Interesting things that happened July 25th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1775 Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, first lady for 1 month -- never
entered the White House
In 1848 Arthur, Earl Balfour (C), British prime minister (1902-05)
In 1902 Eric Hoffer, US longshoreman, author (The True Believer)
In 1905 Elias Canetti, Bulgarian writer (Nobel 1981)
In 1907 Jack Gilford, actor (Cocoon)
In 1924 Estelle Getty, actor
+ Frank Church (D), former US senator from Idaho
In 1932 Paul J. Weitz, US astronaut (Skylab 2, STS-6)
In 1935 Barbara Harris, actor (Plaza Suite, Family Plot, A Thousand
Clowns)
In 1943 Janet Margolin, actor (Take the Money and Run)
In 1945 Donna Theodore, Broadway singer
In 1954 Walter Payton, NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
In 1978 Louise Brown (in Lanca****re, England), world's first `test tube
baby'
In 1990 Evan James Springsteen, son-o-Bruce
Events worth noting:
+ Dog Days
+ Feast of St. James, apostle, and Commemoration of St.
Christopher
In 1593 France's King Henri IV a Protestant converted to Roman
Catholicism.
In 1729 North Carolina becomes royal colony.
In 1801 "Dancing Around John Knill's Needle" first celebrated at Worvas
Hill, Cornwall, UK. (Celebrated every 5 years thereafter.)
In 1814 Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat
British.
In 1866 U. S. Grant was named General of the Army, the first officer
ever to
hold that rank.
In 1868 Congress passed an act creating the Wyoming Territory.
In 1903 Castle on top of Telegraph Hill closes.
In 1909 Louis Blériot makes first airplane flight across the English
Channel.
In 1920 Red Sox turn a triple play, but Ruth's 35 HR leads Yanks 8-2
win.
In 1943 Benito Mussolini was dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II.
In 1952 Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the US.
In 1956 Italian liner Andrea Doria sank off Nantucket Island after it
collided with the Stockholm.
In 1961 Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 in a double header.
In 1963 USA, Russia, and England sign nuclear test ban treaty.
In 1965 Bob Dylan takes the stage the New****t Folk Festival and shocks
the
folk music world -- Dylan goes electric. One observer said it
was
the only time he had ever seen Pete Seeger mad.
In 1966 Yankee manager Casey Stengel elected to the Hall of Fame.
In 1967 Construction begins on SF MUNI METRO (Market Street subway).
In 1973 USSR launches Mars 5.
In 1978 Bob Lemon replaces Billy Martin as Yankee manager.
In 1981 Voyager 2 encounters Saturn.
In 1984 Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became first woman to walk in
space.
In 1986 Movie director Vincente Minnelli died in Los Angeles at age 76.
In 1987 USSR launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton earth-study satellite.
And remember ...
Baked Beans Month
Hot Dog Month
Ice Cream Month
National Cell Phone Courtesy Month
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