John Rooney, The Associated PressThe Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria keels far over to starboard before sinking 225 feet to the bottom of the Atlantic 45 miles off Nantucket Island, Ma., July 26, 1956. The Andrea Doria was struck broadside by the Swedish-American liner Stockholm in heavy fog July 25 at 11:10 p.m.
Nick Ut, The Associated PressTennis player Venus Williams talks with the media during a California Tennis Association for Underprivileged Youths clinic in Los Angeles, Tuesday, July 25, 1995.
Joachim Bertrand, French Ministry of Interior/Civil Security via The Associated PressThe crash scene of an Air France Concorde plane enroute to New York is seen from the air in Gonesse, France outside Paris shortly after takeoff, Tuesday, July 25, 2000, killing all 109 passengers and crew. Four people on the ground died in the crash. It was the first time one of the supersonic jets has crashed.
The Associated PressItalian Premier-dictator Benito Mussolini reviews troops before the national Italian monument in honor of the 68th birthday of King Victor Emmanuel in Rome, Italy, Nov. 11, 1937.
The Associated PressPolicemen and National Guardsmen search three youths they found wandering down a Detroit street in an east side area hit by rioting, July 25, 1967. Many fires were set and sniping and looting were rampant. President Johnson ordered Federal troops into the area to help police and national guardsmen to quell the rioting.
The Associated PressActress Jane Russell tests her skill with a bow and arrow, July 25, 1941. Jane is scheduled to appear in the upcoming motion picture, "The Outlaw."
The Associated PressAs far as they could, retreating Soviet soldiers destroyed every bit of nourishment that they could lay their hands on, so that the German forces had nothing. The people of a Soviet village hunting for possible nourishment among potato peels on July 25, 1941.
Sonnee Gottlieb, The Associated PressCorporal Charles Timm of Yonkers, New York, playing with the cat owned by the French family he met while resting on the outskirts of St. Lo, July 25, 1944.
The Associated PressA huge mushroom cloud rises above Bikini atoll in the Marshall Islands July 25, 1946 following an atomic test blast, part of the U.S. military's "Operation Crossroads." The dark spots in foreground are ships that were placed near the blast site to test what an atom bomb would do to a fleet of warships.
Rene Perez, The Associated PressDonny and Marie Osmond model clothes fashioned by their mother, Olive, at the New York, New York disco in New York city, July 25, 1978. The line of clothing is called "Olive's Kids."
Caulkin, The Associated PressGreg Hayman of Australia, the strain showing in his neck and in the expression on his face, lifts to win the gold medal in the 52kg Flyweight division of the 13th Commonwealth Games Weightlifting, at the Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh, on July 25, 1986.
U.S. Army, The Associated PressAmerican troops leave a troop transport by nets into an LSU enroute to a landing in Korea on July 25, 1950.
The Associated PressIn fishing clothes, Chief of O.T. Custalow brings up a shad in his net on the Mattaponi Indian reservation in Tidewater Virginia, July 25, 1961. The tribe always has fished on the Mattaponi River, but now the fish are sold instead of just providing food for the Indians. As on other Indian reservations, the young people often leave to try to make a better living than the poor one offered at home.
RR, The Associated PressSen. Edward Kennedy is shown on the TV screen as he spoke to the nation concerning the controversy surrounding his recent accident, July 25, 1969. In the 15-minute talk, Kennedy denied being under the influence of liquor when his automobile plunged from a narrow island bridge, killing a female passenger. He also dispelled rumors of immoral conduct between the two. He left the question of whether or not he should remain in office, up in the air, for further consideration by both himself and the people of Massachusetts.
file, The Associated PressLouise Brown, the world's first test tube baby in this photo dated July 25, 1978, soon after her birth at Oldham General Hospital in Manchester, England, following pioneered work by the hospital's gynecologist, Patrick Steptoe and Cambridge physiologist Robert Edwards. Test-tube baby pioneer Robert Edwards of Britain has won the 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine it is announced Monday Oct. 4, 2010.
Rusty Kennedy, The Associated PressTim Richmond of Charlotte, NC assists racing driver Dale Earnhardt of Mooresville, NC walking past Earnhardt's racing car overturned following an accident with the two drivers on the first turn of Pocono 500 NASCAR race at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. on Sunday July 25, 1982. Earnhardt injured his leg in the accident.
The Associated PressPresident Ronald Reagan, left, and Vice President George H. Bush don western-style straw hats presented to them by two cheerleaders at an outdoor political rally on Wednesday, July 25, 1984 in Austin, Texas. Houston Oilers cheerleader Cathy Ludwig, with Reagan, and University of Texas cheerleader Leslie Scott, with Bush, made the presentation.
Joan Fahrenthold, The Associated PressComedienne Roseanne Barr holds her fingers in her ears as she screams the National Anthem between games of the San Diego Padres and the Cincinnati Reds doubleheader on July 25, 1990 in San Diego, Calif. She was booed loudly and she made an obscene gesture and spat when she was finished.
S. Thinakaran, The Associated PressAli Khan Shamsuddin, a 39-year-old Malaysian, allows some of the 6,000 scorpions he has lived in a container with for the last 21 days to crawl over his face in Kuala Lumpur, Friday, July 25, 1997. Shamsuddin, a snake charmer, will end his record breaking feat tomorrow, Saturday, July 26 after being bitten 95 times despite which he says he feels healthy and fit.
John Rooney, The Associated Press
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The Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria keels far over to starboard before sinking 225 feet to the bottom of the Atlantic 45 miles off Nantucket Island, Ma., July 26, 1956. The Andrea Doria was struck broadside by the Swedish-American liner Stockholm in heavy fog July 25 at 11:10 p.m.
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Getting your player ready...
A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on July 25.





















