Notable Historical Events on April 25th
April 25th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1185 |
Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family |
1449 |
Anti-pope Felix V resigns |
1507 |
German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st 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 |
1614 |
Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms |
1626 |
Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats Earl of Mansfeld |
1660 |
English Convention Parliament meets & votes to restore Charles II |
1678 |
French troops conquer Ypres |
1684 |
Patent granted for thimble |
1707 |
Battle of Almansa; Franco-Spanish forces defeat British and Portuguese |
1719 |
Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe" |
1747 |
Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand |
1792 |
Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier |
1829 |
Charles Fremantle arrives in the 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, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices |
1859 |
Ground broken for Suez Canal |
1861 |
Battle of Lavaca, Texas (US Civil War) |
1861 |
The Union Army arrives to reinforce Washington, D.C. (US Civil War) |
1862 |
Capture of New Orleans LA by the Union under Flag Officer Farragut |
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 |
1881 |
French troops occupy Algeria & Tunisia |
1886 |
Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna |
1891 |
Pres Benjamin Harrison visits SF |
1896 |
Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (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 auto 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 |
1914 |
US President W Wilson is persuaded by the ABC powers - Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - to accept mediation in the conflict with Mexico |
1915 |
First landings at Gaba Tepe and Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula |
1925 |
Paul von Hindenburg elected president of Germany |
1926 |
Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot" premieres in Milan |
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 |
1933 |
US & Canada drop Gold Standard |
1941 |
Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta |
1942 |
Luftwaffe bombs Bath |
1943 |
The Demyansk Shield for German troops in commemoration of Demyansk Pocket is instituted. |
1944 |
United Negro College Fund incorporates |
1945 |
45 countries convene UN Conference on Intl Organization in SF |
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 |
Red army completely surrounds Berlin |
1945 |
"Elbe Day" - US & Soviet forces meet at Torgau Germany on Elbe River during WWII invasion of Germany |
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 become wrestling champ |
1947 |
Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Voete begins |
1949 |
Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Romulus der Grosse" premieres in Basel |
1949 |
Michael Brown, rocker (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee) |
1950 |
Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan) |
1950 |
Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA |
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 "Country" Bathe-Wurttemberg forms |
1953 |
Francis Crick and James Watson's discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is published in "Nature" magazine |
1954 |
Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (NYC) |
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, Great Lakes opens to shipping |
1960 |
1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed (Triton) |
1961 |
"Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 27 perfs |
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 |
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 |
1962 |
June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland |
1964 |
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 |
1965 |
19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1 |
1965 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational |
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 releases "Lay Down" |
1971 |
About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington |
1971 |
Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational |
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 |
Chancellor Willy Brandt sect Gunther Guillaume found to be a spy |
1974 |
Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government |
1974 |
Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution) |
1974 |
NFL moves goal posts & adopts sudden-death playoff |
1975 |
1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao |
1975 |
Mario Soares' Socialist Party wins Portugal's free election |
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 |
Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic |
1976 |
Portugal adopts constitution |
1976 |
Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues US flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire |
1977 |
Cin 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 |
1979 |
"Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres |
1979 |
Peace treaty between Israel & Egypt goes into effect |
1980 |
A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umpires from attacking a fan |
1980 |
Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran |
1980 |
Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb |
1980 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1981 |
Mariners mgr Maury Wills is suspended for 2 games after ordering Seattle's 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 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orlando Lady Golf Classic |
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 Muruora Island |
1983 |
Portugal's Soares' Partido Socialista wins parliamentary election |
1983 |
Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR |
1983 |
Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit. |
1984 |
Rock group Wings disbands |
1984 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1985 |
"Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 1005 performances |
1985 |
Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead |
1985 |
For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 points in a Cup game (3 goals, 4 assists) |
1985 |
Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in NYC |
1985 |
West German Parliament ruled it 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 |
Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY |
1989 |
Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period |
1990 |
25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black & 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 pres |
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 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 |
Russia elects Boris Yeltsin leader |
1994 |
14" of snow in Southern Calif |
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 kidnap |
1994 |
Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan |
1995 |
"Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater NYC for 79 perfs |
1995 |
16th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
1996 |
"Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC |
1997 |
Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th HR |
1997 |
The disaster film "Volcano", starring Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche, is released |
2005 |
The 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 |
Elijah Wood is honored with the Midnight Award by the San Francisco International Film Festival as an American actor who "has made outstanding contributions to independent and Hollywood cinema, and who brings striking intelligence, exemplary talent and extraordinary depth of character to his roles" |
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 |
Kansas City Chiefs select Eric Fisher as the first NFL draft pick |
2013 |
38 people are killed in a psychiatric hospital fire in Ramensky, Russia |
2016 |
Ted Cruz and John Kasich to Coordinate Against Donald Trump |
2016 |
Officials in Ohio Link Marijuana Operations to Deaths of 8 Family Members |
2016 |
President Obama defends controversial EU trade deal |
2016 |
Australia teen charged with Anzac day terror plot |
2016 |
Syria conflict: Obama 'to send 250 more non-combat troops' |
2018 |
Rapper Meek Mill freed from US jail after months-long campaign |
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