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July 25, 2000 A Concorde jet crashes outside of Paris after takeoff killing 113 passengers July 25, 1999 54th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship July 25, 1997 Autumn Jackson, found guilty of trying to extort $40M from Bill Cosby July 25, 1997 Carroll O'Connor found not guilty of slandering Harry Perzigian July 25, 1997 Howard Stern is fired from radio station, KEGL Dallas July 25, 1997 QB Brett Favre, re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50M for 7 yrs July 25, 1997 Rocker Rick Danko gets suspended sentence in Japan for drug smuggling July 25, 1997 Vincent "The Chin" Gigante found guilty of racketeering in New York City July 25, 1996 Kim LaPlante of Washington state crowned Mrs. United States July 25, 1994 Jordan and Israeli end 46 year state of war (Washington D.C.) July 25, 1993 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0) July 25, 1993 48th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Lauri Merten July 25, 1993 Designer Claude Montana (44) weds his model Wallis Franken (44) July 25, 1993 Israeli offensive against terrorist bases in South Lebanon July 25, 1993 Miguel Indurain wins his 3rd Tour de France July 25, 1992 25th Olympic Summer games opens in Barcelona, Spain July 25, 1992 Army refused to overturn 127 year old conviction against Dr. Mudd July 25, 1991 Howard Stern adds a 4th radio market (KLSX FM-97.1 Los Angeles) July 25, 1991 Seattle Jay Buhner hits a 479' HR in Yankee Stadium July 25, 1991 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use July 25, 1990 "Les Miserables," opens at Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver July 25, 1990 Kansas City Royal George Brett hits for the cycle July 25, 1990 Nadezhda Ryashkina of U.S.S.R. sets 10K walk woman's record (41:56.23) July 25, 1990 Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at San Diego Padre game July 25, 1990 U.S. Ambassador tells Iraq, U.S. won't take sides in Iraq - Kuwait dispute July 25, 1990 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site July 25, 1989 Brandi Sherwood, of Idaho, crowned 7th Miss Teen USA July 25, 1988 Mindy Duncan, 16, of Oregon, crowned 6th Miss Teen USA July 25, 1988 Pedro Delgado wins Tour de France July 25, 1987 Sherri Martel beats Fabulous Moolah for WWF Woman's Championship Belt July 25, 1987 U.S.S.R. launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton Earth-study satellite July 25, 1986 Sikhs extremist kill 16 hindus in Muhktsar India July 25, 1985 Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirmed he had AIDS July 25, 1985 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site July 25, 1985 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. July 25, 1985 Uganda suspends constitution following coup July 25, 1984 Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes 1st woman to walk in space July 25, 1983 1st non-human primate, baboon, conceived in a lab dish, San Antonio July 25, 1983 Washington Public Power Supply System defaulted $2.25 billion July 25, 1982 20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA (3-0) July 25, 1982 37th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Janet Anderson July 25, 1982 France performs nuclear Test July 25, 1981 Voyager 2 encounters Saturn July 25, 1980 Train crash at Winsum, 9 die July 25, 1980 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site July 25, 1979 109 cm rainfall at Alvin Texas (state record) July 25, 1978 Bob Dylan booed off Newport Folk Festival for using electric guitar July 25, 1978 Bob Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager July 25, 1978 Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games July 25, 1978 John Lydon forms rock group Public Ltd Image July 25, 1976 Annegret Richter runs 100m (11.01) July 25, 1976 Susie Berning wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open July 25, 1975 "A Chorus Line," longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premieres July 25, 1973 George Harrison pays 1,000,000 pounds tax on his Bangladesh concert and album July 25, 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Mars 5 July 25, 1972 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stad July 25, 1972 All star MVP: Joe Morgan (Cin Reds) July 25, 1971 Judy Kimball wins LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies Golf Open July 25, 1970 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" reaches #1 July 25, 1969 1st performance of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Fillmore East, New York) July 25, 1969 70,000 attend Seattle Pop Festival July 25, 1969 Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne July 25, 1968 Pope Paul VI encyclical against On regulation of birth July 25, 1967 Construction begins on San Francisco MUNI METRO (Market Street subway) July 25, 1966 Brian Jones final perfomance as a Rolling Stone July 25, 1966 Eric Clapton records guitar tracks for Harrison's "While My Guitar..." July 25, 1966 Mao Tse Tung swims Yangtse River July 25, 1966 Supremes release "You Can't Hurry Love" July 25, 1966 Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to Hall of Fame July 25, 1965 Folk-rock begins, Dylan uses electricity at Newport Folk Festival July 25, 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Tournament July 25, 1964 "Here's Love" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 338 performances July 25, 1964 Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 14 weeks July 25, 1964 Bob Simpson out for 311 at Old Trafford July 25, 1964 Race riot in Rochester, New York July 25, 1963 Belgian Senate accept Law on language regulations July 25, 1963 U.S., Russia and England sign nuclear Test ban treaty July 25, 1962 House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex July 25, 1961 Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 in a doubleheader July 25, 1960 Company Industrielle et Forestere (Indufor) forms in Brussels July 25, 1960 U.S. Republican convention nominates Nixon as presidential candidate July 25, 1957 Monarchy in Tunisia abolished in favor of a republic July 25, 1957 Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick England vs. WI Headingley July 25, 1957 U.S. performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site July 25, 1956 38th PGA Championship: Jack Burke at Blue Hill CC Boston July 25, 1956 Italian liner Andrea Doria sinks after colliding with the Stockholm July 25, 1956 Jordan attacks United Nations Palestine force July 25, 1954 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Fort Wayne Golf Open July 25, 1953 New York City transit fare rises from 10 cents to 15 cents, 1st use of subway tokens July 25, 1952 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico created (Constitution Day) July 25, 1952 Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing U.S. commonwealth July 25, 1949 St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Brooklyn 14-1 July 25, 1947 U.S. Air Force, Navy and War Department form U.S. Department of Defense July 25, 1947 U.S. Department of Army created July 25, 1946 1st bikini is shown at a Paris fashion show July 25, 1946 U.S. detonates underwater A-bomb at Bikini, 5th atomic explosion July 25, 1944 Japanse banzai-attack on Guam July 25, 1944 1st jet fighter used in combat, Messerschmitt 262 July 25, 1944 Allied jailbreak at St-Lo, behind German lines July 25, 1944 U.S. troop march into Guam July 25, 1944 USAF kills 136, wounds 621 GI's at St-Lo July 25, 1943 1st warship named for a Black person, SS Leonard Roy Harmon, launched July 25, 1943 Benito Mussolini captured, dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II July 25, 1943 Opposition group Zwaantje forms in Delfzijl July 25, 1943 RAF bombs Fokker airplane factory in Amsterdam July 25, 1942 German troops occupy Rostov July 25, 1942 German troops strike at Tsym Lyanskaja July 25, 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt bans selling benzine/gasoline to Japan July 25, 1941 Red Sox Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory) July 25, 1940 John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hours 46 mins in the Mississippi River July 25, 1939 5th and last Dutch government of Colijn, forms July 25, 1939 New York Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win July 25, 1938 Jewish artisans not allowed in Germany July 25, 1938 Revolutionary offensive of Ebro Spain (Hollander Piet) July 25, 1936 115 acre Orchard Beach opens in the Bronx July 25, 1934 Failed nazi coup in Austria July 25, 1933 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington July 25, 1930 Philadelphia Athletics triple steal in 1st and 4th innings vs Cleveland July 25, 1923 German mark devalued to 600,000 Dmark=$1 July 25, 1922 AT&T begins broadcasting on WBAY (NYC-later WEAF, WNBC, WRCA and WFAN) July 25, 1920 Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th HR leads Yanks to 8-2 win July 25, 1918 Annette Adams sworn in as 1st woman district attorney of U.S., California July 25, 1918 Race riot in Chester Pennsylvania (3 blacks and 2 whites killed) July 25, 1916 Explosion at Lake Erie and Cleveland Waterworks July 25, 1914 Germany soc-democrat "No German blood for Austrian tyrant" July 25, 1914 Last day of club cricket for W G Grace at age 66 He made 69 July 25, 1913 Carl Weilman strikes out 6 times in a 15 inning game July 25, 1913 Pirates Max Carey goes hitless, but scores 5 runs against Phillies July 25, 1912 Comoros proclaimed a French colonies July 25, 1909 France's Louis Bleriot, makes 1st airplane flight across Engl Channel July 25, 1903 Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes July 25, 1902 James J. Jeffries KOs Bob Fitzsimmons in 8 for heavyweight boxing title July 25, 1900 Gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match July 25, 1898 1st U.S. troops land and occupy Puerto Rice, at Guanica Bay July 25, 1871 Carousel patents by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa July 25, 1868 U.S. Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah and Idaho) July 25, 1866 25th Postmaster General: Alexander W Randall of Wis takes office July 25, 1866 David Faragut appointed as 1st Admiral of U.S. Navy July 25, 1866 U.S. Grant named 1st general of Army July 25, 1863 Skirmish at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia July 25, 1861 Washington D.C. - Crittenden resolution is passed stating that the war is to be fought to preserve union and uphold the Constitution, not to alter slavery July 25, 1861 Skirmish at Fort Fillmore, New Mexico Terr - Rebels attack Union troops July 25, 1860 1st U.S. intercollegiate billiard match, Harvard vs. Yales July 25, 1850 Gold discovered in Oregon, Rogue River July 25, 1848 1st battle at Custozza: Austrians under Radetzky beat Italian July 25, 1835 Ibrahim Pasha's army attacks Jewish settlers of Hebron Palestine July 25, 1832 1st railroad accident in U.S., Granite Railway, Quincy, Mass-1 dies July 25, 1822 Gen Agustin de Iturbide crowned Agustin I, 1st emperor of Mexico July 25, 1814 Battle of Niagara Falls, Lundy's Lane, ; Americans defeat British July 25, 1814 George Stephenson introduced the 1st steam locomotive July 25, 1799 French-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir July 25, 1792 Dutch patriots exiles finds "Bataafs Legion" July 25, 1775 Maryland issues currency depicting George III trampling Magna Carta July 25, 1759 British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War) July 25, 1729 North Carolina becomes a royal colony July 25, 1689 France declares war on England July 25, 1670 Austrian Emperor Leopold I expels 4,000 Jews from Vienna July 25, 1670 Don Juan Domingo Zuniga y Fonseca becomes Governor-General of Southern Neth July 25, 1670 Vienna Austria expels Jews July 25, 1652 Nikita Minin becomes patriarch of Russian-orthodox church July 25, 1593 France's Protestant King Henri IV converts to Roman Catholic July 25, 1585 Amsterdam bans 45 roman catholics July 25, 1570 Battle at Arnay-le-Duc Bourgundy: Huguenots-French government army July 25, 1564 Maximilian II succeeds his father Ferdinand II as RC emperor July 25, 1521 About 300 heretics burned in Vrijdagmarkt Gent July 25, 1519 San Cristobal de la Habana forms in Cuba July 25, 1511 Portugese assault on city Malakka attack July 25, 1360 Jews are expelled from Breslau Silesia July 25, 1261 Byzantium Emperor Michael VIII recaptures Constantinople July 25, 1215 Frederik II (20) crowned king of German July 25, 1139 Count Alfonso I of Portugal becomes king July 25, 841 Battle at Fontenay: Louis and Charles beat their brother Lotharius I |