On This Day for July 25 - American advance into Canada halted by British troops, Thomas Eakins is featured, 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.]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY 1844 Thomas Eakins [READ MORE]( [United States: 1812–22]( FEATURED EVENT 1814 American advance into Canada halted by British troops [READ MORE]( Advertisement Advertisement [Earth's To-Do List]( 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](. 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. [Johnny Hodges.] 1906: [Johnny Hodges]( jazz alto saxophonist who was a featured soloist in [Duke Ellington]( orchestra, known for his brilliant improvisational sense of composition—was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1954 [Walter Payton]( American football player 1894 [Walter Brennan]( American actor 1941 [Emmett Till]( American murder victim 1894 [Gavrilo Princip]( Slavic nationalist 1920 [Rosalind Franklin]( British scientist 1750 [Henry Knox]( United States general [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement 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 © 2019 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](