25 July

206/365 - 207/366

Birthdays

 * Matt LeBlanc (b.1967)

Events

 * 1964: A Hard Day's Night album at N1 in UK and USA
 * 1965: Bob Dylan is booed by the crowd at Newport Folk Festival for performing with an electric guitar.
 * 1984: Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes 1st woman to walk in space
 * 1985: Rock Hudson confirmed as having AIDS.
 * 1992: XXV Olympic Games open in Barcelona
 * 1999: Lance Armstrong wins first of 7 consecutive Tour de France titles (later disqualified)

Charts
as announced on this day, with no.1 single (new in bold). Click year for full chart.
 * 1971: T Rex - Get It On (2/4)
 * 1978: John Travolta / O. Newton-John - You're the One That I Want (7/9)
 * 1993: Take That - Pray (3/4)
 * 1999: Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca (3/3)
 * 2004: Streets - Dry Your Eyes (1/1)
 * 2010: Yolanda be Cool - We No Speak Americano (1/1)

Top of the Pops
host DJ and number one single. Click year for show details
 * 1968: Stuart Henry. Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony Mony
 * 1974: no show due to BBC strike
 * 1985: Gary Davies & Dixie Peach. Eurythmics – There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
 * 1991:  Craig McLachlan. The Outthere Bros. - Boom Boom Boom
 * 1997: Zoë Ball. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans – I’ll Be Missing You