July 25th, First edition of al-E’tidal newspaper released in Syria

1603- King of Scotland James VI inaugurated as King James I of England.

1879- The first edition of al-E’tidal Newspaper released in Syria. The newspaper was founded by intellectual Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi.

1934- Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss assassinated in a failed coup attempt by members of the Austrian Nazi party.

1946- The US explodes a nuclear bomb at Bikini atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

1978- The birth of Louise Brown, the world’s first test-tube baby.

1993- The Israeli occupation forces launch an attack against South Lebanon, killing 123 people.

2004- Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the EU.

2007- Pratibha Patil becomes the President of India to become the first woman to hold the office.

Born Today:

1905- Bulgarian novelist and playwright Elias Canetti.

1920- British Chemist Rosalind Elsie Franklin.

Passed away:

1834- British Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

1980- Russian singer, actor and poet Vladimir Vysotsky.

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