Tukuk-OS📅 July 25
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on July 25? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2022 — The Duffield Memorial (central medallion pictured) in Great Baddow, an "unusual example of Art Nouveau design in metal work", was designated a listed building by Historic England.
- 2010 — WikiLeaks published 75,000 classified documents about the War in Afghanistan in one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
WikiLeaksAfghan War documents leakClassified information in the United States
- 2007 — Pratibha Patil was sworn in as the first female president of India.
- 2001 — Phoolan Devi, a serving Indian member of Parliament, was shot outside her house in New Delhi, India.
- 2000 — Air France Flight 4590 , a Concorde en route from Paris to New York, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 109 passengers on board and four people on the ground.
- 1976 — The orbiting spacecraft Viking 1 took a photograph of an apparent face on Mars in a classic example of pareidolia.
- 1950 — Korean War: After American troops withdrew, North Korean forces captured the village of Yongdong in South Korea.
- 1943 — The Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini, who was arrested the same day by King Victor Emmanuel III and replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
Grand Council of FascismMotion of no confidenceBenito Mussolini
- 1898 — Spanish–American War: After more than two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invaded Puerto Rico.
- 1893 — The Corinth Canal was formally opened, bisecting the narrow Isthmus of Corinth in Greece to connect the Ionian Sea's Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea's Saronic Gulf.
- 1788 — Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40, one of his two extant symphonies in a minor key.
- 1591 — Eighty Years' War: Dutch and English forces relieved the siege of Knodsenburg in the Spanish Netherlands, having defeated the Duke of Parma's army in the field.
- 1547 — Henry II was crowned King of France at Reims Cathedral.
- 1261 — Struggle for Constantinople: Alexios Strategopoulos led Nicaean forces to recapture Constantinople, leading to the reestablishment of the Byzantine Empire and the end of the Latin Empire.
Struggle for Constantinople (1204–1261)Alexios StrategopoulosEmpire of Nicaea
- 306 — Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops after the death of Constantius Chlorus.
Births
- 2002 — Equi Fernández, Argentine footballer
- 2002 — Alperen Şengün, Turkish basketball player
- 2002 — Adam Hložek, Czech footballer
- 2001 — Bryce Young, American football player
- 2000 — Meg Donnelly, American actress
- 2000 — Zhang Hao, Chinese singer
- 2000 — Shakira Austin, American basketball player
- 1997 — Nat Butcher, Australian rugby league player
- 1996 — Jaafar Jackson, American actor and singer
- 1995 — Alvin Kamara, American football player
- 1995 — Maria Sakkari, Greek tennis player
- 1994 — Natalija Stevanović, Serbian tennis player
Deaths
- 2024 — Shafin Ahmed, Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (born 1961)
- 2024 — Martin Indyk, American diplomat (born 1951)
- 2022 — Paul Sorvino, American actor (born 1939)
- 2022 — David Trimble, Northern Irish statesman and politician (born 1944)
- 2020 — Regis Philbin, American actor and television host (born 1931)
- 2020 — Peter Green, English blues rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and founder of Fleetwood Mac (born 1946)
- 2020 — Lou Henson, American college basketball coach (born 1932)
- 2019 — Beji Caid Essebsi, 4th President and 9th Prime Minister of Tunisia (born 1926)
Beji Caid EssebsiPresident of TunisiaPrime Minister of Tunisia
- 2018 — Sergio Marchionne, Italian-Canadian businessman (born 1952)
- 2017 — Michael Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)
- 2016 — Tim LaHaye, American Christian minister and author (born 1926)
- 2016 — Tom Peterson, American television personality (born 1930)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Anne (Eastern Christianity)
- Christian feast day: Carmen Salles y Barangueras
- Christian feast day: Christopher (Western Christianity)
- Christian feast day: Cucuphas
- Christian feast day: Glodesind
- Christian feast day: James the Great (Western Christianity)
- Christian feast day: John I Agnus
- Christian feast day: Julian of Le Mans (translation)
- Christian feast day: Magnerich of Trier
- Christian feast day: Olympias the Deaconess
- Christian feast day: Rodolfo Acquaviva
- Christian feast day: July 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Guanacaste Day (Costa Rica)
- National Baha'i Day (Jamaica)
- National Day of Galicia (Galicia, Spain)
- Puerto Rico Constitution Day (Puerto Rico)
- International Afro-descendant Women's Day
- Tenjin Matsuri (Osaka, Japan)
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