All Events

Historical Events on July 25

  • American Revolutionary War

    1783

    American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, is ended by a preliminary peace agreement.

  • War of 1812

    1814

    War of 1812: An American attack on Canada is repulsed.

  • World War II

    1943

    World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the Grand Council of Fascism and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio.

  • John F. Kennedy

    1961

    In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.

  • Bob Dylan

    1965

    Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.

  • Vietnam War

    1969

    Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.

  • Soviet Union

    1973

    Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.

  • Puerto Rico

    1978

    Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.

  • WikiLeaks

    2010

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

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