07-25-2004, 10:48 AM
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July 25th
306 ~ Constantine I proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
1799 ~ At Aboukir in Egypt, Napoleon I of France defeated 10,000 Ottomans under Mustafa Pasha.
1834 ~ Death of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Poet.
1848 ~ Birthday of Arthur Balfour, UK Prime Minister.
1907 ~ Korea became a protectorate of Japan.
1909 ~ Louis Bleriot made the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine (Calais to Dover in 37 minutes).
1920 ~ Birthday of Rosalind Franklin, Scientist.
1917 ~ Sir Thomas Whyte introduced the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure.
1978 ~ Birthday of first test-tube baby, Louise Brown.
1997 ~ Death of Ben Hogan, one of the world's best known golfers.
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