| General Information for July 25th 2017 |
| There are 3 public holidays today. |
| Day 206 of 2017 |
| 159 days left in 2017 |
| Week 30 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1983 - Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners. |
| 1797 - Horatio Nelson loses more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain). |
| 1789 - At his Inauguration as US President, George Washington starts the tradition of kissing bibles and saying 'So help me God' at the end of the oath. |
| 1261 - The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. |