Major Events
- 1944 World War II: Operation Spring is one of Canada’s bloodiest days, with 1,444 casualties, including 441 killed in a single day
- 1997 Scientists announce the first human stem cells to be cultured in a laboratory using tissue taken from aborted human embryos
Jul 25 in Film & TV
Jul 25 in Music
- 1965 Bob Dylan is booed by sections of the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival for performing with an electric guitar, beginning the era of folk rock
- 1975 Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban’s musical “A Chorus Line” opens at the Shubert Theatre in NYC, setting a record for the longest-running Broadway show with 6,137 performances and winning 10 Tony Awards
Jul 25 in Sport
- 1999 86th Tour de France: Lance Armstrong wins the first of seven consecutive Tour de France titles but is later disqualified for doping
Did You Know?
Ajinomoto Co. is founded as Kikunae Ikeda of Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in Kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG) and patents a process for manufacturing it
Fun Fact About July 25
Sperm counts have halved in the last 40 years, according to research published in the “Human Reproduction Update” journal
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