historical Events In July - 25

1930  Phila Athletics triple steal in 1st & 4th innings vs Cleveland on this day in history.   

1930  Maureen Forrester, Montreal Canada, contralto (Ressurection Symphony) on this day in history.   

1932  Cyriel Buysse, Flemish baron/writer (It Bolleken), dies [or 1936] on July - 25.   

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

1934  Failed nazi coup in Austria on this day in history.   

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

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

1936  On July - 25 g Neujmin discovers asteroid #3761   

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

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  On this day in history john Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hrs 46 mins in the Mississippi R   

1941  FDR bans selling benzine/gasoline to Japan on July - 25.   

1942  German troops occupy Rostov on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history benito Mussolini dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II   

1943  On July - 25 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 July - 25.   

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

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

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 July - 25.   

1946  US detonates underwater A-bomb at Bikini (5th atomic explosion) on July - 25.   

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

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

1947  US Deptartment of the Army created on July - 25.   

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 July - 25.   

1952  On July - 25 goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1788 Kiess   

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

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 this day in history.   

1109  On July - 25 birth of afonso I, the Conqueror, king of Portugal (1143-85)   

1336  Albert, Count of Holland (d. 1404) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of jacques Peletier (du Mans), French poet/scientist   

1562  On this day in history birth of kiyomasa Kato, Japanese warlord (d. 1611)   

1575  Christoph Scheiner, Germany, astronomer was born on July - 25.   

0306  Gaius Flavius V Constantius, under-emperor of Rome 297-306, dies on July - 25.   

1409  On this day in history death of king Martin I of Sicily   

1471  On July - 25 john Soreth, French general, dies   

1492  Innocent VII, [Giovanni B Cibo], Italian Pope (1484-92), dies on July - 25.   

1539  Lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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.