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2018

A liquid lake has been discovered on Mars near its south pole by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter, according to Science.

2010

The website WikiLeaks publishes classified U.S. documents regarding the war in Afghanistan.

2000

An Air France Concorde crashes shortly after takeoff in Paris, killing 109 people on board and 4 people on the ground.

1992

The 25th Olympic Games begin in Barcelona, Spain.

1990

Lucien Bouchard founded the Bloc Québécois.

1985

A spokesperson confirms that actor Rock Hudson has AIDS.

1983

The band Metallica releases its very first album, “Kill ‘Em All,” on Megaforce Records.

1978

Louise Joy Brown is born in Oldham, England. She is the world’s first test-tube baby.

1964

The Beatles’ album “A Hard Day’s Night” reaches number one, where it remains for 14 weeks.

1946

The United States conducts its first atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

At Club 500 in Atlantic City, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis perform their very first comedy show.

1944

The first jet fighter, the German Messerschmitt 262, is used for the first time.

1871

The carousel is invented by Wilhelm Schneider in Davenport, Iowa.

1837

The first commercial use of the electric telegraph is successfully carried out by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone between Euston and Camden Town in London.

It happened on… July 25

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