FRIDAY, July 25, 2025

306-Constantine I is proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops

1814-English engineer George Stephenson introduces his first steam locomotive, a traveling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway named Blücher

1943-Benito Mussolini is dismissed as Italian Prime Minister and arrested on the authority of King Victor Emmanuel III

1944-World War II: Operation Spring - one of Canada's bloodiest days, 18,444 casualties and 5,021 killed

1997-Scientists announce the first human stem cells to be cultured in a laboratory using tissue taken from aborted human embryos

2014-Both Israel and Hamas review US Secretary of State John Kerry's proposal for an immediate ceasefire and meetings in Cairo