On this day: July 25

POSTED: 04:34 PM PDT Jul 24, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 24, 2012 

America gives its Army generals five stars, a family favorite amusement park ride is patented, Dylan plugs in and Roseanne "sings," all on this day.

OTD July 25 - Rock Hudson
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Universal Pictures

1985: While in Paris for treatment, actor Rock Hudson issues a press release announcing that he is dying of AIDS. Less than three months later he would become the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness.

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