July 25th is the 206th day of the year. There are 159 days remaining until the end of the year

Today doubles as National Wine & Cheese Day, National Hot Fudge Sundae Day, National Hire a Veteran Day, International Red Shoe Day and Christmas In July Day

42 days left until Labor Day, 98 days until Halloween AND 104 days Daylight Saving Time ends

Sunny 94.3 is proud to present This Day in History daily. Check here to see all of our This Day in History archive.

• 1871

  The Merry Go Round, or Carousel, was first shown in its present form in London

• 1946

  Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team at Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

• 1964

  “A Hard Day’s Night” by The Beatles’ is the #1 album in both the US and UK.  It was released on United Artists records, the movie company’s label.

• 1966

  Last Train to Clarksville is recorded by The Monkees. Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart wrote it. Mickey Dolenz sang it. Louis Shelton played the lead guitar on his Fender Telecaster.
  That same day (July 25th) 1966, The Supremes release “You Can’t Hurry Love.”

• 1969

  U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy plead guilty to leaving the scene of an accident.  This followed the tragic car crash and Mary Jo Kopechne drowning incident.

• 1970

  The Carpenters’ “(They Long to Be) Close to You” hits #1 on the Billboard Singles Chart! It was composed by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

• 1978

  Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby, was born in England to Lesley and Gilbert Brown

• 1980

  AC/DC release Back In Black, their first album

• 1990

  Roseanne sang a horrible rendition of the National Anthem at a San Diego Padres game

• 1997

  The films “Air Force One” and “Good Burger” were released in theaters.

• 2000

  George W. Bush selected Dick Cheney to be his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket.

• 2001

  Aaliyah gave her final performance, singing “More Than a Woman” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Exactly one month later, flying back from a video shoot in the Bahamas, overloaded plane carrying her crashed and exploded on the runway. Everyone on board was killed.

• 2008

  California became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food

• 2020

  Fleetwood Mac founder guitarist  Peter Green dies at 73.

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