What Happened on Jul 25

Mozart Completes Symphony No. 40

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550, in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony," to... Read more

Brunswick Manifesto

The Brunswick Manifesto was a proclamation issued by Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, commander of the Allied Army (principally... Read more

Battle of Mesilla - Confederates Secure New Mexico Territory

The Battle of Mesilla was a Arizonan victory at Mesilla, in Confederate States of America's Arizona Territory on July 25, 1861. This victory paved... Read more

American Forces Land in Guanica, Puerto Rico

The Spanish forces expected the Americans to attack the northern region of the island and concentrated their defenses around San Juan and Arecibo.... Read more

Puerto Rico Is Invaded By The United States

On July 25, 1898, during the Spanish-American War, Puerto Rico was invaded by the United States with a landing at Guánica. As an outcome of the... Read more

Telegrams and Letters Circulated on Saturday July 25 1914

Austria-Hungary. Count Berchtold, Austro-Hungarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, telegraphed from Lembach to his Under-Secretary, Baron von... Read more

Serbia's Reply to the Austro-Hungarian Note

A few minutes before 6 p. m., July 25, 1914, the Serbian Government made its reply to the Austrian note. This declared that no attempts had been... Read more

Fighting Erupts at Langfang Between Chinese and Japanese Troops Despite Recent Truce

By 25 July, Japanese reinforcements in the form of the IJA 20th Division arrived and fighting re-erupted first at Langfang, a city on the railroad... Read more

Italian Grand Council of Fascism Votes to Depose Mussolini

On 25 July 1943, a few weeks after the allied invasion of Sicily and bombing of Rome, the Italian Grand Council of Fascism voted to depose... Read more

Benito Mussolini Arrested after being Ousted by Grand Council of Fascism

Italy's position became more and more untenable. After the defeat at El Alamein in 1942 the Axis troops had to retreat to Tunisia where they were... Read more

Battle of Tannenberg Line

The Battle of Tannenberg Line was a campaign between the German the army detachment "Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for the... Read more

Operation Spring

Operation Spring was an offensive operation conducted by II Canadian Corps during the Normandy campaign. The plan was intended to create pressure... Read more

Operation Cobra

Operation Cobra was the codename for an offensive launched by the First United States Army eight weeks after the D-Day landings, during the... Read more

Atomic Bomb, Baker, is Detonated Underwater

The second test, Shot "Baker," proved much more impressive. Detonated ninety feet underwater on the morning of July 25, Baker produced a... Read more

The SS Andrea Doria Collides with MS Stockholm

A little after 11:00 p.m., the Stockholm struck the Doria, delivering a fatal blow. The impact opened such a gaping hole in the Doria's side that... Read more

Republic of Tunisia Proclaimed

Nationalist agitation forced France to recognize Tunisian independence and sovereignty in 1956. The constituent assembly deposed the bey on July... Read more

"The Entertainer" Is Released

The Entertainer is a 1960 film adaptation of the stage play of the same name by John Osborne, which told the story of a failing third-rate music... Read more

Yes release self-titled debut album

Yes is the 1969 eponymous debut album from the British progressive rock band Yes, considered among the first progressive rock albums. With the... Read more

The Washington Star Exposes the Tuskegee Experiment to a Scandalized Public

The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male (also known as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Public Health Service Syphilis Study, or the... Read more

David Bowie releases song Fame

"Fame" is a song recorded by David Bowie, initially released in 1975 and in remixed versions, in 1990. With the Young Americans sessions mostly... Read more

World's First Successful "Test-Tube" Baby is Born

Even before Louise Brown arrived, the London tabloids called her "Our Miracle Baby," and critics muttered words like Frankenstein. The world's... Read more

AC/DC releases Back in Black

Back in Black is the 7th studio album (in Australia, 6th in the rest of the world) by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released on 25 July 1980.... Read more

Alice Cooper releases Trash

Trash is a studio album released by Alice Cooper in 1989. The album featured "Poison", Cooper's first top ten hit since his single "You And Me"... Read more

Lance Armstrong finished 14th in his first Olympics

In 1992, he finished 14th place in the road race at the Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He turned professional right after the Olympics. That same... Read more

Games of the XXV Olympiad Held in Barcelona, Spain

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona,... Read more