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| July 25th |
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| About July 25th is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 159 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1894 - Walter Brennan, actor (The Real McCoys) 1923 - Estelle Getty, actress (Golden Girls) 1915 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Naval Aviator, brother of JFK 1924 - Frank Church, former U.S. Senator (Idaho) 1954 - Walter Payton, Hall of Fame running back 1967 - Matt LeBlanc, actor (Friends) 1982 - Brad Renfro, actor (Tom and Huck) Deaths 1791 - Isaac Low, merchant, Continental Congress delegate 1997 - Ben Hogan, professional golfer 2006 - Carl Brashear, first African-American U.S. Navy Master Diver 2009 - Vernon Forrest, professional boxing champion Events 1832 - The first recorded U.S. railroad accident happens near Quincy, Massachusetts killing 1 and leaving others seriously injured. 1943 - Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini is voted out of power by his own Grand Council and arrested upon leaving a meeting with King Vittorio Emanuele. 1952 - Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States. 1969 - United States President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the U.S. expects its Asian allies have their own military defense during the Vietnam War. 1978 - Louise Joy Brown is born at Oldham and District General Hospital in Manchester, England, becoming the world's first baby to be conceived via in vitro fertilization. 2000 - The two week Camp David 2000 Summit ends without an agreement being reached between Israel and Palestine. |
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