History for July 25

History for July 25 - On-This-Day.com
Walter Brennan 1894, Eric Hoffer 1902, Estelle Getty 1924


Walter Payton (NFL) 1954, Illeana Douglas 1965, Matt LeBlanc 1967 - Actor ("Friends")


1805 - Aaron Burr visited New Orleans with plans to establish a new country, with New Orleans as the capital city.


1861 - The Crittenden Resolution, which called for the American Civil War to be fought to preserve the Union and not for slavery, was passed by the U.S. Congress.


1866 - Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army. He was the first American officer to hold the rank.


1909 - French aviator Louis Bleriot flew across the English Channel in a monoplane. He traveled from Calais to Dover in 37 minutes. He was the first man to fly across the channel.


1924 - Greece announced the deportation of 50,000 Armenians.


1952 - Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the U.S.


1978 - Louise Joy Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born in Oldham, England. She had been conceived through in-vitro fertilization.


1999 - Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France. He was only the second American to win the race.