What are the important events that happened on July 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 25 is the 207th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 159 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 12, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,721,865,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptagon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 188 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,234 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 25 Historical Events
- 285 –Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler.
- 1538 –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.
- 1759 –French and Indian War: in Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
- 1795 –The first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is laid.
- 1925 –Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
- 1940 –General Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
- 1946 –Operation Crossroads: an atomic bomb is detonated underwater in the lagoon of Bikini atoll.
- 1958 –The African Regroupment Party (PRA) holds its first congress in Cotonou.
- 1959 –SR-N1 hovercraft crosses the English Channel from Calais to Dover in just over 2 hours.
- 1961 –In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
Who were born on July 25?
- 1683 –Pieter Langendijk, Dutch dramatist and poet (d. 1756)
- 1753 –Santiago de Liniers, viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (d. 1810)
- 1908 –Jack Gilford, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1924 –Scotch Taylor, Former South African cricketer (d. 2004)
- 1926 –Whitey Lockman, American baseball player
- 1927 –Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani politician (d. 2000)
- 1930 –Murray Chapple, Former New Zealand cricketer (d. 1985)
- 1941 –Manny Charlton, rock guitarist
- 1962 –Doug Drabek, American baseball player
- 1971 –Tracy Murray, American basketball player
Who died on July 25?
- 1472 –Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
- 1492 –Pope Innocent VIII (b. 1432)
- 1794 –André Chénier, French writer (b. 1762)
- 1995 –Charlie Rich, American rock/soul/country musician (b. 1932)
- 1997 –Ben Hogan, American golfer (b. 1912)
- 2003 –Erik Brann, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1950)
- 2004 –John Passmore, Australian philosopher (b. 1914)
- 2006 –Ezra Fleischer, Romanian dissident, later Israeli writer (b. 1928)
- 2009 –Alexis Cohen, American Idol contestant (unsuccessful), viral phenomenon (b. 1984)
- 2009 –Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (b. 1958)
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