| Date | Text | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 25 Jul 1925 | Benny Benjamin, American drummer (The Funk Brothers) (d. 1969) | |||
| 25 Jul 1925 | Jerry Paris, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1986) | |||
| 25 Jul 1925 | Jutta Zilliacus, Finnish journalist and politician | |||
| 25 Jul 1925 | Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established. | |||
| 25 Jul 1925 | birth Bennie Benjamin session drummer, one of The Funk Brothers played on many Tamla Motown hits including, The Four Tops, Temptations, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes and Stevie Wonder. Film Standing In The Shadows Of Motown released in 2003. Died 20th April 1969. | |||
| 25 Jul 1925 | Jerry Paris SF Calif, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show) | |||
| 25 Jul 1925 |
Scopes Monkey Trial verdict In 1925, at the end of the twelve-day “Scopes monkey trial” in Dayton, Tennessee, the jury gave their verdict, after only nine minutes consideration:. John T. Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution, which was prohibited by the Butler Act, a Tennessee statue passed on 21 Mar 1925. The judge determined that Scopes should be fined $100. But, technically the amount should have been set by the jury, said the Tennessee Supreme Court when, on 15 Jan 1927, it overturned the verdict—but not the the law itself. Testing the constitutionality law the had been the goal when the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) offered funding for the defense. Dayton town leaders wanted publicity from the trial and recruited Scopes as a willing defendant. The law stood for 42 years, until repealed on 17 May 1967. |
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| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 25 Jul 1950 | Mark Clarke: Rocker (Uriah Heep) | |||
| 25 Jul 1950 | Georges Grignard, French racing driver (d. 1977) | |||
| 25 Jul 1950 | Mark Clarke, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Colosseum, Mountain, Natural Gas, and Uriah Heep) | |||
| 25 Jul 1950 | the Korean People's Army crossed the 38th parallel starting The Korean War. | |||
| 25 Jul 1950 | birth Mark Clarke, Uriah Heep, (1975 UK No.7 album 'Return To Fantasy'). | |||
| 25 Jul 1950 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #1799 Koussevitzky, | |||
| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 25 Jul 1975 | "A Chorus Line, " longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premieres | |||
| 25 Jul 1975 | Jody Craddock, English footballer | |||
| 25 Jul 1975 | Jean-Claude Darcheville, French footballer | |||
| 25 Jul 1975 | El Zorro, Mexican wrestler | |||
| 25 Jul 1975 | Jay R Ferguson Jr Dallas Tx, actor (Taylor Newton-Evening Shade) | |||
| 25 Jul 1975 | "A Chorus Line," longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premiers | |||
| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 25 Jul 2000 | Preston Bailey, American actor | |||
| 25 Jul 2000 | Rudi Faßnacht, German footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1934) | |||
| 25 Jul 2000 | Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 passengers. | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 25 Jul 2005 | Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist (b. 1928) | |||
| 15 years anniversary | ||||
| 25 Jul 2010 | Redford White, Filipino actor (b. 1955) | |||
| 25 Jul 2010 | WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history. | |||
| 25 Jul 2010 | Paul McCartney's former wife, Heather Mills, told the press that the trauma and pain she went through after losing her leg in a traffic accident was nothing compared to the way she felt after she and the former Beatle split up. The two separated in 2006 after four years of marriage and went on to fight an bitter public divorce battle which saw her gain a $38.9 million settlement. | |||
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