Days gone by July 25

On July 25, 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish passenger ship Stockholm off the New England coast late at night and began sinking; at least 51 people were killed. (The Andrea Doria sank the following day, some 11 hours after the crash.)

10 years ago in the C-P: Harold Haines and his daughter, Mary Lou Callicott, recently returned from a trip to Alaska.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Estelle Getty is 85. Actress Barbara Harris is 73. Rock musician Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire) is 57. Singer-musician Jem Finer (The Pogues) is 53. Model-actress Iman is 53. Cartoonist Ray Billingsley (“Curtis”) is 51. Rock musician Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) is 50. Actress-singer Bobbie Eakes is 47. Actress Katherine Kelly Lang (TV: “The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 47. Actress Illeana Douglas is 43. Country singer Marty Brown is 43. Actor Matt LeBlanc is 41. Actor D.B. Woodside is 39. Actress Miriam Shor is 37. Actor James Lafferty (TV: “One Tree Hill”) is 23.

Thought for Today: “The truth is all things seen under the form of eternity.” — George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher (1863-1952).