Today in History for 25th July 2022:
Historical Events
1652 – Nikita Minin becomes patriarch of Russian Orthodox Church
1917 – Sir Thomas Whyte introduces the first income tax in Canada as a “temporary” measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
1985 – USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1990 – US Ambassador tells Iraq, US won’t take sides in Iraq-Kuwait dispute
1993 – The St James’ Church massacre in Kenilworth, Cape Town by Azanian Peoples’ Liberation Army
1993 – 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
Famous Birthdays
1421 – Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician, born in Leconfield, United Kingdom (d. 1461)
1897 – Hermann Ambrosius, German composer, born in Hamburg (d. 1983)
1927 – Stanley Dancer, American harness racer (4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown), born in West Windsor Township, New Jersey (d. 2005)
1930 – Annie Ross, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks and Ross – “Twisted”) and actress, born in London (d. 2020)
1956 – Frances Arnold, American Chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2018), born in Edgewood, Pennsylvania
1971 – Billy Wagner, American MLB pitcher (Houston Astros), born in Tannersville, Virginia
Famous Deaths
1643 – Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, English statesman (b. 1584)
1814 – Charles Dibdin, British composer, author (Sea Songs), and actor, dies at 69
1997 – Margaret Farrer, midwife, dies at 83
2003 – Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer, dies at 91
2005 – Albert Mangelsdorff, German jazz trombonist, dies at 76
2011 – Mihalis Kakogiannis, Cypriot filmmaker (b. 1922)