Category: This Day In History July 25

Categories: This Day In History July

Note: These categories should be applied only to notable persons/events in history.

This Day in History for July 25

Historic Events:

• 1137 - Aliénor of Aquitaine married Louis Capet of France.
• 1898 - U.S. forces invade Puerto Rico marking the start of the Spanish-American War.
• 1909 - Louis Blériot, first to cross the English Channel in an airplane.
• 1915 - RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
• 1943 - Benito Mussolini falls from power during WWII.
• 1965 - Bob Dylan uses electric guitars at the Newport Folk Festival.
• 1978 - Louise Joy Brown, the world's first test tube baby, was born.
• 2024 - "Deadpool and Wolverine" is screened at San Diego ComicCon, the only Disney-backed Marvel film to date. Marvel President Kevin Feige received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Famous Birthdays:

• 1863 - John K. Tener, 25th Governor of Pennsylvania.
• 1894 - Walter Brennan, American award-winning actor.
• 1923 - Estelle Getty, American actress known for Sophia on the TV series The Golden Girls.
• 1932 - Capt Paul Weitz, Jr., American astronaut.

Famous Deaths:

• 1917 - Dr. R. Adam Cowley, founded the first trauma center in the U.S.
• 1931 - Al G. Barnes, showman and Al G. Barnes Circus owner.
• 1984 - Hirata Akihiko, Korean actor known for the Godzilla film series.
• 2016 - Judith Love Cohen, American aerospace and electrical engineer and children's book author.

昭彦 小野田 16 Dec 1927 韓国セオウル - 25 Jul 1984

Aliénor (Aquitaine) of Aquitaine abt 1124 France - 31 Mar 1204

Louis Blériot 01 Jul 1872 Cambrai, Nord, France - 01 Aug 1936

Walter Brennan 25 Jul 1894 Lynn, Massachusetts, United States - 21 Sep 1974

Judith (Cohen) Katz 16 Aug 1933 New York City, New York, United States - 25 Jul 2016

R Cowley 25 Jul 1917 Layton, Davis, Utah, United States - 27 Oct 1991

Estelle (Scher-Gettleman) Getty 25 Jul 1923 New York City, New York, United States - 22 Jul 2008

Alpheus Stonehouse 01 Sep 1862 Lobo, Middlesex, Canada West - 25 Jul 1931

John Tener 25 Jul 1863 County Tyrone, Ireland - 19 May 1946

Paul Joseph Weitz 25 Jul 1932 Erie, Pennsylvania, United States - 22 Oct 2017

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