July 25, 1956Fifty-one people die when the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria sinks after colliding with the Swedish ship Stockholm in 200 feet of water 50 miles southeast of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. The Dorea is headed from Genoa, Italy, to New York.

July 25, 1965Folk-rock begins when Bob Dylan uses an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival.

July 26, 1847Liberia becomes the first African colony to become an independent state. A m