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Today in History July 25 highlights notable events
Entries recount Grant becoming General of the Army in 1866, Puerto Rico invasion in 1898, Bleriot’s Channel crossing in 1909, FDR asset freeze in 1941, Bikini Atoll underwater test in 1946, Andrea Doria sinking in 1956, Greensboro sit‑in impact in 1960, Skyphone launch in 1962, Tuskegee syphilis study exposure in 1972, and Barcelona 1992 Olympic opening ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses S. Grant
Army of the
United States
Puerto Rico
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Calais
Dover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Japan
Indochina
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
Andrea Doria
Stockholm
New England
Woolworth's
Greensboro
N.C
Bell System
Skyphone
American Airlines
Hope Patterson
Associated Press
Francis Suilley
New York
Lakehurst
N.J
Tuskegee
U.S. Public Health Service
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Barcelona
Spain