WikiPedia:Selected anniversaries/July 25
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July 25: Feast day of Saint James the Great
- 306 – Constantine I was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
- 1909 – French aviator Louis Blériot made the first crossing of the English Channel in a heavier-than-air flying machine.
- 1943 – Benito Mussolini was forced out of office by his own Italian Grand Council and was replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
- 1978 – The first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, was born.
- 2000 – Air France Concorde Flight 4590 crashed after takeoff in Paris, killing 113 people.
