Historical Events on April 25

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• 1185 Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family
• 1449 Anti-pope Felix V resigns

• 1507 German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller first to use the name America on his world map "Universalis Cosmographia"
• 1541 -26) Liege flooded after heavy down pour
• 1604 Count Maurits' army lands at Cadzand
• 1607 Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish Portuguese fleet
• 1607 Shortly before making landfall in America, Captain Edward Maria Wingfield is named President of the Jamestown governing council
• 1614 Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms
• 1626 Battle at the Dessau bridge: Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Ernst von Mansfeld

• 1678 French troops conquer Ypres
• 1684 Patent granted for thimble
• 1707 Battle of Almansa; Franco-Spanish forces defeat British and Portuguese

• 1747 Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand
• 1792 Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas Pelletier
• 1792 "La Marseillaise", later the national anthem of France, is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg
• 1829 Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom
• 1846 Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War
• 1849 The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
• 1850 Paul Julius Reuter sets up carrier-pigeon service, using 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices between Aachen and Brussels
• 1859 Ground broken for Suez Canal
• 1861 Battle of Lavaca, fought in Texas, Union victory (US Civil War)
• 1861 The Union Army arrives to reinforce Washington, D.C. (US Civil War)

• 1864 Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
• 1867 Tokyo opens for foreign trade
• 1875 Latest date for measurable snow in NYC (3")
• 1876 Chicago Cubs 1st NL game, beats Louisville 4-0 (1st NL shutout)
• 1881 250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany

• 1896 Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire at Cripple Creek, Colorado
• 1896 Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London


• 1898 Spanish-American War: The United States declares state of war on Spain effective from 21st April
• 1901 Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run
• 1901 New York becomes 1st state requiring automobile license plates ($1 fee)
• 1901 In last of 9th, Detroit Tigers, trailing by 13-4, score 10 runs to win one of greatest comebacks in baseball (1st game in Detroit)
• 1902 Erwin Harvey becomes 1st Cleveland ballplayer (Cleveland Bronchos) to have six hits in one game
• 1904 NY Highlander Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year
• 1905 Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW v Qld)
• 1905 Whites win right to vote in South Africa

• 1915 First landings at Gaba Tepe and Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula by ANZAC forces during WWI
• 1920 Magda Julin of Sweden beats team mate Svea Norén for the gold medal in women's singles figure skating at the Antwerp Olympics

• 1926 Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi
• 1927 Spain routes 20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen)
• 1928 Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for a US citizen Morris Frank
• 1932 Rose Franken's "Another Language" premieres in NYC
• 1933 NY Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0

• 1942 Beginning of a 3 night bombing blitz on Bath by German Luftwaffe - 417 killed
• 1943 The Demyansk Shield for German troops in commemoration of Demyansk Pocket instituted
• 1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates
• 1945 45 countries convene UN Conference on Intl Organization in San Francisco
• 1945 Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
• 1945 British troops reach Grebbe line Neth
• 1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission
• 1945 Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany

• 1945 "Elbe Day" - US and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on the Elbe River during the invasion of Germany in WWII
• 1946 "Exposition Flyer" rammed at Napierville Illinois, killing 48
• 1946 Christopher Fry's "Phoenix too Frequent" premieres in London
• 1947 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St Louis, to win National Wrestling Association world heavyweight title
• 1947 Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Voete begins
• 1949 Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Romulus der Grosse" premieres in Basel
• 1950 Republik Maluku Selatan (also known as the Republic of the South Moluccas) declared on Ambon
• 1950 Chuck Cooper becomes the 1st African American to be drafted into the NBA (for Boston Celtics)
• 1952 6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
• 1952 American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter
• 1952 German state of Bathe-Wurttemberg forms

• 1954 British raid Nairobi, Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects arrested)
• 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher
• 1954 WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 1956 Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble" premieres in London
• 1957 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated
• 1957 Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian government
• 1957 WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1959 St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic and the Great Lakes opens to shipping

• 1960 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by USS submarine Triton in 60 days, 21 hours
• 1961 Belgium government of Gaston Eyskens falls over the Unitary Law
• 1961 "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 27 performances
• 1961 France performs nuclear test at Reggane Proving Grounds Algeria
• 1961 Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin


• 1961 Premier Moise Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo
• 1961 Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit
• 1961 Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad
• 1962 Cleve sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland
• 1962 Lion & Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
• 1962 US Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon
• 1962 US resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island
• 1964 Stanley Cup Final, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON: 3-peat for the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 4-0 Game 7 win over Detroit Red Wings for a 4-3 series victory
• 1964 "New Phil Silvers Show" last airs on CBS-TV
• 1964 11th National Film Awards (India): "Shehar Aur Sapna" wins the Golden Lotus
• 1965 19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
• 1966 Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse, Belgium
• 1967 Abortion legalized in Colorado
• 1967 Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland
• 1967 Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders" premieres in NYC
• 1968 "Half a Sixpence" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 512 performances
• 1969 5,400th & last episode of BBC Radio serial "The Dales" (formerly "Mrs Dale's Diary" )
• 1970 "Park" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances
• 1970 Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold"
• 1970 Melanie (Safka) releases "Lay Down"
• 1971 About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington, D.C.
• 1971 US canal rights in Nicaragua & rights to Corn Islands expire
• 1971 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1971 The Northern Ireland census is held
• 1972 Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12
• 1973 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

• 1974 Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government
• 1974 Portuguese Prime Minister Marcello Caetano is overthrown in the Carnation revolution, bringing Portugal's authoritarian Estado Novo (New State) government to an end
• 1974 NFL moves goal posts & adopts sudden-death playoff


• 1975 1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao

• 1975 USSR performs underground nuclear test
• 1975 West German embassy blown up in Stockholm, Sweden
• 1976 Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country
• 1976 India all out for 97 v West Indies
• 1976 Portugal adopts new constitution
• 1976 Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues US flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire
• 1977 Cincinnati Reds tie record of 12 runs in 5th inning beating Braves 23-9
• 1977 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1978 Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance
• 1978 Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more
• 1978 ABC premiere of crime drama "Vega$"
• 1979 Peace treaty between Israel & Egypt goes into effect
• 1980 A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umpires from attacking a fan

• 1980 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb
• 1980 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1981 Seattle Mariners MLB manager Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Kingdome grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot
• 1981 More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Japan
• 1982 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1982 In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal
• 1982 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1982 Yanks fire manager Bob Lemon & replaces him with Gene Michael
• 1983 "Nightline" expands from ½ hour to a full hour
• 1983 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
• 1983 Portugal's Mário Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election

• 1983 NASA space probe Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
• 1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

• 1985 West German Parliament rules it is illegal to deny the Holocaust
• 1986 ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5
• 1986 Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
• 1988 "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
• 1988 John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem
• 1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-211
• 1989 Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period
• 1990 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: George Strait, Clint Black, and Kathy Mattea win
• 1990 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
• 1990 Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6-year term as Nicaragua's president
• 1990 Hong Kong actress Carina Lau is abducted by Triad members
• 1991 "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater NYC after 1018 performances
• 1991 Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL NE Patriots for sexual harassment
• 1991 Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical premieres in NYC
• 1991 Iraq announces it expects to resume crude oil and product exports by July
• 1992 "Shimada" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
• 1992 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell
• 1993 "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances

• 1993 NFL Draft: Washington State quarterback Drew Bledsoe first pick by New England Patriots
• 1994 14" of snow in Southern California
• 1994 Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed
• 1994 Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed
• 1994 King Azlan Shah of Malaysia resigns
• 1994 Mexican businessman & billionaire Angel Losada kidnapped
• 1994 Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan
• 1995 "Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater NYC for 79 performances
• 1996 "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC


• 1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th HR
• 2005 Final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937
• 2005 Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union
• 2005 107 die in Amagasaki rail crash in Japan
• 2007 Boris Yeltsin's funeral - the first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.

• 2009 NFL Draft: Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford first pick by Detroit Lions

• 2011 At least 300 people killed in deadliest tornado outbreak in the Southern United States since the 1974 Super Outbreak.
• 2012 The United Kingdom dips back into recession after the economy shrank 0.2% in the first quarter of 2012
• 2013 The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia after 22 years
• 2013 NFL Draft: Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher first pick by Kansas City Chiefs
• 2013 38 people are killed in a psychiatric hospital fire in Ramensky, Russia
• 2015 100 year anniversary of the Gallipoli Peninsula landings in Turkey by ANZAC forces during WWI
• 2015 7.8-magnitude earthquake near Kathmandu in Nepal, killing 8000, leaving over 100,000 homeless, destroying many historic sites
• 2018 Indian religious leader Asaram Bapu is sentenced to life for raping a 16-year old girl
• 2018 Danish inventor Peter Madsen found guilty of killing and desecrating body of journalist Kim Wall aboard submarine, sentenced to life imprisonment

• 2019 Microsoft becomes the third US firm to be listed with a market worth of 1 trillion, after Apple and Amazon

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