July 25

Events




 * 1920 – The first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast takes place.
 * 1925 – Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.

Births


 * 1883 – Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (d. 1947)
 * 1895 – Yvonne Printemps, French actress and singer (d. 1977)
 * 1907 – Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist (d. 1970)
 * 1908 – Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian musician (d. 2003)
 * 1928 – Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (d. 2005)
 * 1930 – Annie Ross, British jazz singer
 * 1934 – Don Ellis, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1978)
 * 1942 – Bruce Woodley, Australian musician (The Seekers)
 * 1943 – Jim McCarty, English musician (The Yardbirds)
 * 1946 – Rita Marley, Jamaican-Cuban singer (I Threes)
 * 1951 – Verdine White, American musician (Earth, Wind & Fire)
 * 1955 – Randall Bewley, American guitarist
 * 1958 – Thurston Moore, American musician (Sonic Youth)
 * 1966 – Maureen Herman, American bassist
 * 1971 – Roger Creager, American country music singer-songwriter
 * 1973 – Dani Filth, British singer (Cradle of Filth)
 * 1979 – Amy Adams, American singer
 * 1980 – Diam's, French rapper