Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%). Date: July 25, 1917 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1917 📅 On This Day (Today)
Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established. Date: July 25, 1925 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1925 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt. Date: July 25, 1934 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1934 📅 On This Day (Today)
General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal. Date: July 25, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation. Date: July 25, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: 136 Greek civilians are murdered by soldiers of the German 1st Mountain Division in the village of Mousiotitsa, Greece. Date: July 25, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the King (encouraged by the Grand Council of Fascism) and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio. Date: July 25, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Operation Spring near Caen is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war. Date: July 25, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test. Date: July 25, 1946 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1946 📅 On This Day (Today)
Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51. Date: July 25, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)