This Day In History

July 25th

1866  US Grant was named General of the Army, the first officer to hold that rank
1868  Congress passed an act creating the Wyoming Territory
1898  Puerto Rico is invaded by the United States during the Spanish-American War
1946  Crooner Dean Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis appeared for the first time at Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey
1952  Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States
1956  51 people died when the Andrea Doria sank after hitting the Stockholm
1978  The First test tube baby was born in Oldham, England.

1924  Actress Estelle Getty

Top of the Chart Hits Courtesy of...

1961

• Tossin' & Turnin' - Bobby Lewis

• I Like It Like That - Chris Kenner

• Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker

• San Antonio Rose - Floyd Cramer

1969

• In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans

• What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker and The All Stars

• My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder

• I Love You More Today - Conway Twitty

1977

• Looks Like We Made It - Barry Manilow

• I Just Want to be Your Everything - Andy Gibb

• My Heart Belongs to Me - Barbra Streisand

• It Was Almost Like a Song - Ronnie Milsap

1985

• A View to a Kill - Duran Duran

• Raspberry Beret - Prince and The Revolution

• Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young

• Dixie Road - Lee Greenwood

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