Today is Friday, July 25, the 207th day of 2008. There are 159 days left in the year.
1799 _ French-Egyptian forces under Napoleon I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir
1871 _ Carrousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa
1943 _ Benito Mussolini dismissed as premier of Italy during WW II
1944 _ First jet fighter used in combat (Messerschmitt 262)
1946 _ First bikini is shown at a Paris fashion show
1947 _ U.S. Air Force, Navy and War Dept. form U.S. Dept. of Defense
1963 _ U.S., Russia and England sign nuclear test ban treaty
1964 _ Beatles' ``Hard Day's Night, A," album goes No. 1 & stays No. 1 for 14 weeks
1968 _ Pope Paul VI encyclical on the regulation of birth
1992 _ 25th Olympic Summer games opens in Barcelona, Spain