Editing July 25 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Ajinomoto]] is founded. [[Kikunae Ikeda]] of the [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]] discovers that a key ingredient in [[kombu]] soup stock is [[monosodium glutamate]] (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it. 
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Louis Blériot]] makes the first flight across the [[English Channel]] in a [[Blériot XI|heavier-than-air machine]] from [[Calais]] to [[Dover|Dover, England, United Kingdom]] in 37 minutes.
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Royal Flying Corps|RFC]] Captain [[Lanoe Hawker]] becomes the first British [[Fighter aircraft|pursuit]] aviator to earn the [[Victoria Cross]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; Sir [[Robert Borden]] introduces the first [[Income taxes in Canada|income tax in Canada]] as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union]] (TASS) is established.
*[[1934]] &ndash; The [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]] assassinate Austrian Chancellor [[Engelbert Dollfuss]] in a failed coup attempt. 
*[[1940]] &ndash; General [[Henri Guisan]] orders the [[Swiss Army]] to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
*[[1942]] &ndash; The [[Norwegian resistance movement|Norwegian Manifesto]] calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Benito Mussolini]] [[25 Luglio|is forced out of office]] by the King (encouraged by the [[Grand Council of Fascism]]) and is replaced by [[Pietro Badoglio]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: 136 Greek civilians are [[Massacres of Mousiotitsa|murdered]] by soldiers of the German [[1st Mountain Division (Wehrmacht)|1st Mountain Division]] in the village of [[Mousiotitsa]], Greece.<ref name="Meyer">{{cite book|last=Meyer|first=Hermann Frank|title=Blutiges Edelweiss. Die 1. Gebirgs-Division im Zweiten Weltkrieg|trans-title=Bloodstained Edelweiss. The 1st Mountain-Division in the Second World War|year=2007|publisher=Ch. Links-Verlag|isbn=978-3861534471}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[Operation Spring]] is one of the bloodiest days for the [[First Canadian Army]] during the war.
*[[1946]] &ndash; The [[Operation Crossroads#Test Baker|Crossroads Baker]] device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
*[[1956]] &ndash; Forty-five miles south of [[Nantucket|Nantucket Island]], the Italian [[ocean liner]] {{SS|Andrea Doria}} collides with the {{ship|MS|Stockholm|1948|6}} in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
*[[1957]] &ndash; The Tunisian King [[Muhammad VIII al-Amin]] is replaced by President [[Habib Bourguiba]].
*[[1958]] &ndash; The [[African Regroupment Party]] holds its first congress in [[Cotonou]].
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: In a speech [[John F. Kennedy]] emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on [[NATO]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Bob Dylan]] [[Electric Dylan controversy|goes electric]] at the [[Newport Folk Festival]], signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Richard Nixon]] declares the [[Nixon Doctrine]], stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "[[Vietnamization]]" of the war.
*[[1971]] &ndash; The [[Sohagpur massacre]] is perpetrated by the Pakistan Army.<ref name=kafir>{{cite news|url=https://www.jaijaidinbd.com/wholecountry/184416|title=আজ শেরপুরের সোহাগপুর গণহত্যা দিবস|trans-title=Today is Sohagpur Genocide Day in Sherpur|date=25 July 2021|newspaper=[[Jaijaidin]]|access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] ''[[Mars program|Mars 5]]'' space probe is launched.
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Viking program]]: ''[[Viking 1]]'' takes the famous [[Cydonia (region of Mars)|Face on Mars]] photo.
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] police shoot two nationalists in the [[Cerro Maravilla murders]].
*  1978   &ndash; Birth of [[Louise Brown|Louise Joy Brown]], the first human to have been born after conception by [[in vitro fertilisation]], or IVF.<ref name="First hIVF birth">{{cite news |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Martin |title=I helped deliver Louise |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3077913.stm |access-date=18 July 2020 |work=BBC News |date=24 July 2003}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; In accord with the [[Egypt–Israel peace treaty]], Israel begins its withdrawal from the [[Sinai Peninsula]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Black July]]: Thirty-seven [[Sri Lankan Tamils|Tamil]] political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in [[Colombo]] are [[Welikada prison massacre|massacred]] by the fellow [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] prisoners.
*[[1984]] &ndash; ''[[Salyut 7]]'' [[Astronaut|cosmonaut]] [[Svetlana Savitskaya]] becomes the first woman to perform a [[extravehicular activity|space walk]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; Israel launches a massive attack against [[Lebanon]] in what the Israelis call [[Operation Accountability]], and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War.
*  1993   &ndash; The [[Saint James Church massacre]] occurs in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa.
*[[1994]] &ndash; Israel and [[Jordan]] sign the [[Israel–Jordan peace treaty|Washington Declaration]], that formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.
*[[1995]] &ndash; A gas bottle [[1995 Paris Métro and RER bombings|explodes]] in ''Saint Michel'' station of line B of the [[Réseau Express Régional|RER]] (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
*[[1996]] &ndash; In a [[1996 Burundian coup d'état|military coup in Burundi]], [[Pierre Buyoya]] deposes [[Sylvestre Ntibantunganya]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Concorde]] [[Air France Flight 4590]] crashes outside of Paris shortly after taking off at [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]], killing 113 people.
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Pratibha Patil]] is sworn in as India's first female president.
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[WikiLeaks]] publishes [[Afghan War documents leak|classified documents about the War in Afghanistan]], one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[2018 As-Suwayda attacks|As-Suwayda attacks]]: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44949823|title=Syria war: More than 200 dead in suicide attacks|work=BBC|date=25 July 2018|access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the [[July 2019 European heat wave]].