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What happened in history on this day: July 25?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On July 25 in ...
- 1989 - US Federal District Judge William Schwarzer confirms his earlier decision removing all but ten of Apple Computer's claims against Microsoft.
- 1989 - IBM begins shipping Personal System/2 Enhanced 80386 Memory Option with 4-megabit DRAM memory chips. Price is US$3495. This is the first personal computer product using 4 megabit memory chips.
- 2002 - Hewlett-Packard introduces the Jornada 928 handheld computer in the US. It features 16-bit color screen, Compact Flash slot, 133 MHz Texas Instruments OMAP 710 processor, 64 MB RAM, Microsoft Pocket PC 2002 operating system, rechargeable lithium-polymer battery, CompactFlash Type I slot. Size is 5.4 x 3.1 x 0.7 inches; weight is 6.8 ounces.
- 2005 - Microsoft launches Windows Genuine Advantage on its Web site. The technology scans a user's computer to ensure the Windows software in use is legal, before allowing updates to be downloaded.
- 1927 - Film Booking Offices releases the Alice Comedy film Alice the Whaler to theaters.
- 1936 - The Mickey Mouse film Alpine Climbers is released to theaters. Donald Duck and Goofy also appear.
- 1959 - The #4 train of the Disneyland railroad begins regular service. It is named the Ernest S. Marsh. Cost of renovation of the locomotive was US$57,070.
- 1976 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Superstar Goofy.
- 1984 - Irwin Jacobs and Sid Bass meet to discuss a Disney shareholder proxy vote over the Gibson Greetings deal. Bass says he will support Jacobs in any way.
- 1987 - The Fox TV network airs the first episode of Down and Out in Beverly Hills.
- 1988 - Grenada Grenadines issues sixty postage stamps depicting scenes from films: Bambi, The Fox and the Hound, 101 Dalmatians, Dumbo, Lady and the Tramp, and The Aristocats.
- 1995 - Disney releases the laserdisc Aladdin's Arabian Adventures for US$30. It includes Getting the Bugs Out, The Sands of Fate, Never say Nefir, The Citadel.
- 1995 - The last episode of the TV show Thunder Alley airs.
- 1996 - St. Vincent issues ten postage stamps depicting characters in the film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
- 1998 - The Coral Isle Cafe restaurant opens in the Great Ceremonial House of the Polynesian Village Resort of Walt Disney World.
- 2000 - Disney files a response to the Federal Communications Commission regarding the proposed America Online merger with Time Warner, asking that the merged company be split into separate content and distribution companies.
- 2001 - Comedy Central airs the South Park TV show in the USA. An amusement park shares many similarities to Disneyland and Walt Disney World: main street, haunted mansion, mine train, fast passes, paddlewheeler and sailing ship and island, log ride.
- 2002 - The film Beauty and the Beast is re-released to theaters in Israel and Peru.
- 2004 - The ABC Family Original Movie Crimes of Fashion premieres.
- 1959 - At Lime Rock, Connecticut, a USAC professional series race is held. Finishing 9th overall is the Sting Ray driven by Richard Thompson.
- 1981 - At the Road America raceway in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, the CRC Chemicals Trans-Am Championship - Round 4 race is held.
- Finishing 2nd is the Swiss Chalet #94 Corvette, driven by Eppie Wietzes.
- Finishing 5th is the Full-Time Racing #99 Corvette, driven by Phil Currin.
- Finishing 7th is the Pickett Performance #3 Corvette, driven by Tony Brassfield.
- Finishing 10th is the A.O. Fick Racing Enterprises #83 Corvette, driven by Warren Fairbank.
- Finishing 11th is the FEMSA/Clausie #91 Corvette, driven by Gene Bothello.
- Finishing 12th is the Automotive Interest #77 Corvette, driven by Charles West.
- Finishing 13th is the Flying Tiger #35 Corvette, driven by Bard Boand.
- Finishing 14th is the Herb Forrest Racing #82 Corvette, driven by Herb Forrest.
- Finishing 16th is the Corvette America #46 Corvette, driven by Jack Broomall.
- Finishing 18th is the Lamberts #70 Corvette, driven by Murray Edwards.
- Finishing 24th is the P.M. Racing #74 Corvette, driven by Paul R. Musschoot.
- Finishing 25th is the Bear Finder #93 Corvette, driven by Michael Oleyar.
- In 26th place, but not finishing the race, is the H. Brech Kauffman #73 Corvette, driven by H. Brech Kauffman.
- Finishing 30th is the Pickett Performance #9 Corvette, driven by Jerry Brassfield.
- In 31st place, but not finishing the race, is the B.C. Auto Body #41 Corvette, driven by Bill Craine.
- In 32nd place, but not finishing the race, is the Jepson #60 Corvette, driven by John Brandt.
- In 43rd place, but not finishing the race, is the Huffaker-Executive #98 Corvette, driven by Tom Frank.
- In 44th place, but not finishing the race, is the Pickett Racing #6 Corvette, driven by Greg Pickett.
- In 45th place, but not finishing the race, is the Larry Gross #65 Corvette, driven by Larry Gross.
- In 48th place, but not finishing the race, is the USA Racing #85 Corvette, driven by Richard Valentine.
- 1999 - At the Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, California, the Grand Prix of Sonoma race is held, round 4 in the American Le Mans Series. Finishing 2nd in GTS class and 18th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C5-R driven by Ron Fellows and Chris Kneifel.
- 2004 - At the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon, the Portland Grand Prix race is held, round five of the SCCA Pro Racing Speed GT Championship series.
- Finishing 3rd is the 3R-Racing #73 Corvette Z06, driven by Phil McClure.
- Finishing 7th is the Banner Engineering #6 Corvette Z06, driven by Leighton Reese.
- Finishing 12th is the #31 Corvette Z06, driven by Keith Videtto.
- Finishing 13th is the NayKid Racing #97 Corvette Z06, driven by Scotty White.
- Finishing 14th is the #28 Corvette Z06, driven by Lou Gigliotti.
- Finishing 15th is the #67 Corvette Z06, driven by Kevin Chambers.
- In 21st place, but not finishing the race, is the Tiger Racing #99 Corvette, driven by Thomas Oates.
- In 22nd place, but not finishing the race, is the Black Dog Racing #34 Corvette, driven by Tony Gaples.
- 2004 - At the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon, round five of the American Le Mans Series is held.
- Finishing 1st in GTS class and 3rd overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C5-R, driven by Ron Fellows and Johnny O'Connell.
- Finishing 2nd in GTS class and 4th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C5-R, driven by Oliver Gavin and Olivier Beretta.
- 1932 - Poland and the Soviet Union sign a five-year Non-Aggression Pact.
- 1941 - German battle cruiser Scharnhorst limps back to Brest for repairs.
- 1941 - Italian forces attempt to penetrate the Grand Harbor of Malta. They are not successful.
- 1942 - An unidentified submarine shells and sinks Canadian merchant ship Lucille M. off Cape Sable, in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1943 - (0103 hours) The first wave of British bombers arrive at Hamburg, Germany, dropping 1000- to 8000-pound bombs. Within minutes much of the city is a raging firestorm. 1346 tons of high explosives and 931 tons of incendiaries are dropped, setting 55 miles of streets ablaze. 1500 are killed, and over 20,000 made homeless. 12 bombers are shot down. This operation is the first use of "Window" technology by British Bomber Command, in which strips of aluminum foil are dropped from planes to confuse German aircraft detection systems.
- 1943 - (0400 hours) In Hamburg, Germany, local authorities declare the destruction a major catastrophe.
- 1943 - In Italy, King Victor Emmanuel III has Premier Benito Mussolini arrested, and appoints Marshal Pietro Badoglio as premier.
- 1943 - (daytime) 68 bombers of the US 8th Air Force attack Hamburg, Germany. Fifteen planes are shot down.
- 1943 - (evening) 705 British bombers attack Essen, Germany, focusing on the Krupps factories.
- 1944 - (0330 hours) In France, Operation Spring begins, by British and Canadian forces against German-held Verrières Ridge.
- 1944 - (morning) The Canadian Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch) attempts to bypass May-Sur-Orne and capture Fontenay-le-Marmion. 300 of 315 men are killed in the disastrous attack.
- 1944 - (0430 hours) In France, the Canadian North Nova Scotia Regiment (Highlanders) signals success in reaching their objective of Tilly-la-Campagne.
- 1944 - (0525 hours) In France, near Verrières Ridge, Canadian reserve forces are sent in to finish off German resistance.
- 1944 - (0530 hours) In France, the Canadian Royal Hamilton Light Infantry seizes Verrières village from German occupation.
- 1944 - (0750 hours) In France, the Canadian 2nd Division reports the capture of Verrières.
- 1944 - The European Advisory Committee agrees on a draft of unconditional surrender of Germany, including the transfer of political authority to American, British, and Soviet authorities.
- 1944 - In France, Canadian forces attack both sides of the Caen-Falaise Road.
- 1944 - (0938 hours) In France, Operation Cobra begins, with eight squadrons of the US 8th Air Force bombers attacking an area south of the St.Lô-Périers highway, in preparation for a breakout operation by the US 1st Army. 1500 heavy bombers, 380 medium bombers, and 550 fighter-bombers drop 4000 tons of bombs and napalm. Short bombing kills 111 Americans, and injures 490. The operation is incredibly effective.
- 1944 - (1100 hours) In France, American ground forces begin moving in operation Cobra.
- 1944 - In Germany, Lieutenant Colonel Caesar von Hofacker is arrested.
- 1944 - In France, the U.S. 1st Army breaks through enemy positions near St. Lô.
- 1945 - US President Harry Truman gives final approval to use an atomic bomb against Japan. In the first ten days of August, a bomb is to target Hiroshima, Kokura, or Nigata, subject to weather.
- 2002 - In St. André-sur-Orne, France, a delegation of the Canadian Black Watch unveils a plaque on Point 67 overlooking Verrières Ridge, in memory of men of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) who fought and died July 25, 1944, during Operating Spring.
- 2005 - Illinois governor signs a bill into law restricting the sale of violent video games to minors.
- 2005 - Video game industry groups file a lawsuit in federal court in Chicago, Illinois, challenging a new Illinois law restricting the sale of violent video games to minors.
- 2005 - Microsoft hosts the Xbox 360 Summit in Tokyo, Japan, for 38 3rd party publishers in Japan, to show Xbox 360 games.
- 2005 - Tapwave discontinues the Zodiac handheld video game system.
- 1521 - Gustav Eriksson Vasa swears an oath to Bishop Hans Brask of the Catholic Church to never touch property of the Catholic Church.
- 1542 - King Gustav offers a safe-conduct pass to Nils Dacke to meet in Stockholm. It is refused.
- 1956 - (11:20 PM) Swedish-American Line steamship M.S. Stockholm collides with Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria in the North Atlantic, off the coast of Nantucket, USA. The Andrea Doria is struck midship; the Stockholm loses a portion of its bow, with the loss of five lives.
- 1992 - (to August 9) The 25th Olympic Games are held in Barcelona, Spain. Sweden wins 1 gold, 7 silver, and 4 bronze medals.
- 2006 - An electricity failure at the Forsmark nuclear power plant leads to a shutdown of the Forsmark I reactor, after two of four backup generators malfunction for 20 minutes.
- 1827 - The US Mint begins striking Gobrecht Seated Liberty half dimes.
- 1991 - US president George H.W. Bush nominates David J. Ryder as Mint director.
- 2011 - Representative Jared Polis of Colorado introduces H.R. 2635 "Cutting Out Inefficient and Needless Spending Act of 2011 in the House of Representatives, which would call for the Treasury to cease production of Presidential dollar coins when surplus coins exceed reasonable needs for one year.
- 1913 - Carl Weilman strikes out six times in a 15-inning game.
- 1913 - Pittsburgh Pirates' Max Carey goes hitless, but scores five runs against Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1920 - Boston Red Sox turn triple-play, but Babe Ruth's 35th home run leads New York Yankees to 8-2 win.
- 1930 - Philadelphia Athletics triple steal in the first and fourth innings versus Cleveland Indians.
- 1939 - New York Yankees player Atley Donald sets American League rookie record with 12 consecutive wins.
- 1941 - Boston Red Sox player Lefty Grove becomes 12th to win 300 games (his last victory).
- 1949 - Saint Louis Cardinals' Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Brooklyn Dodgers 14-1.
- 1952 - CBC/Radio Canada TV covers a Montreal Royals baseball game, the first experimental Canadian telecast.
- 1961 - New York Yankees' Roger Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 and 40 in a double header.
- 1966 - New York Yankees' manager Casey Stengel elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1972 - National League beats American League 4-3 in 43rd All Star Game (Fulton County Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia).
- 1978 - Bob Lemon replaces Billy Martin as New York Yankees' manager.
- 1978 - Cincinnati Reds' Pete Rose sets National League record hitting in 38 consecutive games.
- 1990 - Kansas City Royals' player George Brett hits for the cycle.
- 1990 - Nadezhda Ryashkina of USSR sets 10km walk woman's record (41:56.23).
- 1990 - Roseanne Barr sings the National Anthem at San Diego Padres game.
- 1992 - (to August 9) Games of the XXV Olympiad are held in Barcelona, Spain.
- 1999 - Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France (cycling).
- 2002 - Queen Elizabeth II opens the XVII Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. The Games run until August 4.
- 2004 - Paul Molitor and Dennis Eckersley are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Broadcaster Lon Simmons wins the Ford C. Frick Award and writer Murray Chass wins the J.G. Taylor Spink Award.
- 2004 - Lance Armstrong of Austin, Texas wins an unprecedented 6th consecutive Tour de France cycling title.
- 2005 - The 2004-2005 National Hockey League lockout ends.
- 2010 - Carl Pettersson of Sweden wins a one-shot victory (67) at the Canadian Open of golf at St. George's Golf and Country Club in Toronto, Ontario. He earns US$918,000 for the victory.
- 2010 - Alberto Contador of Spain wins his third Tour de France bicycle race in four years.
- 2022 - At Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Washington Nationals beats Los Angeles Dodgers by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Texas Rangers by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats San Francisco Giants by score 7-0.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Houston Astros by score 7-5.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Colorado Rockies beats Milwaukee Brewers by score 2-0.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Kansas City Royals beats Los Angeles Angels by score 7-0.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats San Diego Padres by score 12-4.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Cleveland Guardians by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Atlanta Braves by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cincinnati Reds beats Miami Marlins by score 11-2.
- 1935 - C Jackson discovers asteroid #1641 Tana.
- 1936 - G Neujmin discovers asteroid #3761.
- 1950 - Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1799 Koussevitzky.
- 1952 - Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1788 Kiess.
- 1968 - H Wroblewski discovers asteroid #1993 Guacolda.
- 1973 - The Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
- 1974 - T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2345 Fucik.
- 1981 - Voyager 2 encounters Saturn.
- 1984 - Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya performs a space walk.
- 1987 - USSR launches Kosmos 1870, 15-ton Earth-study satellite.
- 2018 - Scientists report the presence of a subglacial lake on Mars, 1.5 km (0.93 mi) below the southern polar ice cap and extending sideways about 20 km (12 mi), the first known body of water on the planet.
- 1775 - Maryland issues currency depicting George III trampling Magna Carta.
- 1814 - Battle of Niagara Falls (Lundy's Lane); Americans defeat British.
- 1832 - First railroad accident in US, Granite Railway, Quincy, Massachusetts; one person dies.
- 1866 - Ulysses Grant is named first general of the Army.
- 1868 - Territory of Wyoming is created in the USA.
- 1871 - Carrousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, in Davenport, Iowa, USA.
- 1898 - First US troops land and occupy Puerto Rico, at Guanica Bay.
- 1916 - Explosion at Lake Erie and Cleveland Waterworks.
- 1918 - Annette Adams sworn in as district attorney of California, USA.
- 1918 - Race riot in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA (three blacks and two whites killed).
- 1944 - (0938 hours) In France, Operation Cobra begins, with eight squadrons of the US 8th Air Force bombers attacking an area south of the St.Lô-Périers highway, in preparation for a breakout operation by the US 1st Army. 1500 heavy bombers, 380 medium bombers, and 550 fighter-bombers drop 4000 tons of bombs and napalm. Short bombing kills 111 Americans, and injures 490. The operation is incredibly effective.
- 1944 - In France, the U.S. 1st Army breaks through enemy positions near St. Lô.
- 1946 - US detonates underwater atomic bomb at Bikini (5th atomic explosion).
- 1947 - US Air Force, Navy and War Departments form US Department of Defense.
- 1947 - US Department of the Army created.
- 1952 - Puerto Rico officially becomes a U.S commonwealth.
- 1953 - New York City Transit Authority raises transit fare from 10 to 15 cents, and debuts transit tokens.
- 1956 - (11:20 PM) Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria (29,000 tons) collides with Swedish-American Line steamship M.S. Stockholm (12,600 tons) in the North Atlantic, off the coast of Nantucket, USA. The Andrea Doria is struck midship; the Stockholm loses a portion of its bow, with the loss of five lives.
- 1963 - US, Russia, and England sign nuclear test ban treaty.
- 1964 - Race riot in Rochester, New York, USA.
- 1969 - 70,000 attend Seattle Pop Festival, Washington State.
- 1972 - US health officials concede blacks were used as guinea pigs in 40-year syphilis experiment.
- 1975 - A Chorus Line, longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premieres.
- 1978 - Two Puerto Rican pro-independence activists are killed in a police ambush.
- 1983 - First nonhuman primate (baboon) conceived in a lab dish, San Antonio, Texas.
- 1983 - Washington Public Power Supply System defaults on US$2.25 billion loan.
- 1990 - US Ambassador tells Iraq US won't take sides in Iraq-Kuwait dispute.
- 1991 - The US Treasury and the Federal Reserve introduce two anti-counterfeiting features to 1990 $100 Federal Reserve Notes: a clear polyester security thread with "USA100" printed repeatedly on it, and continuous microprinting of "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" around the portrait of Benjamin Franklin.
- 1998 - The United States Navy commissions the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and puts her into service.
- 2010 - Wikileaks, an online publisher of anonymous, covert, and classified material, leaks to the public over 90,000 internal reports about the United States-led involvement in the War in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010.
Other history:
- 1946 - First bikini is shown at a Paris fashion show.
- 1992 - 25th Olympic Summer games opens in Barcelona, Spain.
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