July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 159 days remaining.
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Events
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Births
- 1109 - Afonso, first king of Portugal
- 1799 - David Douglas, botanist, plant collector, explorer (+ 1834)
- 1844 - Thomas Eakins, artist
- 1848 - Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1902-1907 (+ 1930)
- 1848 - Ottokar Kernstock, poet (+ 1928)
- 1867 - Max Dauthendey, writer (+ 1918)
- 1870 - Maxfield Parrish, illustrator (+ 1966)
- 1883 - Alfredo Casella, composer (+ 1947)
- 1884 - Davidson Black, doctor of anatomy and physical anthropologist (+ 1934)
- 1894 - Walter Brennan, Academy Award winning actor (+ 1974)
- 1902 - Eric Hoffer, philosopher (+ 1983)
- 1905 - Elias Canetti, writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1981 (+ 1994)
- 1907 - Karl Höller, composer (+ 1987)
- 1920 - Rosalind Franklin, scientist (+ 1958)
- 1924 - Estelle Getty, actress: "The Golden Girls"
- 1930 - Maureen Forrester, contralto, teacher
- 1937 - Colin Renfrew, archeology professor
- 1954 - Walter Payton, National Football League player (+ 1999)
- 1955 - Iman, model
- 1982 - Brad Renfro, actor
- 1982 - Ashley Abt, firefighter
Deaths
- 306 - Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor
- 1861 - Jonas Furrer, Swiss Federal Councilor (born 1805)
- 1834 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet
- 1853 - Joaquin Murietta, California outlaw
- 1899 - Theodore August Heintzman, piano manufacturer
- 1934 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician
- 1937 - Edward Saunders, agricultural scientist
- 1958 - Harold Warner, one of the Warner Brothers
- 1973 - Louis Stephen St. Laurent, twelfth Prime Minister of Canada
- 2003 - John Schlesinger, film director
Holidays and observances
- Saint James the Great, patron saint of Spain.
- Costa Rica - Anniversary of the Annexation of Guanacaste Province
- Cuba - Eve of Revolution Day
- Puerto Rico - Constitution Day (1952)
- Tunisia - Republic Day (1957)
- Virgin Islands - Hurricane Supplication Day
- Incan Empire - festival in honor of Ilyap'a
See Also:
July 24 - July 26 - June 25 - August 25 -- listing of all days
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