Historically Speaking of July 25th

Today is the 206th day of the year—there are 159 days remaining in 2006…

Notable events from this date:

• 2000 - Air France Concorde bound for NY crashes on take off from Charles DeGaulle airport
• 1978 - The first “test tube baby”, Louise Brown, is born in England
• 1956 - Italian ship SS Andrea Doria sinks 45 miles off Nantucket Island
• 1943 - Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini is voted out of power by his own Grand Council
• 1917 - Seductive female spy Mata Hari is sentenced to death in France for spying for Germany
• 1897 - Author Jack London heads to the Klondike to join in the gold rush
• 1868 - Wyoming becomes a U.S. territory
• 1866 - Congress passes law authorizing rank of General of the Army (5-Star General)