At A Glance

25 July 2017 at a glance

Day of the week
25 July 2017 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber.
Top Film of 2017
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Top-Rated TV Show
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2017–18 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 25 July is Leo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 July 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 July 2017 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 25 July

  • 1996 In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
  • 2007 Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
  • 2010 WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.
  • 2018 As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
  • 2019 National extreme heat records set this day in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany during the July 2019 European heat wave.

Famous people born on July 25

  • Hasan Piker, American Twitch streamer (born 1991)
  • Jaafar Jackson, American actor and singer (born 1996)
  • Zawe Ashton, British actress (born 1984)
  • Bryce Young, American football player (born 2001)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 2017 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2017 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 24 – The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards are announced. The nominees for Best Picture are Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight.
  • February 26 – The 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Barry Jenkins' Moonlight winning Best Picture.
  • May 5 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the 15th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy.

Life in the US in 2017

President

Donald Trump

Gas (per gallon)

$2.42

Loaf of Bread

$2.08

Average House

$323,100

Weekly Wage

$869

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