lunes, 25 de julio de 2011

ON THIS DAY

On This Day: July 25

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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

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

Model-actress Iman turns 56 years old today.

AP Photo/Peter Kramer

World Bank President Robert Zoellick turns 58 years old today.

AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

1935	Barbara Harris, Actress, turns 76
1941	Nate Thurmond, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 70
1951	Verdine White, Rock musician (Earth, Wind and Fire), turns 60
1965	Illeana Douglas, Actress, turns 46
1967	Matt LeBlanc, Actor ("Friends"), turns 44
1969	D.B. Woodside, Actor, turns 42

Historic Birthdays

Arthur James Balfour7/25/1848 - 3/19/1930British 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