July 25 is the 206th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (207th if leap year). It 159 days before the end of the year.
Celebrations
There is no celebration for this day!
Events
Crash of the Concorde - Flight 4590 Air France
(July, 25 2000)Only accident with a Concorde. The plane, bound for New York, crashed on takeoff at a hotel in Gonesse (France). The 100 passengers and the 9 crew members and 4 employees of the hotel were killed.
Prosecution of Bosnian Serb leaders Radovan Karadžić and Ratko Mladić for genocide and crimes against humanity
(July, 25 1995)Proclamation of the Republic of Tunisia
(July, 25 1957)Beginning of Operation Cobra
(July, 25 1944)Code name of the American offensive in the Cotentin during the Battle of Normandy.
Assassination of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss by Nazis
(July, 25 1934)First crossing of the Channel by plane
(July, 25 1909)With the Blériot XI, Louis Blériot (Engineer of the Ecole Centrale Paris) made the first crossing of the Channel by plane. The crossing between Les Baraques (near Calais) and Dover took 37 minutes.
Sayings
There is no saying for this day!
Astrology
Sign of the Zodiac: 4th day of the astrological sign of Leo.
Last events added
- Discovery of two new natural satellites for Saturn - August, 16 2004
- Nagasaki atomic bombings - August, 9 1945
- Madagascar becomes a French colony - August, 6 1896
- Atomic bombing of Hiroshima - August, 6 1945
- Explosions at the Port of Beirut - August, 4 2020