On This Day for July 25 - American advance into Canada halted by British troops, Thomas Eakins is born, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, [click here to view](. July 25 [The Gross Clinic, oil on canvas by Thomas Eakins, 1875; in the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. 2 × 2.5 m.] BORN ON THIS DAY 1844 Thomas Eakins [Thomas Eakins]( carried the tradition of 19th-century American [realism]( to perhaps its highest achievement, exemplified by such works as The Gross Clinic (1875) and Between Rounds (1898–99)—was born this day in 1844. [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( [United States: 1812–22] ON THIS DAY 1814 American advance into Canada halted by British troops Near Niagara Falls on this day in 1814, British troops commanded by General Phineas Riall thwarted an invasion of Canada by a U.S. force under General [Jacob Brown]( in the [Battle of Lundy's Lane]( during the [War of 1812](. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( [Discover the NEW Britannica Kids! Click Here to Learn More!]( MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [Patil, Pratibha] 2007: Indian lawyer and politician [Pratibha Patil]( was sworn in as president of [India]( becoming the first woman to hold the office. [Air France flight 4590] 2000: A [Concorde]( supersonic airplane— [Air France flight 4590]( outside [Paris]( killing all 109 people on board and four others on the ground; the event was believed to have hastened the end of all Concorde operations three years later. [Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya.] 1984: Soviet cosmonaut [Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya]( became the first woman to walk in space. [Dylan, Bob] 1965: At the Newport (Rhode Island) Folk Festival, American singer and songwriter [Bob Dylan]( initially eschewed his acoustic guitar to go electric; the controversial performance is considered one of the most pivotal moments in the history of [rock and roll](. [Puerto Rico] 1952: [Puerto Rico]( attained its own government as a commonwealth of the United States. 1919: A member of the foreign ministry of the newly formed Soviet government, Lev Karakhan, issued the [Karakhan Manifesto]( in which he offered to relinquish all Soviet claims to the special rights and privileges in China won by the Russian tsarist government. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1954 Walter Payton American football player 1941 Emmett Till American murder victim 1920 Rosalind Franklin British scientist 1894 Gavrilo Princip Slavic nationalist 1894 Walter Brennan American actor 1750 Henry Knox United States general [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( FOLLOW: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2018 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](