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Events on 25 July

Events

• tkWWW web browser released [1992]
• First woman to perform space walk [1984]
• First test tube baby born [1978]
• Famous Face on Mars photo taken [1976]
• Mars 5 space probe launched [1973]
• Ajinomoto founded [1908]
• First commercial use of electrical telegraph demonstrated [1837]

Birthdays

• Lauren Faust [1974]
  American animator, writer, director and producer
• Rosalind Franklin [1920]
  English chemist whose work helped deciphering the structure of DNA
• Fred Lasswell [1916]
  American comic strip artist
• Christoph Scheiner [1573]
  Inventor of the pantograph

Death Anniversaries

• Tracy Hall [2008]
  Creator of the first synthetic diamond
• Randy Pausch [2008]
  Creator of the Alice software project
• Hal Foster [1982]
  Creator of 'Prince Valiant' comic strip
• Ugo Cerletti [1963]
  Discoverer of the technique of electroconvulsive therapy
• Charles Macintosh [1843]
  Inventor of waterproof fabrics