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On This Day, July 25
- 2019: National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave.
- 2018: As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
- 2010: WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
- 2007: Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
- 2001: Phoolan Devi, a serving Member of Parliament, was assassinated by shooting in New Delhi, India.