What Happened on this Date in history – July 25th 

1866 — US Grant named first general of Army 

1869 – Wyoming Territory created 

1898 – US invades Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American war 

1917 — Mata Hari spy sentenced to die 

1943 — Benito Mussolini dismissed as premier of Italy 

1952 – Commonwealth of Puerto Rico created 

1978 — First “test tube baby” is born 

1981 – Voyager 2 encounters Saturn