July 25th, 1948

Born on July 25th, 1948

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 25th, 1948?

July 25th, 1948

Australia (captain pictured) set a world record for the highest successful run-chase in Test cricket history during the Fourth Test of the Ashes series against England.

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What else happened on July 25th?

July 25th, 2010

WikiLeaks published 75,000 classified documents about the War in Afghanistan in one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.

July 25th, 2007

Pratibha Patil (pictured) was sworn in as the first female president of India.

July 25th, 2000

Air France Flight 4590, a Concorde en route from Paris to New York, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 109 passengers on board and four people on the ground.

July 25th, 1976

The orbiting spacecraft Viking 1 took a photograph of an apparent face on Mars in a classic example of pareidolia.

July 25th, 1965

Bob Dylan, who had previously been known for folk music, gave a controversial performance at the Newport Folk Festival playing songs with an electric guitar.

July 25th, 1950

Korean War: After American troops withdrew, North Korean forces captured the village of Yongdong in South Korea.

July 25th, 1898

Spanish–American War: After more than two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invaded Puerto Rico.

July 25th, 1893

The Corinth Canal was formally opened, bisecting the narrow Isthmus of Corinth in Greece to connect the Ionian Sea's Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea's Saronic Gulf.

July 25th, 1788

Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40, one of his two extant minor-key symphonies.

July 25th, 1591

Eighty Years' War: Dutch and English forces relieved the siege of Knodsenburg in the Spanish Netherlands, having defeated the Duke of Parma's army in the field.

July 25th, 1547

Henry II was crowned King of France at Reims Cathedral.

July 25th, 1261

Nicaean–Latin wars: Alexios Strategopoulos led Nicaean forces to recapture Constantinople, leading to the reestablishment of the Byzantine Empire and the end of the Latin Empire.

July 25th, 0306

Constantine the Great was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops after the death of Constantius Chlorus.

July 25th, 2019

National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 25th

Born on July 25th, 1948

36

Steve Goodman

American folk music singer-songwriter

*July 25th, 1948, Chicago †September 20th, 1984, Seattle

53

Zipacná de León

Guatemalan artist (1948-2002)

*July 25th, 1948, Guatemala City †January 21st, 2002, Guatemala City

67

José María Benegas

Spanish politician (1948-2015)

*July 25th, 1948, Caracas †August 25th, 2015, Madrid

44

Eren Özker

Turkish-American puppeteer (1948-1993)

*July 25th, 1948, Ankara †February 25th, 1993, New York City

66

Germán Patiño Ossa

Colombian writer (1948-2015)

*July 25th, 1948, Cali †January 18th, 2015

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 25th?

36

Jax Jones

English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer

*July 25th, 1987, London

72

Jack Thompson

American activist and disbarred attorney

*July 25th, 1951, Cleveland

69

Jürgen Trittin

German Green politician

*July 25th, 1954, Vegesack

50

Roberto Guerra

Italian actor

*July 25th, 1973, Florence

51

Manfred Kuschmann

East German distance runner

*July 25th, 1950, Coswig †February 13th, 2002, Halle (Saale)

58

Olivier Py

French actor, theater director and author of stage works

*July 25th, 1965, Grasse

56

Matt LeBlanc

American actor

*July 25th, 1967, Newton

100

John B. Goodenough

American materials scientist (1922–2023)

*July 25th, 1922, Jena †June 25th, 2023, Austin

77

Joseph Delaney

British writer

*July 25th, 1945, Preston †August 16th, 2022, Manchester

80

Erika Steinbach

German politician (born 1943)

*July 25th, 1943, Rumia

73

Mark Clarke

English guitarist

*July 25th, 1950, Liverpool

78

Ventura Pons

Catalan film director

*July 25th, 1945, Barcelona †January 8th, 2024, Barcelona

66

Bogdan Musioł

East German bobsledder

*July 25th, 1957, Świętochłowice

75

Margarita Isabel

Mexican actress

*July 25th, 1941, Mexico City †April 9th, 2017, Cuernavaca

76

Adolfo Rodríguez Saá

Argentine politician, former president of Argentina

*July 25th, 1947, San Luis

54

Annastacia Palaszczuk

Australian politician

*July 25th, 1969, Durack

89

Elias Canetti

Bulgarian-born Swiss and British jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer

*July 25th, 1905, Ruse †August 14th, 1994, Zürich

83

Barbara Harris

American actress (1935–2018)

*July 25th, 1935, Evanston †August 21st, 2018, Scottsdale

65

Alexei Filippenko

American astronomer

*July 25th, 1958, Oakland

50

Janet Margolin

American actress (1943-1993)

*July 25th, 1943, New York City †December 17th, 1993, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Leap year

Yes: 1948 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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