A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on July 25 throughout history.
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Constantine I (27 February 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, or known mononymously as Constantine, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to...
English engineer George Stephenson introduces his first steam locomotive, a traveling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway, named Blücher
Victor Emmanuel III (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946.
World War II: Operation Spring is one of Canada's bloodiest days, with 1,444 casualties, including 441 killed in a single day
Scientists announce the first human stem cells to be cultured in a laboratory using tissue taken from aborted human embryos
Martin and Lewis were an American comedy duo, comprising singer Dean Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis.
Bob Dylan is booed by sections of the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival for performing with an electric guitar, beginning the era of folk rock
Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban's musical "A Chorus Line" opens at the Shubert Theatre in NYC, setting a record for the longest-running Broadway show with 6,137 performances and winning 10 Tony Awards
86th Tour de France: Lance Armstrong wins the first of seven consecutive Tour de France titles but is later disqualified for doping
Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her...
Spanish painter Francisco Goya marries Josefa Bayeu in Madrid
Inventor Charles Babbage (21) weds Georgina Whitmore at St. Michael's Church in Devon, England
Heiress Julia Stimson Thorne (43) divorces politician John Kerry (44) after 18 years of marriage
Actress Sunny Mabrey (36) divorces "Brotherhood" actor Ethan Embry (34) due to irreconcilable differences after almost 7 years marriage
The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings
Large fire in church of Saint Madeleine of Vézelay, France, kills a thousand pilgrims and seriously damages the church
Dom Afonso I nicknamed "the Conqueror" (Portuguese: O Conquistador), "the Founder" (O Fundador) and "the Great" (O Magno) by the Portuguese, was the first king of Portugal, from 26 July 1139 until...
Constantinople recaptured by Nicaean forces under Alexios Strategopoulos for Emperor Michael VIII, re-establishing Byzantine Empire
Jews are expelled from Breslau, Silesia
Spanish conquest of Tripoli by Pedro Navarro for Aragon crown; over 3,000 killed and more than 5,000 inhabitants enslaved
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays.
About 300 heretics burn in Vrijdagmarkt, Ghent
Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera, best known as Sebastián de Belalcázar was a Spanish conquistador. Belalcázar, also written as Benalcázar.
The City of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil
Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela
Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area.
Admiral George Somers scuttles the "Sea Venture" in eastern Bermuda, the storm-damaged flagship of the London Company bound for Jamestown, Virginia. Survivors construct two new ships and continue on to resupply the embattled colony.
Important Royalist base Scarborough Castle surrenders to parliamentarians after one of the bloodiest sieges of the English Civil War [1]
Nikon, born Nikita Minin (Никита Минин; 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1605 – 17 August [O.S.
Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna
American-English official Elihu Yale becomes Governor of Fort St. George, Madras, the East India's Company's major trading port in India
Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, México
The Three Years War begins along the Maine and Massachusetts border
The Province of Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of England (1663–1707) and later the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1712) that existed in North America from 1663 until the Carolinas were...
Seven Years' War: the island battery at Fortress Louisbourg in Nova Scotia is silenced and all French warships are destroyed or taken
The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a global war fought by numerous great powers, primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and the Indian subcontinent.
Dutch patriots in exile found "Bataafs Legion"
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen in northeast Wales. The 19-arched stone and cast iron structure is...
Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane), the bloodiest battle of the War of 1812, ends in a stalemate between invading American army and Canadian and British forces [1]
Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua
The Granite Railway was one of the first railroads in the United States, built to carry granite from Quincy, Massachusetts, to a dock on the Neponset River in Milton.
Ibrahim Pasha's army attacks Jewish settlers in Hebron, Palestine
The first commercial use of an electric telegraph is successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone between Euston and Camden Town in London
First battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky defeat Italian
Gold is discovered in the Rogue River in Oregon
Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californian bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado," is killed by California Rangers
First US intercollegiate billiard match (Harvard vs. Yale)
Crittenden Resolution is passed, stating that the war is to be fought to preserve the Union and uphold the Constitution, not to alter slavery
Skirmish at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia
25th US Postmaster General: Alexander W. Randall of Wisconsin takes office
Wyoming is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Carousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa
The history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the Ortoiroid people before 430 BC.
Emily Hobhouse (9 April 1860 – 8 June 1926) was a British welfare campaigner, anti-war activist, and pacifist.
Castle on top of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, closes
From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan as a colony under the name Chōsen (朝鮮), the Japanese reading of "Joseon". Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during the late...
Ajinomoto Co., founded by Kikunae Ikeda of Tokyo Imperial University, discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG) and patents a process for manufacturing it
Louis Charles Joseph Blériot was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a profitable business manufacturing them, using much of...
The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian...
A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress, now the African National Congress, is attended by a large number of people from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland
Germany's Social Democratic Party declares "No German blood for Austrian tyrant" in response to German support of Austria-Hungary
Explosion at Lake Erie and Cleveland Waterworks
Sir Thomas White introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure, with the lowest bracket at 4% and the highest at 25%
Annette Adams is sworn in as the first female district attorney in the US, in California
WFAN (660 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to New York, New York, with a sports radio format, branded "Sports Radio 66 AM and 101.9 FM" or "The Fan".
German mark devalued to 600,000 marks = $1
Grover Cleveland Alexander (February 26, 1887 – November 4, 1950), nicknamed "Old Pete" and "Alexander the Great", was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball.
The Federal State of Austria (Austrian German: Bundesstaat Österreich; colloquially known as the "Ständestaat") was a continuation of the First Austrian Republic between 1934 and 1938 when it was a...
-acre Orchard Beach opens in the Bronx
The Jewish Party, in full the Jewish Party of Romania (Romanian: Partidul Evreiesc din România, PER; Hebrew: המפלגה היהודית הרומנית; Yiddish: אידישע פארטיי, Idishe partey) or the Jewish National...
The Fifth Colijn cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 25 July 1939 until 10 August 1939.
American John Sigmund begins what will be the longest solo swim of all time, swimming for 89 hours and 46 minutes from St. Louis to Caruthersville, Missouri, in the Mississippi River, covering 292 miles
41-year-old pitcher Lefty Grove wins his 300th and final MLB career game as the Boston Red Sox defeat the Cleveland Indians 10-6 at Fenway Park in Boston
German troops strike at Tsymlyanskaya
The Battle of Guam (21 July – 10 August 1944) was the American recapture of the Japanese-held island of Guam, an American territory in the Mariana Islands captured by the Japanese in the First Battle...
The government of Puerto Rico encompasses the local administrative structure of the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the U.S.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.
SS Andrea Doria was a luxury transatlantic ocean liner of the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia), put into service in 1953.
Monarchy in Tunisia is abolished in favor of a republic
The African Regroupment Party (PRA) holds its first congress in Cotonou
The Saunders-Roe SR.N1 (Saunders-Roe Nautical 1) was the first practical hovercraft.
Compagnie Industrielle et Forestière (Indufor) forms in Brussels
Belgian Senate accepts law on language regulations
The Philadelphia race riot, or Columbia Avenue Riot, took place in the predominantly black neighborhoods of North Philadelphia from August 28 to August 30, 1964.
Construction begins on the San Francisco Muni Metro (Market Street Subway)
US health officials concede African Americans were used as guinea pigs in a 40-year syphilis experiment
Annegret Richter runs the 100 m in 11.01
Alvin is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area and Brazoria County. As of the 2020 census, Alvin had a population of 27,098.
Anti-apartheid protesters in Hamilton, New Zealand, force the cancellation of a rugby match between the provincial team Waikato and South Africa’s Springboks by invading the pitch during the game [1]
France performs nuclear test
First non-human primate (baboon) conceived in a lab dish in San Antonio
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space.
English middle-distance runner Steve Cram runs a world record in the 1 mile (3:46.32) at Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway
Sikh extremists kill 16 Hindus in Muktsar, India
R. Venkataraman becomes the eighth President of India
Howard Stern adds a fourth radio market, KLSX FM-97.1 in Los Angeles, California
Spain first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games since 1920. Spain has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games since 1936.
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
A gas bottle explodes in Saint-Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network), killing 8 and injuring 80
Kim LaPlante of Washington State is crowned Mrs. United States
Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, F-BTSC, crashes just after takeoff from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and four on the ground
Faced with declining oil prices, OPEC ministers agree to cut crude oil production quotas by about 4%, or one million barrels per day
The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth held in...
Italy's credit rating is downgraded to CCC+ by Egan-Jones
UCI BMX Supercross series: Niek Kimmann and Stefany Hernandez win the world title
England fast bowler Jimmy Anderson becomes the first quick to take 50 wickets against all other seven major Test cricket-playing nations during the second Test against Pakistan in Manchester
Israeli authorities remove new metal detectors from Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif after Palestinian protests amid rising tensions in Jerusalem
NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescues 167 African migrants off the coast of Libya, but 13 perish
"City killer" Asteroid 2019 OK (187 to 427 ft [57 to 130 m] estimated diameter) passes by almost undetected approximately 45,000 miles away from earth, nearer than the moon
Cargo ship MV Wakashio runs aground off the coast of Mauritius and begins leaking oil
UN says 209 people killed in gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, including no-gang members over 10 days, with a further 254 injured with gunshot wounds [1]
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic Ocean current is near collapse as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could reach its tipping point in the middle of this century [1]
Oakland Athletics infielder Nick Kurtz becomes first rookie in MLB history to hit four home runs in a game, during 15-3 win over the Astros at Dalkin Park in Houston, Texas
Henry Knox, American founding father, known for american founding father, was born on 1750-07-25.
Woody Strode, American athlete and actor, known for american athlete and actor, was born on 1914-07-25.
Whipper Billy Watson is born
Matt LeBlanc, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1968-07-25. Matthew Steven LeBlanc ( lə-BLAHNK; born July 25, 1967) is an American actor.
Walter Payton, American athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1954-07-25.
Thomas Eakins, American artist, known for american artist, was born on 1844-07-25.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, literary critic and philosopher, known for english poet, literary critic and philosopher, died on 1834-07-25.
Ben Hogan, American professional golfer, known for american professional golfer, died on 1997-07-25.
Beji Caid Essebsi dies
Constantine I (27 February 272 – 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, or known mononymously as Constantine, was Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to...
The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings
Large fire in church of Saint Madeleine of Vézelay, France, kills a thousand pilgrims and seriously damages the church
Dom Afonso I nicknamed "the Conqueror" (Portuguese: O Conquistador), "the Founder" (O Fundador) and "the Great" (O Magno) by the Portuguese, was the first king of Portugal, from 26 July 1139 until...
Constantinople recaptured by Nicaean forces under Alexios Strategopoulos for Emperor Michael VIII, re-establishing Byzantine Empire
Jews are expelled from Breslau, Silesia
Spanish conquest of Tripoli by Pedro Navarro for Aragon crown; over 3,000 killed and more than 5,000 inhabitants enslaved
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays.
About 300 heretics burn in Vrijdagmarkt, Ghent
Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera, best known as Sebastián de Belalcázar was a Spanish conquistador. Belalcázar, also written as Benalcázar.
The City of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil
Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her...
Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela
Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area.
Admiral George Somers scuttles the "Sea Venture" in eastern Bermuda, the storm-damaged flagship of the London Company bound for Jamestown, Virginia. Survivors construct two new ships and continue on to resupply the embattled colony.
Important Royalist base Scarborough Castle surrenders to parliamentarians after one of the bloodiest sieges of the English Civil War [1]
Nikon, born Nikita Minin (Никита Минин; 7 May [O.S. 27 April] 1605 – 17 August [O.S.
Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna
American-English official Elihu Yale becomes Governor of Fort St. George, Madras, the East India's Company's major trading port in India
Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, México
The Three Years War begins along the Maine and Massachusetts border
The Province of Carolina was a colony of the Kingdom of England (1663–1707) and later the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1712) that existed in North America from 1663 until the Carolinas were...
Henry Knox, American founding father, known for american founding father, was born on 1750-07-25.
Seven Years' War: the island battery at Fortress Louisbourg in Nova Scotia is silenced and all French warships are destroyed or taken
The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a global war fought by numerous great powers, primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and the Indian subcontinent.
Spanish painter Francisco Goya marries Josefa Bayeu in Madrid
Dutch patriots in exile found "Bataafs Legion"
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal across the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen in northeast Wales. The 19-arched stone and cast iron structure is...
English engineer George Stephenson introduces his first steam locomotive, a traveling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway, named Blücher
Inventor Charles Babbage (21) weds Georgina Whitmore at St. Michael's Church in Devon, England
Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane), the bloodiest battle of the War of 1812, ends in a stalemate between invading American army and Canadian and British forces [1]
Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua
The Granite Railway was one of the first railroads in the United States, built to carry granite from Quincy, Massachusetts, to a dock on the Neponset River in Milton.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, literary critic and philosopher, known for english poet, literary critic and philosopher, died on 1834-07-25.
Ibrahim Pasha's army attacks Jewish settlers in Hebron, Palestine
The first commercial use of an electric telegraph is successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone between Euston and Camden Town in London
Thomas Eakins, American artist, known for american artist, was born on 1844-07-25.
First battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky defeat Italian
Gold is discovered in the Rogue River in Oregon
Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californian bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado," is killed by California Rangers
First US intercollegiate billiard match (Harvard vs. Yale)
Crittenden Resolution is passed, stating that the war is to be fought to preserve the Union and uphold the Constitution, not to alter slavery
Skirmish at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia
25th US Postmaster General: Alexander W. Randall of Wisconsin takes office
Wyoming is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
Carousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa
The history of Puerto Rico began with the settlement of the Ortoiroid people before 430 BC.
Emily Hobhouse (9 April 1860 – 8 June 1926) was a British welfare campaigner, anti-war activist, and pacifist.
Castle on top of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, closes
From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan as a colony under the name Chōsen (朝鮮), the Japanese reading of "Joseon". Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during the late...
Ajinomoto Co., founded by Kikunae Ikeda of Tokyo Imperial University, discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG) and patents a process for manufacturing it
Louis Charles Joseph Blériot was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a profitable business manufacturing them, using much of...
The Comoros, officially the Union of the Comoros, is an archipelagic country made up of three islands in Southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian...
A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress, now the African National Congress, is attended by a large number of people from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland
Germany's Social Democratic Party declares "No German blood for Austrian tyrant" in response to German support of Austria-Hungary
Woody Strode, American athlete and actor, known for american athlete and actor, was born on 1914-07-25.
Explosion at Lake Erie and Cleveland Waterworks
Sir Thomas White introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure, with the lowest bracket at 4% and the highest at 25%
Whipper Billy Watson is born
Annette Adams is sworn in as the first female district attorney in the US, in California
WFAN (660 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to New York, New York, with a sports radio format, branded "Sports Radio 66 AM and 101.9 FM" or "The Fan".
German mark devalued to 600,000 marks = $1
Grover Cleveland Alexander (February 26, 1887 – November 4, 1950), nicknamed "Old Pete" and "Alexander the Great", was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball.
The Federal State of Austria (Austrian German: Bundesstaat Österreich; colloquially known as the "Ständestaat") was a continuation of the First Austrian Republic between 1934 and 1938 when it was a...
-acre Orchard Beach opens in the Bronx
The Jewish Party, in full the Jewish Party of Romania (Romanian: Partidul Evreiesc din România, PER; Hebrew: המפלגה היהודית הרומנית; Yiddish: אידישע פארטיי, Idishe partey) or the Jewish National...
The Fifth Colijn cabinet was the cabinet of the Netherlands from 25 July 1939 until 10 August 1939.
American John Sigmund begins what will be the longest solo swim of all time, swimming for 89 hours and 46 minutes from St. Louis to Caruthersville, Missouri, in the Mississippi River, covering 292 miles
41-year-old pitcher Lefty Grove wins his 300th and final MLB career game as the Boston Red Sox defeat the Cleveland Indians 10-6 at Fenway Park in Boston
German troops strike at Tsymlyanskaya
Victor Emmanuel III (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946.
World War II: Operation Spring is one of Canada's bloodiest days, with 1,444 casualties, including 441 killed in a single day
The Battle of Guam (21 July – 10 August 1944) was the American recapture of the Japanese-held island of Guam, an American territory in the Mariana Islands captured by the Japanese in the First Battle...
Martin and Lewis were an American comedy duo, comprising singer Dean Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis.
The government of Puerto Rico encompasses the local administrative structure of the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the U.S.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.
Walter Payton, American athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1954-07-25.
SS Andrea Doria was a luxury transatlantic ocean liner of the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia), put into service in 1953.
Monarchy in Tunisia is abolished in favor of a republic
The African Regroupment Party (PRA) holds its first congress in Cotonou
The Saunders-Roe SR.N1 (Saunders-Roe Nautical 1) was the first practical hovercraft.
Compagnie Industrielle et Forestière (Indufor) forms in Brussels
Belgian Senate accepts law on language regulations
The Philadelphia race riot, or Columbia Avenue Riot, took place in the predominantly black neighborhoods of North Philadelphia from August 28 to August 30, 1964.
Bob Dylan is booed by sections of the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival for performing with an electric guitar, beginning the era of folk rock
Construction begins on the San Francisco Muni Metro (Market Street Subway)
Matt LeBlanc, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1968-07-25. Matthew Steven LeBlanc ( lə-BLAHNK; born July 25, 1967) is an American actor.
US health officials concede African Americans were used as guinea pigs in a 40-year syphilis experiment
Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban's musical "A Chorus Line" opens at the Shubert Theatre in NYC, setting a record for the longest-running Broadway show with 6,137 performances and winning 10 Tony Awards
Annegret Richter runs the 100 m in 11.01
Alvin is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area and Brazoria County. As of the 2020 census, Alvin had a population of 27,098.
Anti-apartheid protesters in Hamilton, New Zealand, force the cancellation of a rugby match between the provincial team Waikato and South Africa’s Springboks by invading the pitch during the game [1]
France performs nuclear test
First non-human primate (baboon) conceived in a lab dish in San Antonio
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space.
English middle-distance runner Steve Cram runs a world record in the 1 mile (3:46.32) at Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway
Sikh extremists kill 16 Hindus in Muktsar, India
R. Venkataraman becomes the eighth President of India
Heiress Julia Stimson Thorne (43) divorces politician John Kerry (44) after 18 years of marriage
Howard Stern adds a fourth radio market, KLSX FM-97.1 in Los Angeles, California
Spain first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games since 1920. Spain has also participated in every Winter Olympic Games since 1936.
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
A gas bottle explodes in Saint-Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network), killing 8 and injuring 80
Kim LaPlante of Washington State is crowned Mrs. United States
Scientists announce the first human stem cells to be cultured in a laboratory using tissue taken from aborted human embryos
Ben Hogan, American professional golfer, known for american professional golfer, died on 1997-07-25.
86th Tour de France: Lance Armstrong wins the first of seven consecutive Tour de France titles but is later disqualified for doping
Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde supersonic passenger jet, F-BTSC, crashes just after takeoff from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and four on the ground
Faced with declining oil prices, OPEC ministers agree to cut crude oil production quotas by about 4%, or one million barrels per day
The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002, were an international multi-sport event for the members of the Commonwealth held in...
Actress Sunny Mabrey (36) divorces "Brotherhood" actor Ethan Embry (34) due to irreconcilable differences after almost 7 years marriage
Italy's credit rating is downgraded to CCC+ by Egan-Jones
UCI BMX Supercross series: Niek Kimmann and Stefany Hernandez win the world title
England fast bowler Jimmy Anderson becomes the first quick to take 50 wickets against all other seven major Test cricket-playing nations during the second Test against Pakistan in Manchester
Israeli authorities remove new metal detectors from Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif after Palestinian protests amid rising tensions in Jerusalem
NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescues 167 African migrants off the coast of Libya, but 13 perish
"City killer" Asteroid 2019 OK (187 to 427 ft [57 to 130 m] estimated diameter) passes by almost undetected approximately 45,000 miles away from earth, nearer than the moon
Beji Caid Essebsi dies
Cargo ship MV Wakashio runs aground off the coast of Mauritius and begins leaking oil
UN says 209 people killed in gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, including no-gang members over 10 days, with a further 254 injured with gunshot wounds [1]
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic Ocean current is near collapse as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation could reach its tipping point in the middle of this century [1]
Oakland Athletics infielder Nick Kurtz becomes first rookie in MLB history to hit four home runs in a game, during 15-3 win over the Astros at Dalkin Park in Houston, Texas