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What happened in history on this day: July 25?
On July 25 in ...
- 1939 - TV station W2XBS in New York City presents television's first musical comedy: Topsy and Eva.
- 1964 - The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 14 weeks.
- 1965 - Musician Bob Dylan uses electric guitars at the Newport Folk Festival.
Births on July 25
- 1930 - Birth of Maureen Forrester in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; contralto (Ressurection Symphony).
- 1934 - Birth of Don Ellis in Los Angeles, California, USA; jazz musician and composer (The French Connection movie score (1973)).
- 1943 - Birth of Jim McCarty; rocker (The Yardbirds - "For Your Love").
- 1944 - Birth of Jim McCarty; drummer (The Yardbirds).
- 1945 - Birth of Donna Theodore; Broadway singer (Hollywood Talent Scouts).
- 1948 - Birth of Steve Goodman in Chicago, Illinois, USA; singer/songwriter ("Somebody Elses Trouble").
- 1951 - Birth of Verdine White; bassist (Earth, Wind and Fire).
- 1958 - Birth of Thurston Moore; guitarist (Sonic Youth).
- 1961 - Birth of Bobbie Eakes; actress-singer (All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful).
Deaths on July 25
- 1984 - Death of Willie Mae Thornton at age 57 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA; blues singer ("Hound Dog" (1953)).
- 1992 - Death of Alfred Drake at age 77 in New York, USA; actor and singer (Oklahoma! (1943), Kismet (1954 Tony Award)).
- 1995 - Death of Charlie Rich at age 62 from a blood clot in the lung in Hammond, Louisiana, USA; country singer ("Behind Closed Doors" (1973, Grammy award), "Lonely Weekends", "The Most Beautiful Girl").
- 2003 - Death of Erik Braunn ar age 52 of cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, California, USA; lead guitarist (Iron Butterfly - "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (1968)), songwriter, musician, producer.
- 2022 - Death of Paul Sorvino at age 83 of natural causes at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, USA; Italian American actor (That Championship Season Broadway play (1972), Reds movie (1981), Henry Kissinger - Nixon (1981), Lord Capulet - Romeo + Juliet movie (1996), Sergeant Phil Cerreta - Law & Order TV show, Paulie Cicero - Goodfellas movie), opera singer, sculptor, author.
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