Today is Saturday, July 25, 2026

The History of Today

1564 - Maximillian II became emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Ottomans at Aboukir, Egypt.

1850 - Gold was discovered in the Rogue River in Oregon.

1907 - Korea became a protectorate of Japan.

1946 - The U.S. detonated an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. It was the first underwater test of the device.

1946 - Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis staged their first show as a team at Club 500 in Atlantic City, NJ.

1978 - Louise Joy Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born in Oldham, England. She had been conceived through in-vitro fertilization.




Daily Quote

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
- Groucho Marx




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