July 25th, 1959

Born on July 25th, 1959

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What 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.

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, 1959

64

Jane Hamsher

American film producer

*July 25th, 1959, Fitchburg

64

Geoffrey Zakarian

Armenian-American celebrity chef

*July 25th, 1959, Worcester

55

Fyodor Cherenkov

Russian footballer (1959–2014)

*July 25th, 1959, Moscow †October 4th, 2014, Moscow

54

Anatoly Onoprienko

Ukrainian serial killer

*July 25th, 1959, Zhytomyr †August 27th, 2013, Zhytomyr

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

65

Alexei Filippenko

American astronomer

*July 25th, 1958, Oakland

63

Alain Robidoux

Canadian snooker player (1960-)

*July 25th, 1960, Montreal

58

Olivier Py

French actor, theater director and author of stage works

*July 25th, 1965, Grasse

50

Roberto Guerra

Italian actor

*July 25th, 1973, Florence

65

Thurston Moore

American guitarist (born 1958)

*July 25th, 1958, Coral Gables

66

Bogdan Musioł

East German bobsledder

*July 25th, 1957, Świętochłowice

56

Matt LeBlanc

American actor

*July 25th, 1967, Newton

63

Daniele Luchetti

Italian actor and director

*July 25th, 1960, Rome

72

Jack Thompson

American activist and disbarred attorney

*July 25th, 1951, Cleveland

49

Gareth Thomas

Welsh rugby player

*July 25th, 1974, Sarn

65

Karlheinz Förster

German and French footballer

*July 25th, 1958, Mosbach

54

Annastacia Palaszczuk

Australian politician

*July 25th, 1969, Durack

65

Niklas Strömstedt

Swedish singer and songwriter

*July 25th, 1958, Lund

62

Katherine Kelly Lang

American actress

*July 25th, 1961, Hollywood

63

Mel Kiper, Jr.

American football analyst

*July 25th, 1960, Baltimore

50

Tony Vincent

American actor-singer

*July 25th, 1973, Albuquerque

59

Anne Applebaum

American journalist and historian

*July 25th, 1964, Washington, D.C.

100

John B. Goodenough

American materials scientist (1922–2023)

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

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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Born on July 25th, 1959
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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