SAVITSKAYA BECOMES FIRST WOMAN TO WALK IN SPACE
JULY 25, 1984 : Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to walk in space as she carried out more than three hours of...
read more.....US CONDUCTS FIRST UNDERWATER ATOMIC BOMB TEST
JULY 25, 1946 : United States detonates an atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in the first underwater test of the device.
read more.....AIR FRANCE CONCORDE CRASHES OUTSIDE PARIS
JULY 25, 2000 : A New York-bound Air France Concorde crashes outside Paris shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four...
read more.....MATA HARI IS EXECUTED
JULY 25, 1917 : The exotic dancer Mata Hari is sentenced to death by firing squad by a French court for spying on Germany’s behalf...
read more.....ITALIAN LINER SS ANDREA DORIA SINKS AFTER COLLISION
JULY 25, 1956 : The Italian liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the Swedish passenger ship Stockholm off the New England coast late at...
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