Approximately 151,652 people died worldwide on July 25, 1996. People who died on July 25, 1996 (the exact day you were born) * Howard Vernon, Swiss actor Unusual Deaths in 1996 * Sharon lopatka, an internet entrepreneur from maryland who allegedly solicited a man via the internet to torture and kill her for the purpose of sexual gratification. her killer, robert fredrick glass, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the homicide. * One person was killed by a tiger (named shiva) in alipore zoological gardens in kolkata (calcutta), india when he entered the enclosure of the tiger and tried to put a marigold garland around the tiger's neck. Natural disasters in 1996 * North American blizzard of 1996 * Saguenay Flood * Willamette Valley Flood of 1996 People who died on July 25 (various years) * 2007 - Jesse Marunde, American strongman competitor (b 1979) * 2007 - Bernd Jakubowski, German goal keeper (b 1952) * 2006 - Carl Brashear, First African-American U.S Navy Master Diver * 2005 - Albert Mangelsdorff, German jazz trombonist * 2003 - John Schlesinger, British film director * 2003 - Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer * 2002 - Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian existentialist philosopher * 1998 - Tal Farlow, American jazz guitar virtuoso. * 1997 - Ben Hogan, American golfer * 1995 - Charlie Rich, American rock/soul/country musician * 1992 - Alfred Drake, American actor and singer * 1989 - Steve Rubell, Owner of Night Club Studio 54 * 1988 - Judith Barsi, American actress * 1986 - Vincente Minnelli, American film director * 1984 - Big Mama Thornton, American singer * 1984 - Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player * 1982 - Hal Foster, Canadian-American cartoonist (Prince Valiant) * 1980 - Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet, singer, and actor * 1973 - Louis Stephen St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada * 1971 - Leroy Robertson, American composer * 1963 - Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist * 1962 - Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian jurist and Chief Justice * 1952 - Herbert Murrill, English composer * 1934 - Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist * 1934 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria (assassinated) * 1934 - François Coty, French perfume manufacturer * 1887 - John Taylor, American religious leader * 1861 - Jonas Furrer, Swiss Federal Councilor * 1853 - Joaquin Murieta, California outlaw * 1843 - Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor * 1842 - Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon * 1834 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet * 1826 - Kondraty Fyodorovich Ryleyev, Russian poet and revolutionary * 1794 - André Chénier, French writer * 1791 - Isaac Low, American Continental Congressman * 1790 - William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey * 1790 - Johann Bernhard Basedow, German education reformer * 1681 - Urian Oakes, English-born President of Harvard University * 1676 - François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer * 1643 - Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, English statesman * 1616 - Andreas Libavius, German physician and chemist * 1492 - Pope Innocent VIII * 1409 - King Martin I of Sicily * 306 - Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (b. 250)