On This Day in History
July 25
Historical Events
306 Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops
1814 English engineer George Stephenson introduces his first steam locomotive, a traveling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway, named Blücher
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1943 Benito Mussolini is dismissed as Italian Prime Minister and arrested on the authority of King Victor Emmanuel III
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
Famous Birthdays
Also Gavrilo Princip and Matt LeBlanc (58)
Famous Deaths
The Story of Writer O. Henry’s Short Life
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William Porter was sent to prison for embezzlement in 1897. The sentence gave him time to write and the celebrated short stories of O. Henry were born.
| The Stories of O. Henry |
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