July 25
Today is the 207th day of 2016, there are 159 days left in the year.
1593 - France's King Henry IV converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
1866 - Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army of the United States, the first officer to hold the rank.
1868 - Congress passed an act creating the Wyoming Territory.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt froze Japanese assets in the United States in retaliation for Japan's occupation of southern Indochina.
1943 - King Victor Emmanuel announced to Italy that he had accepted the "resignations" of Premier Benito Mussolini and his entire cabinet, leading to the end of Italy's alliance with Nazi Germany in World War II.
1946 - The United States tested the first underwater atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
1952 - Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States.
1956 - The Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast and sank, claiming 51 lives.
1965 - Bob Dylan shocked his fans at the Newport Folk Festival by playing an electric guitar.
1975 - The musical "A Chorus Line" opened on Broadway.
1978 - The first baby conceived by in-vitro fertilization was born in Oldham, England.
1984 - Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space.
1994 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein signed a declaration at the White House ending their countries' 46-year state of war.
2000 - Texas Gov. George W. Bush selected Dick Cheney to be his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket.
2000 - The supersonic Concorde crashed just after takeoff in Paris, killing all 109 on board.
2008 - California became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food.
Birthdays
27 - Gina Darling (model)
28 - Linsey Godfrey (actress)
28 - Sarah Geronimo (singer)
29 - Michael Welch (actor)
31 - James Lafferty (actor)
31 - Shantel VanSanten (actress)
35 - Finn Balor (professional wrestler)
49 - Matt LeBlanc (actor)
49 - Wendy Raquel Robinson (actress)
51 - Illeana Douglas (actress)
55 - Katherine Kelly Lang (actress)
61 - Iman Abdulmajid (model)
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Today in Sports History - July 25
1930 - The Philadelphia Athletics pull off a triple steal twice in a game against the Cleveland Indians.
1939 - New York Yankees player Atley Donald sets an American League rookie record with 12 consecutive wins.
1941 - Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox becomes the 12th player in major league history to win 300 games.
1949 - Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals hits for the cycle.
1966 - New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel is elected to the Hall of Fame.
1972 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 4-3 in Atlanta.
1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds sets a National League record by hitting in 38 consecutive games.
1990 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals hits for the cycle.
1992 - The 25th Summer Olympic Games open in Barcelona, Spain.
1999 - Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France.
2004 - Paul Molitor and Dennis Eckersley are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2004 - Lance Armstrong wins an unprecedented sixth consecutive Tour de France.
2005 - The 2004-05 NHL lockout ends.
2010 - Alberto Contador of Spain wins his third Tour de France in four years.
Today is the 207th day of 2016, there are 159 days left in the year.
1593 - France's King Henry IV converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
1866 - Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army of the United States, the first officer to hold the rank.
1868 - Congress passed an act creating the Wyoming Territory.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt froze Japanese assets in the United States in retaliation for Japan's occupation of southern Indochina.
1943 - King Victor Emmanuel announced to Italy that he had accepted the "resignations" of Premier Benito Mussolini and his entire cabinet, leading to the end of Italy's alliance with Nazi Germany in World War II.
1946 - The United States tested the first underwater atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
1952 - Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States.
1956 - The Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast and sank, claiming 51 lives.
1965 - Bob Dylan shocked his fans at the Newport Folk Festival by playing an electric guitar.
1975 - The musical "A Chorus Line" opened on Broadway.
1978 - The first baby conceived by in-vitro fertilization was born in Oldham, England.
1984 - Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space.
1994 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan's King Hussein signed a declaration at the White House ending their countries' 46-year state of war.
2000 - Texas Gov. George W. Bush selected Dick Cheney to be his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket.
2000 - The supersonic Concorde crashed just after takeoff in Paris, killing all 109 on board.
2008 - California became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food.
Birthdays
27 - Gina Darling (model)
28 - Linsey Godfrey (actress)
28 - Sarah Geronimo (singer)
29 - Michael Welch (actor)
31 - James Lafferty (actor)
31 - Shantel VanSanten (actress)
35 - Finn Balor (professional wrestler)
49 - Matt LeBlanc (actor)
49 - Wendy Raquel Robinson (actress)
51 - Illeana Douglas (actress)
55 - Katherine Kelly Lang (actress)
61 - Iman Abdulmajid (model)
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Today in Sports History - July 25
1930 - The Philadelphia Athletics pull off a triple steal twice in a game against the Cleveland Indians.
1939 - New York Yankees player Atley Donald sets an American League rookie record with 12 consecutive wins.
1941 - Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox becomes the 12th player in major league history to win 300 games.
1949 - Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals hits for the cycle.
1966 - New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel is elected to the Hall of Fame.
1972 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 4-3 in Atlanta.
1978 - Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds sets a National League record by hitting in 38 consecutive games.
1990 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals hits for the cycle.
1992 - The 25th Summer Olympic Games open in Barcelona, Spain.
1999 - Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France.
2004 - Paul Molitor and Dennis Eckersley are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
2004 - Lance Armstrong wins an unprecedented sixth consecutive Tour de France.
2005 - The 2004-05 NHL lockout ends.
2010 - Alberto Contador of Spain wins his third Tour de France in four years.
