देश और दुनिया के इतिहास के पन्नों में 25 जुलाई कई कारणों से महत्वपूर्ण है, उनमें से ये सभी प्रमुख हैं:-
- 1689 में फ्रांस ने इंग्लैंड पर आक्रमण की घोषणा की।
- 1813 में कलकत्ता (अब कोलकाता ) में पहली नौका दौड़ का आयोजन हुआ।
- 1814 में नियाग्रा फॉल्स के युद्ध में अमेरिका ने ब्रिटेन को हरा दिया।
- 1963 में अमेरिका, रूस और ब्रिटेन ने परमाणु परीक्षण प्रतिबंध संधि पर हस्ताक्षर किए।
- 1978 में दुनिया के पहली आइवीएफ शिशु लुइस ब्राउन का जन्म आज ही के दिन 1978 में इंग्लैंड के ओल्डहैम शहर में हुआ था।
- 2007 में भारत की प्रथम महिला राष्ट्रपति के रूप में प्रतिभा पाटिल ने शपथ लिया।
2000
A chartered Air France Concorde crashes on take-off at Paris with loss of all lives – debris on the runway blamed for causing fuel to escape and catch fire, and all Concordes grounded until 7 November 2001
France
1999
American cyclist Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France. (He went on to win 7 times in a row from 1999 to 2005 before retiring)
United States
1998
Death of Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist .
United States
1994
Israel and Jordan signed the Washington Declaration, formally ending the state of war that had existed between the two nations since 1948
1984
Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space
Russian Federation
1978
World's first 'test tube' baby, Louise Browne born in Oldham, UK
Great Britain
1949
The USA formally ratified the North Atlantic Treaty
United States
1948
Bread rationing ended in Britain .
Great Britain
1934
Death of Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria, assassinated by Nazis
Austria
1934
Death of François Coty, French perfume manufacturer, newspaper proprietor, and founder of the French fascist league Solidarité Française
France
1934
Death of Winsor McCay, American cartoonist and animated film pioneer
United States
1909
French aviator Louis Blériot became the first person to fly a plane across the English Channel
France
1865
Death of 'James' Barry, military surgeon, who was later discovered to be a woman and thus technically the first woman doctor in Britain
Ireland
1848
Birth of Arthur Balfour, British Prime Minister 1902-1905
Great Britain
1834
Death of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, British poet, critic and philosopher, founder of the English Romantic movement with William Wordsworth
Great Britain
1797
Lord Nelson lost his right arm during a naval engagement off Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Great Britain
1759
French and Indian War: the French surrendered Fort Niagara to the British after their relief force were routed in the Battle of La Belle Famille
1603
Coronation – James VI of Scotland is crowned first king of Great Britain
Great Britain
1554
Mary I (Mary Tudor) married Philip II of Spain
Great Britain
