Es passierte an einem 25 July

1917 : Mata Hari sentenced to death


On July 25, 1917, Dutch dancer Margueretha Gertruida Zelle, better known under the name Mata Hari, is sentenced to death for spying for Germany by a French military court.

1943 : Mussolini removed from office


On July 25, 1943, the grand council of the Italian fascist government decided to remove Mussolini from office because of military reverses in Italy, the appointment of incompetents at the highest level of the state and the alienation of the Italian people. Mussolini was arrested later that day.

1978 : First test tube baby


On July 25, 1978, Lesley Brown gave birth by Caesarean section to Louise, the first test tube baby in the world, in Oldham, England. The procedure was developed by Doctors Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards.

1995 : Attack on the RER B


On July 25, 1995 in Paris, a gas cylinder exploded in the RER B at station Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame. 8 people were killed and 117 injured. The attack was claimed by the GIA (Armed Islamic Group) in Algeria.
The authors were identified as Khaled Boualem Bensaid and Kelkal.
Khaled Kelkal was shot by police on September 29, 1995 near Lyon when he tried to resist. Boualem Bensaid was arrested in November 1995.

2000 : Concorde crashes


On July 25, 2000, Air France Concorde jet crashed to the ground shortly after takeoff from the airport of CDG airport in Paris. Its 105 passengers and crew members as welle as four people on the ground were killed .
The investigation showed that the accident was caused by a piece of metal on the runway, which blew a tire whose fragments damaged an engine and the fuel tank causing a fire.

Zitat des Tages : 25 July

Mata Hari
I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win.

Geburtstage : 25 July

Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1902-1905) (1848)
Walter Brennan, American actor (1894)
Yvonne Printemps, French actress and singer (1894)
Elias Canetti, Bulgarian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (1905)
Jack Gilford, American actor (1908)
Jean Carmet, French actor (1920)
Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (1921)
Estelle Getty, American actress (1923)
Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor (1927)
Claude Zidi, French director and screenwriter (1934)
Barbara Harris, American actress (1935)
Steve Goodman, American musician (1948)
Iman Abdulmajid, Somali model (1955)
Lynda Lemay, Canadian singer (1966)
Christine Quinn, American politician (1966)
Matt LeBlanc, American actor (1967)
Mélanie Georgiades (Diam's), French rap artist (1980)
Givanildo Vieira de Souza (Hulk), Brazilian footballer (1986)
Anthony Stokes, Irish footballer (1988)

Sie haben uns verlassen 25 July

André Chénier, French poet (1794)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet (1834)
Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada (1948-1957) (1973)
Big Mama Thornton, American rhythm and blues singer (1984)
Vincente Minnelli, American director (1986)
John Schlesinger, English director (2003)

Tipp des Tages : 25 July

Make your child stop biting his nails


If you do not want your child to bite his nails, you may put bitter nail polish on his nails. Nail biting is often a sign of anxiety. Therefore, you can also try to keep your child busy with physical and manual activities. You can also try to discover the cause of his anxiety by talking to him or by drawing.

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