July 25th, 1956

Born on July 25th, 1956

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on July 25th, 1956?

July 25th, 1956

Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.

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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, 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.

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.

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

Born on July 25th, 1956

67

Frances Arnold

Nobel prize winning US scientist and engineer

*July 25th, 1956, Pittsburgh

67

Patrick de Radiguès

Belgian motorcycle racer

*July 25th, 1956, Leuven

67

Wolfgang Grobe

German footballer

*July 25th, 1956, Brunswick

67

Danny Bilson

American writer, director and producer

*July 25th, 1956, Los Angeles

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

36

Jax Jones

English DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer

*July 25th, 1987, London

69

Jürgen Trittin

German Green politician

*July 25th, 1954, Vegesack

66

Bogdan Musioł

East German bobsledder

*July 25th, 1957, Świętochłowice

50

Roberto Guerra

Italian actor

*July 25th, 1973, Florence

72

Jack Thompson

American activist and disbarred attorney

*July 25th, 1951, Cleveland

58

Olivier Py

French actor, theater director and author of stage works

*July 25th, 1965, Grasse

65

Alexei Filippenko

American astronomer

*July 25th, 1958, Oakland

56

Matt LeBlanc

American actor

*July 25th, 1967, Newton

68

Iman

Somali model and actress

*July 25th, 1955, Mogadishu

65

Thurston Moore

American guitarist (born 1958)

*July 25th, 1958, Coral Gables

49

Gareth Thomas

Welsh rugby player

*July 25th, 1974, Sarn

69

Santiago Auserón

Spanish musician

*July 25th, 1954, Zaragoza

63

Alain Robidoux

Canadian snooker player (1960-)

*July 25th, 1960, Montreal

54

Annastacia Palaszczuk

Australian politician

*July 25th, 1969, Durack

65

Karlheinz Förster

German and French footballer

*July 25th, 1958, Mosbach

100

John B. Goodenough

American materials scientist (1922–2023)

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

63

Daniele Luchetti

Italian actor and director

*July 25th, 1960, Rome

65

Niklas Strömstedt

Swedish singer and songwriter

*July 25th, 1958, Lund

50

Tony Vincent

American actor-singer

*July 25th, 1973, Albuquerque

51

Manfred Kuschmann

East German distance runner

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

Same year
Born in 1956

68

Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

67

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

68

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

67

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

67

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

67

Martyn Ware

English musician

*May 19th, 1956, Sheffield

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

67

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

62

Minken Fosheim

Norwegian actress (1956-2018)

*March 20th, 1956, Oslo †June 7th, 2018, Oslo

68

Imelda Staunton

English actress (born 1956)

*January 9th, 1956, London

67

Andreas Bornschein

German association football player

*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

67

Han Jian

Chinese badminton player

*July 6th, 1956, Liaoning

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Leap year

Yes: 1956 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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