This Day In History

July 25
1139
Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques.
1261
The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire.
1799
At Aboukir in Egypt, Napoleon I of France defeats 10,000 Ottomans under Mustafa Pasha.
1943
World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by his own Italian Grand Council and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
1979
Another section of the Sinai Peninsula is peacefully returned by Israel to Egypt.
1993
Israel launches a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call Seven-Day War.
1994
Israel and Jordan sign the Washington Declaration, which formally ends the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948.
2010
Wikileaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.