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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[306]] – [[Constantine the Great|Constantine I]] is proclaimed [[Roman Empire|Roman]] emperor by his troops. * [[315]] – The [[Arch of Constantine]] is completed near the [[Colosseum]] in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over [[Maxentius]] at the [[Ponte Milvio|Milvian Bridge]]. * [[677]] – Climax of the [[Siege of Thessalonica (676–678)|Siege of Thessalonica]] by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls. * [[864]] – The [[Edict of Pistres]] of [[Charles the Bald]] orders defensive measures against the [[Vikings]]. * [[918]] – [[Wang Geon]] becomes King of [[Goryeo]] after overthrowing [[Gung Ye]] in a coup the previous day<ref name="Kang">{{cite thesis |last= Kang |first= Hi-Woong |date= 1964 |title=The development of the Korean ruling class from late Silla to early Koryo |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/302110231 |degree= PhD |chapter= The Eclipse of the Silla Aristocracy |publisher= University of Washington |access-date= 18 July 2023 |id= {{ProQuest|302110231}}}}</ref> *[[1137]] – [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]] marries Prince Louis, later King [[Louis VII of France]], at the [[Bordeaux Cathedral|Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux]]. *[[1139]] – [[Battle of Ourique]]: The [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravids]], led by [[Ali ibn Yusuf]], are defeated by Prince [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso Henriques]] who is proclaimed King of Portugal. *[[1261]] – The city of [[Constantinople]] is [[Reconquest of Constantinople|recaptured]] by [[Empire of Nicaea|Nicaean]] forces under the command of [[Alexios Strategopoulos]], re-establishing the [[Byzantine Empire]]. *[[1278]] – The naval [[Battle of Algeciras (1278)|Battle of Algeciras]] takes place in the context of the [[Spanish Reconquista]] resulting in a victory for the [[Emirate of Granada]] and the Maranid Dynasty over the [[Kingdom of Castile]]. *[[1467]] – The [[Battle of Molinella]]: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively. *[[1536]] – [[Sebastián de Belalcázar]] on his search of [[El Dorado]] founds the city of [[Cali|Santiago de Cali]]. *[[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. *[[1547]] – [[Henry II of France]] is [[Coronation|crowned]]. *[[1554]] – [[Wedding of Mary I of England and Philip of Spain|The royal wedding]] of [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] and [[Philip II of Spain]] celebrated at [[Winchester Cathedral]].<ref>Alexander Samson, ''Mary and Philip: The marriage of Tudor England and Habsburg Spain'' (Manchester, 2020), p. 110.</ref> *[[1567]] – Don Diego de Losada founds the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day [[Caracas]], the capital city of [[Venezuela]]. *[[1591]] – The [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma|Duke of Parma]] is [[Siege of Knodsenburg|defeated]] near the Dutch city of [[Nijmegen]] by an Anglo-Dutch force led by [[Maurice of Orange]].<ref name="Wat">{{cite book|last1=Watson|title=The history of the reign of Philip the Second, king of Spain|date=1839|publisher=Tegg|pages=474–75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rU71KMHN4V8C}}</ref> *[[1593]] – [[Henry IV of France]] publicly converts from [[Protestantism]] to [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]ism. ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[James VI and I]] and [[Anne of Denmark]] are [[coronation of James I|crowned]] in [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>[[Jemma Field]], 'Anna of Denmark', Aidan Norrie, Carolyn Harris, [[J. L. Laynesmith]], Danna R. Messer, Elena Woodacre, ''Tudor and Stuart Consorts: Power, Influence, and Dynasty'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), p. 214.</ref> *[[1609]] – The English ship ''[[Sea Venture]]'', en route to [[Colony of Virginia|Virginia]], is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at [[Bermuda]] to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there. *[[1668]] – A [[1668 Shandong earthquake|magnitude 8.5 earthquake]] strikes eastern China, killing over 43,000 people.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=CHINA: SHANDONG PROVINCE|url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1054|access-date=9 Dec 2020|website=NGDC}}</ref> *[[1693]] – Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as [[Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León]], Mexico. *[[1718]] – At the behest of Tsar [[Peter the Great]], the construction of [[Kadriorg Palace]], dedicated to his wife [[Catherine I of Russia|Catherine]], begins in [[Tallinn]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spottinghistory.com/view/410/kadriorg-palace/|title=Kadriorg Palace – Tallinn, Estonia|website=Spotting History|access-date=September 29, 2021}}</ref> *[[1722]] – [[Dummer's War]] begins along the [[Maine]]-[[Massachusetts]] border. *[[1755]] – [[British Empire|British]] governor [[Charles Lawrence (British Army officer)|Charles Lawrence]] and the [[Nova Scotia]] Council order the [[Expulsion of the Acadians|deportation]] of the [[Acadians]]. *[[1759]] – [[French and Indian War]]: In [[Western New York]], British forces capture [[Fort Niagara]] from the French, who subsequently abandon [[Fort Rouillé]]. *[[1783]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: The war's last action, the [[Siege of Cuddalore]], is ended by a preliminary peace agreement. *[[1788]] – [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] completes his [[Symphony No. 40 (Mozart)|Symphony No. 40 in G minor]] (K550). *[[1792]] – The [[Brunswick Manifesto]] is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed. *[[1797]] – [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Horatio Nelson]] loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of [[Tenerife]] (Spain). *[[1799]] – [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] defeats a numerically superior Ottoman army under [[Mustafa Pasha (Egypt)|Mustafa Pasha]] at the [[Battle of Abukir (1799)|Battle of Abukir.]] *[[1814]] – [[War of 1812]]: An [[Battle of Lundy's Lane|American attack on Canada]] is repulsed. *[[1824]] – [[Costa Rica]] annexes [[Guanacaste Province|Guanacaste]] from [[Nicaragua]]. *[[1835]] – [[James Bowman Lindsay]] demonstrates a constant [[Incandescent light bulb|electric light]] at a public meeting in [[Dundee|Dundee, Scotland]].<ref name="Challoner">{{cite book |last=Challoner |first=Jack |title=1001 Inventions That Changed The World |publisher=Barrons Educational Series |year=2009 |isbn=978-1844036110 |location=Hauppauge NY |page=305 |display-authors=etal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=James Bowman Lindsay - Local History Centre, Leisure and Culture Dundee |url=https://www.leisureandculturedundee.com/localhistory/jbl |access-date=2 September 2024 |website=Leisure and Culture Dundee}}</ref> *[[1837]] – The first commercial use of an [[electrical telegraph]] is successfully demonstrated in London by [[William Fothergill Cooke|William Cooke]] and [[Charles Wheatstone]]. *[[1853]] – [[Joaquin Murrieta]], the famous [[Californio]] bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed. *[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Crittenden–Johnson Resolution]], stating that the war is being fought to preserve the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] and not to end [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]], in the wake of the defeat at the [[First Battle of Bull Run]]. *[[1866]] – The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the [[Military rank|rank]] of [[General of the Army (United States)|General of the Army]]. [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]] becomes the first to be promoted to this rank. *[[1868]] – The [[Wyoming Territory]] is established. *[[1869]] – The Japanese ''[[daimyō]]s'' begin returning their land holdings to the [[Emperor of Japan|emperor]] as part of the [[Meiji Restoration]] reforms. (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese Date]]: June 17, 1869). *[[1894]] – The [[First Sino-Japanese War]] begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship. *[[1897]] – American author [[Jack London]] embarks on a sailing trip to take part in the [[Klondike, Yukon|Klondike]]'s [[gold rush]], from which he wrote his first successful stories.<ref>Peter Lourie: ''Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush''. Henry Holt, 2017. ISBN 978-0805097573.</ref> *[[1898]] – [[Spanish–American War]]: The American invasion of Spanish-held [[Puerto Rico]] begins, as [[United States Army]] troops under General [[Nelson A. Miles]] land and secure the port at [[Guánica, Puerto Rico|Guánica]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Marley|first=David|title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 1492 to the Present|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2008|isbn=9781598841008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DkgGVTOr2EsC|page=604}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Ajinomoto]] is founded. [[Kikunae Ikeda]] of the [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]] discovers that a key ingredient in [[kombu]] soup stock is [[monosodium glutamate]] (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it. *[[1909]] – [[Louis Blériot]] makes the first flight across the [[English Channel]] in a [[Blériot XI|heavier-than-air machine]] from [[Calais]] to [[Dover|Dover, England, United Kingdom]] in 37 minutes. *[[1915]] – [[Royal Flying Corps|RFC]] Captain [[Lanoe Hawker]] becomes the first British [[Fighter aircraft|pursuit]] aviator to earn the [[Victoria Cross]]. *[[1917]] – Sir [[Robert Borden]] introduces the first [[Income taxes in Canada|income tax in Canada]] as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%). *[[1925]] – [[Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union]] (TASS) is established. *[[1934]] – The [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]] assassinate Austrian Chancellor [[Engelbert Dollfuss]] in a failed coup attempt. *[[1940]] – General [[Henri Guisan]] orders the [[Swiss Army]] to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal. *[[1942]] – The [[Norwegian resistance movement|Norwegian Manifesto]] calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation. *[[1943]] – [[World War II]]: [[Benito Mussolini]] [[25 Luglio|is forced out of office]] by the King (encouraged by the [[Grand Council of Fascism]]) and is replaced by [[Pietro Badoglio]]. *[[1943]] – World War II: 136 Greek civilians are [[Massacres of Mousiotitsa|murdered]] by soldiers of the German [[1st Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)|1st Mountain Division]] in the village of [[Mousiotitsa]], Greece.<ref name="Meyer">{{cite book|last=Meyer|first=Hermann Frank|title=Blutiges Edelweiss. Die 1. Gebirgs-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg|trans-title=Bloodstained Edelweiss. The 1st Mountain-Division in the Second World War|year=2007|publisher=Ch. Links-Verlag|isbn=978-3861534471}}</ref> *[[1944]] – World War II: [[Operation Spring]] is one of the bloodiest days for the [[First Canadian Army]] during the war. *[[1946]] – The [[Operation Crossroads#Test Baker|Crossroads Baker]] device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test. *[[1956]] – Forty-five miles south of [[Nantucket|Nantucket Island]], the Italian [[ocean liner]] {{SS|Andrea Doria}} collides with the {{ship|MS|Stockholm|1948|6}} in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51. *[[1957]] – The Tunisian King [[Muhammad VIII al-Amin]] is replaced by President [[Habib Bourguiba]]. *[[1958]] – The [[African Regroupment Party]] holds its first congress in [[Cotonou]]. *[[1961]] – [[Cold War]]: In a speech [[John F. Kennedy]] emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on [[NATO]]. *[[1965]] – [[Bob Dylan]] [[Electric Dylan controversy|goes electric]] at the [[Newport Folk Festival]], signaling a major change in folk and rock music. *[[1969]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]] declares the [[Nixon Doctrine]], stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "[[Vietnamization]]" of the war. *[[1971]] – The [[Sohagpur massacre]] is perpetrated by the Pakistan Army.<ref name=kafir>{{cite news|url=https://www.jaijaidinbd.com/wholecountry/184416|title=আজ শেরপুরের সোহাগপুর গণহত্যা দিবস|trans-title=Today is Sohagpur Genocide Day in Sherpur|date=25 July 2021|newspaper=[[Jaijaidin]]|access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] ''[[Mars program|Mars 5]]'' space probe is launched. *[[1976]] – [[Viking program]]: ''[[Viking 1]]'' takes the famous [[Cydonia (region of Mars)|Face on Mars]] photo. *[[1978]] – [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] police shoot two nationalists in the [[Cerro Maravilla murders]]. * 1978 – Birth of [[Louise Brown|Louise Joy Brown]], the first human to have been born after conception by [[in vitro fertilisation]], or IVF.<ref name="First hIVF birth">{{cite news |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Martin |title=I helped deliver Louise |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3077913.stm |access-date=18 July 2020 |work=BBC News |date=24 July 2003}}</ref> *[[1979]] – In accord with the [[Egypt–Israel peace treaty]], Israel begins its withdrawal from the [[Sinai Peninsula]]. *[[1983]] – [[Black July]]: Thirty-seven [[Sri Lankan Tamils|Tamil]] political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in [[Colombo]] are [[Welikada prison massacre|massacred]] by the fellow [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] prisoners. *[[1984]] – ''[[Salyut 7]]'' [[Astronaut|cosmonaut]] [[Svetlana Savitskaya]] becomes the first woman to perform a [[extravehicular activity|space walk]]. *[[1993]] – Israel launches a massive attack against [[Lebanon]] in what the Israelis call [[Operation Accountability]], and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War. * 1993 – The [[Saint James Church massacre]] occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. *[[1994]] – Israel and [[Jordan]] sign the [[Israel–Jordan peace treaty|Washington Declaration]], that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948. *[[1995]] – A gas bottle [[1995 Paris Métro and RER bombings|explodes]] in ''Saint Michel'' station of line B of the [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]] (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded. *[[1996]] – In a [[1996 Burundian coup d'état|military coup in Burundi]], [[Pierre Buyoya]] deposes [[Sylvestre Ntibantunganya]]. *[[2000]] – [[Concorde]] [[Air France Flight 4590]] crashes outside of Paris shortly after taking off at [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]], killing 113 people. *[[2007]] – [[Pratibha Patil]] is sworn in as India's first female president. *[[2010]] – [[WikiLeaks]] publishes [[Afghan War documents leak|classified documents about the War in Afghanistan]], one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history. *[[2018]] – [[2018 As-Suwayda attacks|As-Suwayda attacks]]: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44949823|title=Syria war: More than 200 dead in suicide attacks|work=BBC|date=25 July 2018|access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] – National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the [[July 2019 European heat wave]]. ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[975]] – [[Thietmar of Merseburg|Thietmar]], bishop of Merseburg (died 1018) *[[1016]] – [[Casimir I the Restorer]], duke of Poland (died 1058)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gallus (Anonymus)|title=Anonima tzw. Galla kronika czyli Dzieje ksi???t i w?adc¢w polskich|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5a1_CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Central European University Press|isbn=978-963-9241-40-4|pages=73–}}</ref> *[[1109]] – [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso I]], king of Portugal (died 1185) *[[1165]] – [[Ibn Arabi]], Andalusian Sufi mystic, poet, and philosopher (died 1240) *[[1261]] – [[Arthur II, Duke of Brittany]] (died 1312) *[[1291]] – [[Hawys Gadarn]], Welsh noblewoman (died 1353) *[[1336]] – [[Albert I, Duke of Bavaria]] (died 1404)<ref>{{cite book|author=Steven Mueller|title=The Wittelsbach Dynasty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eVcjAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Waldmann Press|isbn=978-0-9702576-3-5}}</ref> *[[1394]] – [[James I of Scotland|James I]], king of Scotland (died 1437) *[[1404]] – [[Philip I, Duke of Brabant]] (died 1430) *[[1421]] – [[Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland]], English politician (died 1461) *[[1450]] – [[Jakob Wimpfeling]], Renaissance humanist (died 1528) *[[1486]] – [[Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg]] (died 1547) *[[1498]] – [[Hernando de Aragón]], [[Archbishop of Zaragoza]] (died 1575) *[[1532]] – [[Alphonsus Rodriguez]], Jesuit lay brother and saint (died 1617) *[[1556]] – [[George Peele]], English translator, poet, and dramatist (died 1596) *[[1562]] – [[Katō Kiyomasa]], Japanese warlord (died 1611) *[[1573]] – [[Christoph Scheiner]], German astronomer and Jesuit (died 1650) *[[1581]] – [[Brian Twyne]], English archivist (died 1644) ===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[Theodore Haak]], German scholar (died 1690) *[[1633]] – [[Joseph Williamson (English politician)|Joseph Williamson]], English politician (died 1701) *[[1642]] – [[Louis I, Prince of Monaco]] (died 1701)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Venning |first1=Timothy |title=A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume III Early Modern |date=30 June 2023 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-86452-6 |page=19 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Compendium_of_World_Sovereigns_Volume/MWbFEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA19-IA31&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1654]] – [[Agostino Steffani]], Italian composer and diplomat (died 1728) *[[1657]] – [[Philipp Heinrich Erlebach]], German composer (died 1714) *[[1658]] – [[Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll]], Scottish general (died 1703) *[[1683]] – [[Pieter Langendijk]], Dutch playwright and poet (died 1756) *[[1750]] – [[Henry Knox]], American general and politician, 1st [[United States Secretary of War]] (died 1806) *[[1753]] – [[Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires]], French-Spanish captain and politician, 10th [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata|Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]] (died 1810) *[[1797]] – [[Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel]] (died 1889) *[[1806]] – [[Maria Weston Chapman]], American abolitionist (died 1885) *[[1839]] – [[Francis Garnier]], French captain and explorer (died 1873) *[[1844]] – [[Thomas Eakins]], American painter, sculptor, and photographer (died 1916) *[[1847]] – [[Paul Langerhans]], German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (died 1888) *[[1848]] – [[Arthur Balfour]], Scottish-English lieutenant and politician, 33rd [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (died 1930) *[[1857]] – [[Frank J. Sprague]], American naval officer and inventor (died 1934) *[[1865]] – [[Jac. P. Thijsse]], Dutch botanist and conservationist (died 1945) *[[1866]] – [[Frederick Blackman]], English physiologist and academic (died 1947) *[[1867]] – [[Max Dauthendey]], German author and painter (died 1918) * 1867 – [[Alexander Rummler]], American painter (died 1959) *[[1869]] – [[Platon (Kulbusch)|Platon]], Estonian bishop and saint (died 1919) *[[1870]] – [[Maxfield Parrish]], American painter and illustrator (died 1966) *[[1875]] – [[Jim Corbett]], Indian hunter, environmentalist, and author (died 1955) *[[1878]] – [[Masaharu Anesaki]], Japanese philosopher and scholar (died 1949) *[[1882]] – [[George S. Rentz]], American commander (died 1942) *[[1883]] – [[Alfredo Casella]], Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1947) *[[1886]] – [[Edward Cummins]], American golfer (died 1926) *[[1894]] – [[Walter Brennan]], American actor (died 1974) * 1894 – [[Gavrilo Princip]], Bosnian Serb revolutionary (died 1918) *[[1895]] – [[Ingeborg Spangsfeldt]], Danish actress (died 1968) *[[1896]] – [[Jack Perrin]], American actor and stuntman (died 1967) * 1896 – [[Josephine Tey]], Scottish author and playwright (died 1952) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Ruth Krauss]], American author and poet (died 1993) * 1901 – [[Mohammed Helmy]], Egyptian physician and [[Righteous Among the Nations]] (died 1982) * 1901 – [[Lila Lee]], American actress and singer (died 1973) *[[1902]] – [[Eric Hoffer]], American philosopher and author (died 1983) *[[1905]] – [[Elias Canetti]], Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, and memoirist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1994) * 1905 – [[Georges Grignard]], French race car driver (died 1977) * 1905 – [[Denys Watkins-Pitchford]], English author and illustrator (died 1990) *[[1906]] – [[Johnny Hodges]], American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1970) *[[1908]] – [[Bill Bowes]], English cricketer (died 1987) * 1908 – [[Ambroise-Marie Carré]], French priest and author (died 2004) * 1908 – [[Jack Gilford]], American actor (died 1990) *[[1909]] – [[Elizabeth Francis]], American centenarian (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Caplan |first=Anna Lazarus |date=2023-08-11 |title=Houston Woman Born During Taft Presidency Marks 114th Birthday with Five Generations of Family |url=https://people.com/houston-woman-born-during-taft-presidency-marks-114th-birthday-with-5-generations-of-family-7642419 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[Woody Strode]], American football player and actor (died 1994) *[[1915]] – [[S. U. Ethirmanasingham]], Sri Lankan businessman and politician * 1915 – [[Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.]], American lieutenant and pilot (died 1944) *[[1916]] – [[Lucien Saulnier]], Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1989) *[[1917]] – [[Fritz Honegger]], Swiss lawyer and politician (died 1999) *[[1918]] – [[Jane Frank]], American painter and sculptor (died 1986) *[[1920]] – [[Rosalind Franklin]], English biophysicist, chemist, and academic (died 1958)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Burtron H. |last2=Strom |first2=E. Thomas |title=Rosalind Franklin: Her Pathway to DNA |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=265–282 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch011|isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1 }}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[Adolph Herseth]], American soldier and trumpet player (died 2013) * 1921 – [[Lionel Terray]], French mountaineer (died 1965) *[[1922]] – [[John B. Goodenough]], American materials scientist, physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2019/goodenough/facts/|title=John B. Goodenough|access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Estelle Getty]], American actress (died 2008) * 1923 – [[Edgar Gilbert]], American mathematician and theorist (died 2013) * 1923 – [[Maria Gripe]], Swedish journalist and author (died 2007) *[[1924]] – [[Frank Church]], American lawyer and politician (died 1984) * 1924 – [[Scotch Taylor]], South African cricketer and hockey player (died 2004) *[[1925]] – [[Benny Benjamin]], American R&B drummer (died 1969) * 1925 – [[Jerry Paris]], American actor and director (died 1986) * 1925 – [[Dick Passwater]], American race car driver (died 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Dick_Passwater|title=Dick Passwater|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Jutta Zilliacus]], Finnish journalist and politician *[[1926]] – [[Whitey Lockman]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2009) * 1926 – [[Bernard Thompson (director)|Bernard Thompson]], British television producer and director (died 1998) * 1926 – [[Beatriz Segall]], Brazilian actress (died 2018) *[[1927]] – [[Daniel Ceccaldi]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2003) * 1927 – [[Midge Decter]], American journalist and author (died 2022) * 1927 – [[Sadiq Hussain Qureshi]], Pakistani politician, 10th [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|Governor of Punjab]] (died 2000) * 1927 – [[Jean-Marie Seroney]], Kenyan activist and politician (died 1982) *[[1928]] – [[Dolphy]], Filipino actor, singer, and producer (died 2012) * 1928 – [[Mario Montenegro]], Filipino actor (died 1988) * 1928 – [[Nils Taube]], Estonian-English businessman (died 2008) *[[1929]] – [[Judd Buchanan]], Canadian businessman and politician, 36th [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Public Works]] * 1929 – [[Somnath Chatterjee]], Indian lawyer and politician, 14th [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] (died 2018) * 1929 – [[Eddie Mazur]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 1995) *[[1930]] – [[Murray Chapple]], New Zealand cricketer and manager (died 1985) * 1930 – [[Maureen Forrester]], Canadian actress and singer (died 2010) * 1930 – [[Alice Parizeau]], Polish-Canadian journalist and criminologist (died 1990) * 1930 – [[Herbert Scarf]], American economist and academic (died 2015) * 1930 – [[Annie Ross]], Scottish-American singer and actress (died 2020) *[[1931]] – [[James Butler (artist)|James Butler]], English sculptor and educator (died 2022) *[[1932]] – [[Paul J. Weitz]], American astronaut (died 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Canales |first1=Christina |title=Skylab, Shuttle Astronaut Paul Weitz Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/skylab-shuttle-astronaut-paul-weitz-dies-at-85 |website=NASA |access-date=22 October 2020 |date=25 October 2017}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Don Ellis]], American trumpet player and composer (died 1978) * 1934 – [[Claude Zidi]], French director and screenwriter *[[1935]] – [[Barbara Harris (actress)|Barbara Harris]], American actress and singer (died 2018) * 1935 – [[Adnan Khashoggi]], Saudi Arabian businessman (died 2017) * 1935 – [[Gilbert Parent]], Canadian educator and politician, 33rd [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada]] (died 2009) * 1935 – [[John Robinson (American football coach)|John Robinson]], American football player and coach (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dragon |first=Tyler |date=November 11, 2024 |title=John Robinson, former USC Trojans and Los Angeles Rams coach, dies at 89 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/rams/2024/11/11/john-robinson-football-coach-dies-rams-trojans/76209435007/ |access-date=November 21, 2024 |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en-US}}</ref> * 1935 – [[Larry Sherry]], American baseball player and coach (died 2006) * 1935 – [[Lars Werner]], Swedish lawyer and politician (died 2013) *[[1936]] – [[Gerry Ashmore]], English race car driver (died 2021) * 1936 – [[Glenn Murcutt]], English-Australian architect and academic *[[1937]] – [[Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn]], English archaeologist and academic *[[1939]] – [[S. Ramadoss]], Indian politician<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pmtamil-nadu-cm-greet-pmk-founder-s-ramadoss-on-his-82nd-birthday/articleshow/77173921.cms|title=PM,Tamil Nadu CM greet PMK founder S Ramadoss on his 82nd birthday|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=25 July 2020 }}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Richard Ballantine]], American-English journalist and author (died 2013) *[[1941]] – [[Manny Charlton]], Spanish-born Scottish rock musician and songwriter (died 2022) * 1941 – [[Nate Thurmond]], American basketball player (died 2016) * 1941 – [[Emmett Till]], African-American lynching and kidnapping victim (died 1955) *[[1942]] – [[Bruce Woodley]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1943]] – [[Jim McCarty]], English singer and drummer * 1943 – [[Erika Steinbach]], Polish-German politician *[[1944]] – [[Sally Beauman]], English journalist and author (died 2016) *[[1946]] – [[José Areas]], Nicaraguan drummer * 1946 – [[Nicole Farhi]], French fashion designer and sculptor * 1946 – [[John Gibson (political commentator)|John Gibson]], American radio host * 1946 – [[Rita Marley]], Cuban-Jamaican singer * 1946 – [[P. Selvarasa]], Sri Lankan politician * 1946 – [[Ljupka Dimitrovska]], Macedonian-Croatian pop singer (died 2016) *[[1948]] – [[Steve Goodman]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1984) *[[1950]] – [[Mark Clarke (musician)|Mark Clarke]], English singer-songwriter and bass player *[[1951]] – [[Jack Thompson (activist)|Jack Thompson]], American lawyer and activist * 1951 – [[Verdine White]], American bass player and producer *[[1952]] – [[Eduardo Souto de Moura]], Portuguese architect, designed the [[Estádio Municipal de Braga]] *[[1953]] – [[Walter Payton]], American football player and race car driver (died 1999) * 1953 – [[Joseph A. Tunzi]], [[Chicago]] based author, foremost expert on [[Elvis Presley]] * 1953 – [[Robert Zoellick]], American banker and politician, 14th [[United States Deputy Secretary of State]] *[[1954]] – [[Ken Greer]], Canadian guitarist, keyboard player, and producer * 1954 – [[Sheena McDonald]], Scottish journalist * 1954 – [[Jochem Ziegert]], German footballer and manager *[[1955]] – [[Iman (model)|Iman]], Somalian-English model and actress * 1955 – [[Randall Bewley]], American guitarist and songwriter (died 2009) * 1956 – [[Frances Arnold]], American scientist and engineer *[[1957]] – [[Mark Hunter (politician)|Mark Hunter]], English politician * 1957 – [[Steve Podborski]], Canadian skier *[[1958]] – [[Alexei Filippenko]], American astrophysicist and academic * 1958 – [[Thurston Moore]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *[[1959]] – [[Fyodor Cherenkov]], Russian footballer and manager (died 2014) * 1959 – [[Geoffrey Zakarian]], American chef and author *[[1960]] – [[Alain Robidoux]], Canadian snooker player * 1960 – [[Justice Howard]], American photographer * 1960 – [[Māris Martinsons (director)|Māris Martinsons]], Latvian film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor *[[1962]] – [[Carin Bakkum]], Dutch tennis player * 1962 – [[Doug Drabek]], American baseball player and coach *[[1963]] – [[Denis Coderre]], Canadian politician, 44th [[Mayor of Montreal]] * 1963 – [[Julian Hodgson]], Welsh chess player *[[1964]] – [[Anne Applebaum]], American journalist and author * 1964 – [[Tony Granato]], American ice hockey player and coach * 1964 – [[Breuk Iversen]], American designer and journalist *[[1965]] – [[Marty Brown (singer)|Marty Brown]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1965 – [[Illeana Douglas]], American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1965 – [[Torey Lovullo]], American baseball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Torey Lovullo Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie ... |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lovulto01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=July 23, 2024}}</ref> * 1965 – [[Dale Shearer]], Australian rugby league player *[[1966]] – [[Daryl Halligan]], New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster * 1966 – [[Maureen Herman]], American bass player * 1966 – [[Diana Johnson]], English politician *[[1967]] – [[Matt LeBlanc]], American actor and producer * 1967 – [[Ruth Peetoom]], Dutch minister and politician * 1967 – [[Tommy Skjerven]], Norwegian footballer and referee *[[1968]] – [[Rudi Bryson]], South African cricketer * 1968 – [[Shi Tao (journalist)|Shi Tao]], Chinese journalist and poet *[[1969]] – [[Jon Barry]], American basketball player and sportscaster * 1969 – [[Annastacia Palaszczuk]], Australian politician, 39th [[Premier of Queensland]] * 1969 – [[D. B. Woodside]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1971]] – [[Roger Creager]], American singer-songwriter * 1971 – [[Tracy Murray]], American basketball player * 1971 – [[Billy Wagner]], American baseball player and coach *[[1972]] – [[David Penna]], Australian rugby league player and coach *[[1973]] – [[David Denman]], American actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for July 25, 2022 includes celebrity Matt LeBlanc |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/07/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-july-25-2022-includes-celebrity-matt-leblanc.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=24 July 2023 |date=25 July 2022}}</ref> * 1973 – [[Dani Filth]], English singer-songwriter * 1973 – [[Kevin Phillips (footballer)|Kevin Phillips]], English footballer * 1973 – [[Igli Tare]], Albanian footballer *[[1974]] – [[Lauren Faust]], American animator, producer, and screenwriter * 1974 – [[Julia Laffranque]], Estonian lawyer and judge * 1974 – [[Kenzo Suzuki]], Japanese rugby player and wrestler *[[1975]] – [[Jody Craddock]], English footballer and coach * 1975 – [[Jean-Claude Darcheville]], Guianan-French footballer * 1975 – [[El Zorro (wrestler)|El Zorro]], Mexican wrestler * 1975 – [[Brian Gibson (musician)|Brian Gibson]], American bass player * 1975 – [[Evgeni Nabokov]], Russian ice hockey player *[[1976]] – [[Marcos Assunção]], Brazilian footballer * 1976 – [[Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan]], Macedonian poet and critic * 1976 – [[Javier Vázquez (baseball)|Javier Vázquez]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player *[[1977]] – [[Kenny Thomas (basketball)|Kenny Thomas]], American basketball player *[[1978]] – [[Gerard Warren]], American football player *[[1979]] – [[Ali Carter]], English snooker player * 1979 – [[Tom Lungley]], English cricketer and umpire * 1979 – [[Ahmed Tantawi]], Egyptian politician and journalist<ref>{{cite web | last1 =Hatem | first1 =Mona | language =ar | title= Phase2 individual winners |trans-title = <!-- trans-title is the English translation --> | publisher= [[National Elections Commission (Egypt)|National Elections Commission]] |date =16 December 2015 | url = https://parliament2015.elections.eg/static/stage_2_winners/excels/Phase2_individual-winners.xls |format = [[Microsoft Excel#File formats|xls]] | access-date = 13 November 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191113104601/https://parliament2015.elections.eg/static/stage_2_winners/excels/Phase2_individual-winners.xls |archive-date= 13 November 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Shawn Riggans]], American baseball player * 1980 – [[Toni Vilander]], Finnish race car driver * 1980 – [[David Wachs]], American actor and producer * 1980 – [[Scott Waldrom]], New Zealand rugby player *[[1981]] – [[Finn Bálor]], Irish wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Finn Balor |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17173285/wwe-profile-page-finn-balor |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=24 July 2023 |date=14 September 2020}}</ref> * 1981 – [[Conor Casey]], American soccer player * 1981 – [[Constantinos Charalambidis]], Cypriot footballer * 1981 – [[Yūichi Komano]], Japanese footballer * 1981 – [[Mac Lethal]], American rapper and producer * 1981 – [[Jani Rita]], Finnish ice hockey player *[[1982]] – [[Jason Dundas]], Australian TV host * 1982 – [[Brad Renfro]], American actor and musician (died 2008) *[[1983]] – [[Nenad Krstić]], Serbian basketball player *[[1984]] – [[Loukas Mavrokefalidis]], Greek basketball player *[[1985]] – [[James Lafferty]], American actor and athlete * 1985 – [[Nelson Piquet Jr.]], Brazilian race car driver * 1985 – [[Hugo Rodallega]], Colombian footballer *[[1986]] – [[Abraham Gneki Guié]], Ivorian footballer * 1986 – [[Hulk (footballer)|Hulk]], Brazilian footballer *[[1987]] – [[Richard Bachman (ice hockey)|Richard Bachman]], American ice hockey player * 1987 – [[Mitchell Burgzorg]], Dutch footballer and rapper * 1987 – [[Fernando (footballer, born 1987)|Fernando]], Brazilian footballer * 1987 – [[Jax Jones]], English DJ, singer and songwriter * 1987 – [[Eran Zahavi]], Israeli footballer *[[1988]] – [[Sarah Geronimo]], Filipino singer and actress<ref>{{cite news|last=San Diego|first=Bayani Jr.|url =http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20090806-219054/Sarah-Geronimo-grows-up|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=August 6, 2009|title=Sarah Geronimo grows up|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808201457/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/entertainment/entertainment/view/20090806-219054/Sarah-Geronimo-grows-up|archive-date=August 8, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=January 25, 2010|quote=She turned 21 on July 25.}}</ref> * 1988 – [[John Goossens]], Dutch footballer * 1988 – [[Tom Hiariej]], Dutch footballer * 1988 – [[Stacey Kemp]], English skater * 1988 – [[Paulinho (footballer, born July 1988)|Paulinho]], Brazilian footballer * 1988 – [[Anthony Stokes]], Irish footballer *[[1989]] – [[Natalia Vieru]], Russian basketball player *[[1990]] – [[Thodoris Karapetsas]], Greek footballer *[[1991]] – [[Toni Duggan]], English footballer * 1991 – [[Hasan Piker]], American [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] streamer *[[1992]] – [[Sergei Simonov (ice hockey)|Sergei Simonov]], Russian ice hockey player (died 2016) *[[1994]] – [[Natalija Stevanović]], Serbian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Natalija Stevanovic {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317349/natalija-stevanovic |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Andrei Vasilevskiy]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrei Vasilevskiy Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/lightning/player/andrei-vasilevskiy-8476883 |website=NHL.com |access-date=July 23, 2024}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Alvin Kamara]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alvin Kamara |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3054850/alvin-kamara |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=24 July 2023}}</ref> * [[1995]] – [[Maria Sakkari]], Greek tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/318312/maria-sakkari|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Maria Sakkari|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Nat Butcher]], Australian rugby league player *[[2000]] – [[Meg Donnelly]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 2000 – [[Zhang Hao (singer)|Zhang Hao]], Chinese singer<ref>{{cite web|title="제로즈 덕분"…제로베이스원 장하오, 데뷔 후 맞이한 생일→팬들 위한 선물 예고|url=https://www.topstarnews.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=15522809#_PA|work=톱스타뉴스|date=25 July 2024|access-date=1 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Bryce Young]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bryce Young |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4685720/bryce-young |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=24 July 2023}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Alperen Şengün]], Turkish basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alperen Sengun Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft ... |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sengual01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |access-date=July 23, 2024}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Adam Hložek]], Czech footballer<ref>{{cite web| title=Adam Hložek|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/adam-hlozek|website=[[Bundesliga]]|access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[306]] – [[Constantius Chlorus]], Roman emperor (born 250) * [[885]] – [[Ragenold of Neustria|Ragenold]], margrave of Neustria *[[1011]] – [[Emperor Ichijō|Ichijō]], emperor of Japan (born 980) *[[1190]] – [[Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem|Sibylla]], queen of Jerusalem *[[1195]] – [[Herrad of Landsberg]], abbess, author, and illustrator (born c. 1130)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Herrad of Landsberg {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/herrad-landsberg|access-date=2020-08-01|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> *[[1409]] – [[Martin I of Sicily|Martin I]], king of Sicily (born 1376) *[[1471]] – [[Thomas à Kempis]], German priest and mystic *[[1472]] – [[Charles of Artois, Count of Eu|Charles of Artois]], French nobleman (born 1394) *[[1492]] – [[Pope Innocent VIII|Innocent VIII]], pope of the Catholic Church (born 1432) *[[1564]] – [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I]], Holy Roman Emperor (born 1503)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferdinand I {{!}} Holy Roman emperor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-I-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=30 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1572]] – [[Isaac Luria]], Ottoman rabbi and mystic (born 1534) ===1601–1900=== *[[1608]] – [[Pomponio Nenna]], Italian composer (born 1556) *[[1616]] – [[Andreas Libavius]], German physician and chemist (born 1550) *[[1643]] – [[Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull]], English general and politician (born 1584) *[[1681]] – [[Urian Oakes]], English-American minister and educator (born 1631) *[[1790]] – [[Johann Bernhard Basedow]], German educator and reformer (born 1723) * 1790 – [[William Livingston]], American soldier and politician, 1st [[Governor of New Jersey]] (born 1723) *[[1791]] – [[Isaac Low]], American merchant and politician (born 1735) *[[1794]] – [[André Chénier]], Greek-French poet and author (born 1762) * 1794 – [[Jean-Antoine Roucher]], French poet and author (born 1745) * 1794 – [[Friedrich von der Trenck]], Prussian adventurer and author (born 1726) *[[1826]] – [[Kondraty Ryleyev]], Russian poet and publisher (born 1795) *[[1831]] – [[Maria Szymanowska]], Polish composer and pianist (born 1789) *[[1834]] – [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], English philosopher, poet, and critic (born 1772) *[[1842]] – [[Dominique Jean Larrey]], French physician and surgeon (born 1766) *[[1843]] – [[Charles Macintosh]], Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabric (born 1766)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Day |first1=Lance |last2=McNeil |first2=Ian |title=Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology |date=11 September 2002 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-65019-4 |page=786 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmoTeX3aGl4C&dq=Charles+Macintosh+29+december+1766&pg=PA786 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[Jonas Furrer]], Swiss lawyer and politician, [[President of the Swiss Confederation]] (born 1805) *[[1865]] – [[James Barry (surgeon)|James Barry]], English soldier and surgeon (born 1799) *[[1887]] – [[John Taylor (Mormon)|John Taylor]], American religious leader, 3rd [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (born 1808) ===1901–present=== *[[1934]] – [[François Coty]], French businessman, founded [[Coty]] (born 1874) * 1934 – [[Engelbert Dollfuss]], Austrian politician, 14th [[Chancellor of Austria]] (born 1892) * 1934 – [[Nestor Makhno]], Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (born 1888)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Skirda |first1=Alexandre |author-link=Alexandre Skirda |translator-last1=Sharkey |translator-first1=Paul |title=Nestor Makhno–Anarchy's Cossack: The Struggle for Free Soviets in the Ukraine 1917–1921 |date=2004 |orig-year=1982 |language=en |isbn=978-1-902593-68-5 |publisher=[[AK Press]] |location=[[Oakland, California|Oakland]] |df=mdy-all |oclc=60602979 |page=285}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Malet |first1=Michael |title=Nestor Makhno in the Russian Civil War |date=1982 |language=English |isbn=978-0-333-25969-6 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |location=[[London]] |oclc=8514426 |df=mdy-all |page=192}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Peters |first1=Victor |title=Nestor Makhno: The Life of an Anarchist |date=1970 |language=en |publisher=Echo Books |location=Winnipeg |oclc=7925080 |df=mdy-all |page=96}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Fred Englehardt]], American triple jumper (born 1879) *[[1947]] – [[Kathleen Scott]], English sculptor (born 1878)<ref>{{cite ODNB|id=34283|title=Scott, nee Bruce, (Edith Agnes) Kathleen, Lady Scott [other married name (Edith Agnes) Kathleen Young, Lady Kennet, known as Kathleen Kennet]}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Herbert Murrill]], English organist and composer (born 1909) *[[1958]] – [[Otto Lasanen]], Finnish wrestler (born 1891) *[[1959]] – [[Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog]], Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (born 1888) *[[1962]] – [[Thibaudeau Rinfret]], Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th [[Chief Justice of Canada]] (born 1879) *[[1963]] – [[Ugo Cerletti]], Italian neurologist and academic (born 1877) *[[1966]] – [[Frank O'Hara]], American poet and critic (born 1926) *[[1967]] – [[Konstantinos Parthenis]], Egyptian-Greek painter (born 1878) *[[1971]] – [[John Meyers (swimmer)|John Meyers]], American swimmer and water polo player (born 1880) * 1971 – [[Leroy Robertson]], American composer and educator (born 1896) *[[1973]] – [[Amy Jacques Garvey]], Jamaican-American journalist and activist (born 1895) * 1973 – [[Louis St. Laurent]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (born 1882) *[[1977]] – [[Shivrampant Damle]], Indian educationist (born 1900)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Gadre |editor1-first=Vishwas |editor2-last=Limaye |editor2-first=Anand |title=दामले कुलवृत्तांत |trans-title=The [[Damle]] Family Genealogy Almanac |date=16 December 2012 |publisher=Damle Samiti |location=[[Mumbai]] |edition=2nd |language=mr |chapter=Sagwe-[[Miraj]]-[[Kivale]] gharane |trans-chapter=The [[Noble house (term)|House]] of Sagwe, [[Miraj]] and [[Kivale]] |page=256}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Vladimir Vysotsky]], Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1938) *[[1981]] – [[Rosa A. González]], Puerto Rican nurse, author, feminist, and activist (born 1889) *[[1982]] – [[Hal Foster]], Canadian-American author and illustrator (born 1892) *[[1984]] – [[Bryan Hextall]], Canadian ice hockey player (born 1913) * 1984 – [[Big Mama Thornton]], American singer-songwriter (born 1926) *[[1986]] – [[Vincente Minnelli]], American director and screenwriter (born 1903) *[[1988]] – [[Judith Barsi]], American child actress (born 1978) *[[1989]] – [[Steve Rubell]], American businessman, co-owner of [[Studio 54]] (born 1943) *[[1991]] – [[Lazar Kaganovich]], Soviet politician (born 1893) *[[1992]] – [[Alfred Drake]], American actor and singer (born 1914) *[[1995]] – [[Charlie Rich]], American singer-songwriter (born 1932) *[[1997]] – [[Ben Hogan]], American golfer (born 1912) *[[1998]] – [[Evangelos Papastratos]], Greek businessman, co-founded [[Papastratos]] (born 1910) *[[2000]] – [[Rudi Faßnacht]], German footballer, coach, and manager (born 1934) *[[2002]] – [[Abdel Rahman Badawi]], Egyptian philosopher and poet (born 1917) *[[2003]] – [[Ludwig Bölkow]], German engineer (born 1912) * 2003 – [[John Schlesinger]], English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926) *[[2004]] – [[John Passmore]], Australian philosopher and academic (born 1914) *[[2005]] – [[Albert Mangelsdorff]], German trombonist (born 1928) *[[2006]] – [[Ezra Fleischer]], Romanian-Israeli poet and philologist (born 1928) *[[2007]] – [[Bernd Jakubowski]], German footballer and manager (born 1952) *[[2008]] – [[Jeff Fehring]], Australian footballer (born 1955) * 2008 – [[Tracy Hall]], American chemist and academic (born 1919) * 2008 – [[Randy Pausch]], American computer scientist and educator (born 1960) *[[2009]] – [[Vernon Forrest]], American boxer (born 1971) * 2009 – [[Stanley Middleton]], English author (born 1919) * 2009 – [[Harry Patch]], English soldier (born 1898) * 2009 – [[Yasmin Ahmad]], Malaysian film director (born 1958)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hanim |first1=Nurbaiti |last2=Noordin |first2=Zalinah |title=Film director Yasmin Ahmad dies |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2009/07/26/film-director-yasmin-ahmad-dies |website=The Star |access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Michael Cacoyannis]], Cypriot-Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922) *[[2012]] – [[B. R. Ishara]], Indian director and screenwriter (born 1934) * 2012 – [[Barry Langford]], English director and producer (born 1926) * 2012 – [[Greg Mohns]], American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1950) * 2012 – [[Franz West]], Austrian painter and sculptor (born 1947) *[[2013]] – [[Walter De Maria]], American sculptor, illustrator, and composer (born 1935) * 2013 – [[William J. Guste]], American lawyer and politician (born 1922) * 2013 – [[Hugh Huxley]], English-American biologist and academic (born 1924) *[[2014]] – [[Bel Kaufman]], German-American author and academic (born 1911) * 2014 – [[Richard Larter]], Australian painter and illustrator (born 1929) *[[2015]] – [[Jacques Andreani]], French diplomat, [[French ambassador to the United States]] (born 1929) * 2015 – [[R. S. Gavai]], Indian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Governor of Kerala]] (born 1929) * 2015 – [[Bob Kauffman]], American basketball player and coach (born 1946) *[[2016]] – [[Tim LaHaye]], American Christian minister and author (born 1926)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Banks|first1=Adelle|title=Tim LaHaye, Evangelical Leader and 'Left Behind' Co-Author, Dead at 90|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/07/28/tim-lahaye-evangelical-leader-and-left-behind-co-author-dead-at-90.html|date=July 28, 2016|newspaper=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|access-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801035542/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/07/28/tim-lahaye-evangelical-leader-and-left-behind-co-author-dead-at-90.html|archive-date=August 1, 2016|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Tom Peterson]], American television personality (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2016/07/portland_advertising_legend_to.html |title=Portland advertising legend Tom Peterson dies at 86 |last=Nelson |first=Scott Bernard |date=July 25, 2016 |newspaper=The Oregonian |access-date=2016-07-25 |archive-date=2016-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729081844/http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2016/07/portland_advertising_legend_to.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Michael Johnson (singer)|Michael Johnson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944) *[[2018]] – [[Sergio Marchionne]], Italian-Canadian businessman<ref>{{cite web|author=Di Paolo Griseri |url=https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2018/07/25/news/e_morto_sergio_marchionne-202614191/?ref=RHPPTP-BH-I0-C12-P1-S1.12-T1 |title=E' morto Sergio Marchionne, l'uomo che salvò l'auto italiana |date = 25 July 2018|publisher=Repubblica.it |access-date=July 25, 2018}}</ref> (born 1952) *[[2019]] – [[Beji Caid Essebsi]], 4th [[President of Tunisia|President]] and 9th [[Prime Minister of the Republic of Tunisia|Prime Minister]] of [[Tunisia]] (born 1926)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30641935|title=Obituary: Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi|website=BBC News|date=2019-07-25|access-date=2019-10-06}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Peter Green (musician)|Peter Green]], English blues rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and founder of [[Fleetwood Mac]] (born 1946)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53540860|title=Obituary: Peter Green, British Blues virtuoso|website=BBC News|date=2020-07-25|access-date=2020-10-06}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Lou Henson]], American [[college basketball]] coach (born 1932)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fightingillini.com/news/2020/7/29/mens-basketball-legendary-fighting-illini-lou-henson-passes-away-at-88.aspx|title=Legendary Fighting Illini Lou Henson Passes Away at 88|date=29 July 2020 }}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Paul Sorvino]], American actor (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |date=2022-07-25 |title=Paul Sorvino, Actor in 'Goodfellas' and 'That Championship Season,' Dies at 83 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paul-sorvino-dead-goodfellas-1235185779/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Shafin Ahmed]], Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (born 1961)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arts & Entertainment Desk |date=2024-07-26 |title=Shafin Ahmed to be laid to rest atop his father's grave |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/music/news/shafin-ahmed-be-laid-rest-atop-his-fathers-grave-3662516 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Martin Indyk]], American diplomat (born 1951)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Martin Indyk, former U.S. diplomat and author, dies at 73 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/26/g-s1-13475/martin-indyk-former-u-s-diplomat-author-dies-73 |access-date=July 27, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Saint Anne|Anne]] ([[Eastern Christianity]]) **[[Saint Christopher|Christopher]] ([[Western Christianity]]) **[[Cucuphas]] **[[Glodesind]] **[[James, son of Zebedee|James the Great]] ([[Western Christianity]]) **[[Saint John I Agnus|John I Agnus]] **[[Julian of Le Mans]] ([[Translation (relic)|translation]]) **[[Magnerich of Trier]] **[[July 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Guanacaste Day]] ([[Costa Rica]]) *[[Bahá'í Faith in Jamaica|National Baha'i Day]] ([[Jamaica]]) *[[Día Nacional de Galicia|National Day of Galicia]] ([[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia, Spain]]) *[[Puerto Rico Constitution Day]] ([[Puerto Rico]]) *[[International Afro-descendant Women's Day]]<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=Internacional Afro-descendant Women's Day |url=https://www.catedraeducacionjusticiasocial.org/en/internacional-afro-descendant-womens-day/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130215447/https://www.catedraeducacionjusticiasocial.org/en/internacional-afro-descendant-womens-day/ |archive-date=2023-01-30 |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Unesco Chair on Education for Social Justice}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/25 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=25}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/25 |title=Historical Events on July 25 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:July 25}} [[Category:Days of July]]
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