TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – JULY 25
0326 Emperor Constantine refuses to carry out traditional pagan sacrifices.
1394 Charles VI of France issues a decree for the general expulsion of Jews from France.
1587 Hideyoshi bans Christianity in Japan and orders all Christians to leave.
1729 North Carolina becomes royal colony
1805 Aaron Burr visited New Orleans with plans to establish a new country, with New Orleans as the capital city.
1814 English engineer George Stephenson introduces his first steam locomotive, a travelling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway named Blücher
1845 China grants Belgium equal trading rights with Britain, France and the United States.
1861 The Crittenden Resolution, calling for the American Civil War to be fought to preserve the Union and not for slavery, is passed by Congress.
1867 President Andrew Johnson signs an act creating the territory of Wyoming.
1871 Carrousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa
1917 The exotic dancer Mata Hari is sentenced to execution by firing squad by a French court for spying on Germany’s behalf during World War I.
1943 Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini is overthrown in a coup
1946 The United States tested the first underwater atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
1947 US Air Force, Navy & War Dept form US Dept of Defense
1952 Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of the United States.
1972 US health officials concede blacks were used as guinea pigs in 40 year syphillis experiment
1976 The famous Face on Mars photo is taken
Viking 1, the first space probe to successfully land on Mars took the famous photo of the Cydonia region on the Red Planet.
1978 The first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, is born in Oldham, England.
1985 Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirmed he had AIDS
1990 US Ambassador tells Iraq, US won’t take sides in Iraq-Kuwait dispute
1997 Scientists announce the first human stem cells to be cultured in a laboratory using tissue taken from aborted human embryos
2000 An Air France Concorde jet bound for New York crashes upon takeoff in Paris killing everyone on board as well as four people on the ground.
2010 WikiLeaks leaked to the public more than 90,000 internal reports involving the U.S.-led War in Afghanistan from 2004-2010.
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