On This Day: July 25

Updated July 24, 2012, 2:28 pm

On July 25, 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people.

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On July 25, 1848, Arthur James Balfour, the British statesman best remembered for issuing the British declaration of support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine, was born. Following his death on March 19, 1930, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1593 France’s King Henry IV converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.

1868 Congress passed an act creating the Wyoming Territory.

1952 Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States.

1956 The Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people.

1965 Bob Dylan shocked his fans at the Newport Folk Festival by playing electric guitar.

1975 The musical “A Chorus Line” opened on Broadway.

1978 The first baby conceived by in-vitro fertilization was born in Oldham, England.

1984 Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space.

1994 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan’s King Hussein signed a declaration at the White House ending their countries’ 46-year state of war.

2000 Texas Gov. George W. Bush selected Dick Cheney to be his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket.

2008 California became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food.

Current Birthdays

By The Associated Press

Model-actress Iman turns 57 years old today.

AP Photo/Peter Kramer

World Bank President Robert Zoellick turns 59 years old today.

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

1935 Barbara Harris, Actress, turns 77

1941 Nate Thurmond, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 71

1951 Verdine White, Rock musician (Earth, Wind and Fire), turns 61

1965 Illeana Douglas, Actress, turns 47

1967 Matt LeBlanc, Actor (“Friends”), turns 45

1969 D.B. Woodside, Actor, turns 43

Historic Birthdays

Arthur James Balfour 7/25/1848 – 3/19/1930 British statesman.Go to obituary »

56 Henry Knox 7/25/1750 – 10/25/1806
American Revolutionary war general and first U.S. secretary of war

78 Maria Weston Chapman 7/25/1806 – 7/12/1885
American abolitionist

74 Richard Oglesby 7/25/1824 – 4/24/1899
American governor of Illinois (1865-69, 1873, 1885-89) and U.S. senator (1873-79)

71 Thomas Eakins 7/25/1844 – 6/25/1916
American painter

77 David Belasco 7/25/1853 – 5/14/1931
American theatrical producer and playwright

95 Maxfield Parrish 7/25/1870 – 3/10/1966
American illustrator and painter

49 Davidson Black 7/25/1884 – 3/15/1934
Canadian physician and physical anthropologist

80 Eric Hoffer 7/25/1902 – 5/21/1983
American longshoreman, philosopher and writer

89 Elias Canetti 7/25/1905 – 8/14/1994
Bulgarian Nobel Prize-winning novelist and playwright (1981)

63 Johnny Hodges 7/25/1906 – 5/11/1970
American jazz saxophonist; soloist in Duke Ellington’s orchestra

1593	France’s King Henry IV converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.
1868	Congress passed an act creating the Wyoming Territory.
1952	Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States.
1956	The Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people.
1965	Bob Dylan shocked his fans at the Newport Folk Festival by playing electric guitar.
1975	The musical “A Chorus Line” opened on Broadway.
1978	The first baby conceived by in-vitro fertilization was born in Oldham, England.
1984	Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space.
1994	Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan’s King Hussein signed a declaration at the White House ending their countries’ 46-year state of war.
2000	Texas Gov. George W. Bush selected Dick Cheney to be his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket.
2008	California became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food.

1935	Barbara Harris, Actress, turns 77
1941	Nate Thurmond, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 71
1951	Verdine White, Rock musician (Earth, Wind and Fire), turns 61
1965	Illeana Douglas, Actress, turns 47
1967	Matt LeBlanc, Actor (“Friends”), turns 45
1969	D.B. Woodside, Actor, turns 43

56	Henry Knox 7/25/1750 – 10/25/1806 American Revolutionary war general and first U.S. secretary of war
78	Maria Weston Chapman 7/25/1806 – 7/12/1885 American abolitionist
74	Richard Oglesby 7/25/1824 – 4/24/1899 American governor of Illinois (1865-69, 1873, 1885-89) and U.S. senator (1873-79)
71	Thomas Eakins 7/25/1844 – 6/25/1916 American painter
77	David Belasco 7/25/1853 – 5/14/1931 American theatrical producer and playwright
95	Maxfield Parrish 7/25/1870 – 3/10/1966 American illustrator and painter
49	Davidson Black 7/25/1884 – 3/15/1934 Canadian physician and physical anthropologist
80	Eric Hoffer 7/25/1902 – 5/21/1983 American longshoreman, philosopher and writer
89	Elias Canetti 7/25/1905 – 8/14/1994 Bulgarian Nobel Prize-winning novelist and playwright (1981)
63	Johnny Hodges 7/25/1906 – 5/11/1970 American jazz saxophonist; soloist in Duke Ellington’s orchestra