25 July
What happened today in history?
- 1554– Mary I married Philip II of Spain.
- 1603 – James VI of Scotland is crowned James I of England.
- 1978 – The first ‘test tube baby’, Louise Brown, is born.
Who was born today?
- 1848- Arthur Balfour – 33rd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1954 – Walter Payton – American football player.
- 1958 – Thurston Moore – American singer-songwriter (Sonic Youth).
Who died today?
- 1834 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge – English poet and philosopher (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan).
- 2009 – Harry Patch – last surviving soldier known to have fought in the trenches during World War 1.
