Historical Events for 25th July 2026

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1901 - Emily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain about the concentration camps during the South African War
1913 - Pittsburgh Pirates future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Max Carey scores five runs without a hit, reaching first base on an error and four walks as the Bucs defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 12-2
1941 - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt bans sale of benzine and gasoline to Japan
1956 - 46 die in a collision between the SS Andrea Doria and the MS Stockholm off the coast of Nantucket
1985 - Spokeswoman for Rock Hudson confirms he has AIDS
1993 - Tour de France: Spaniard Miguel Induráin makes it three straight Tour titles; Djamolidine Abdoujaparov is points winner
1993 - Romantic comedy film "Sleepless in Seattle," starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan and co-written and directed by Nora Ephron, is released
2017 - Ram Nath Kovind becomes 14th President of India

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[+ FrankR]

6 hours ago, CoM Moderators said:

1901 - Emily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain about the concentration camps during the South African War
 

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I believe this is where the term “concentration camp” was first used broadly in the media. @mike carey Have you seen the movie Breaker Morant from the 80s? I believe it was an Australian made production.

[mike carey]

11 minutes ago, FrankR said:

I believe this is where the term “concentration camp” was first used broadly in the media. @mike carey Have you seen the movie Breaker Morant from the 80s? I believe it was an Australian made production.

Yes, I saw it. The film romanticised Morant in a way that he didn't deserve. He was no folk hero standing up to a pompous English officer class, he was a war criminal who applied 'Rule 303' to Boer women and children as much as to combatants. I'm not sure about when the term concentration camp became media currency but the imprisonment of Boer civilians certainly fit the same description as the later camps that are more familiar to us.

[+ FrankR]

34 minutes ago, mike carey said:

Yes, I saw it. The film romanticised Morant in a way that he didn't deserve. He was no folk hero standing up to a pompous English officer class, he was a war criminal who applied 'Rule 303' to Boer women and children as much as to combatants. I'm not sure about when the term concentration camp became media currency but the imprisonment of Boer civilians certainly fit the same description as the later camps that are more familiar to us.

I can’t speak to historical accuracy, but it is the first time I heard the term ‘concentration camp’. I was still quite young and remember consulting the Encyclopedia Brittanica at the library after the movie for context on the term (as we used to do before Google was a thing!)