1. On July 25, 1583, Antonio de Espejo, a Spanish explorer, discovered Pueblo Indian villages near present-day Santa Fe, New Mexico. This was one of the first recorded interactions between the Spanish and the Pueblo people.

2. The Battle of Mora took place on July 25, 1847, during the Mexican-American War. U.S. troops clashed with New Mexican rebels in the town of Mora, resulting in a victory for the U.S. forces.

3. July 25, 1882, marked the grand opening of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This helped to transform the city into a major transportation hub for the region.

4. In 1945, the first American atomic bomb was tested at the Trinity site in New Mexico on July 16. On July 25, the Secretary of War, Henry Stimson, visited the site to witness the devastation caused by the bomb.

5. The Roswell UFO incident, one of the most famous alleged extraterrestrial events in history, occurred on July 25, 1947. A rancher near Roswell, New Mexico, discovered debris he believed to be from a crashed UFO, sparking decades of controversy and conspiracy theories.