Today In History - April 25

1449 Anti-pope Felix V resigns
1507 Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America
1604 Count Maurits' army lands at Cadzand
1614 Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms
1660 London Convention Parliament begins
1660 Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II
1678 French troops conquer Ypres
1684 Patent granted for thimble
1707 Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese
1719 Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe"
1747 Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand
1792 Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier
1850 Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices
1859 Ground broken for Suez Canal
1861 7th New York arrives to reinforce Washington, D.C.
1861 Battle of Lavaca, Texas
1862 Battle of New Orleans LA - U.S. Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans
1867 Tokyo opens for foreign trade
1881 250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany
1881 French troops occupy Algeria and Tunisia
1886 Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna
1891 President Benjamin Harrison visits San Francisco
1896 Sidney Jones and Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London
1898 U.S. declares war on Spain over Cuba
1901 Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run
1904 New York Yankee Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year
1928 Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind
1932 Rose Franken's "Another Language," premieres in New York City
1933 New York Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0
1933 U.S. and Canada drop Gold Standard
1938 1st use of seeing eye dog
1941 Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta
1942 Luftwaffe bombs Bath
1944 United Negro College Fund incorporates
1945 Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
1945 British troops reach Grebbe line Netherlands
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 U.S. and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on Elbe River
1946 "Exposition Flyer" rammed at Napierville Illinois, killing 48
1946 Christopher Fry's "Phoenix too Frequent," premieres in London
1950 Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA
1952 6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat New York Knicks, 4 games to 3
1952 American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter
1952 German "Country" Bathe-Wurttemberg forms
1954 Bell labs announces 1st solar battery
1954 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher
1956 Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes #1
1956 Noel Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London
1957 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated
1957 Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian government
1959 St. Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping
1960 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by Triton
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 U.S. Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon
1962 U.S. 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 Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1
1965 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Pensacola Golf Invitational
1966 Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium
1967 Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland
1967 Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders," premieres in New York City
1968 "Half a Sixpence" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 512 performances
1969 BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th and last episode
1969 Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS
1970 "Park" closes at John Golden Theater New York City 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 U.S. canal rights in Nicaragua and rights to Corn Islands expire
1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1973 U.S. 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 NFL moves goal posts and 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 U.S.S.R. 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 vs. West Indies
1976 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1976 Portugal adopts constitution
1976 Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues U.S. 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
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 and Egypt goes into effect
1980 A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umps 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 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
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 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1982 Yanks fire manager Bob Lemon and replaces him with Gene Michael
1983 "Nightline" expands from 1/2 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 U.S. schoolgirl Samantha Smith to U.S.S.R.
1984 Rock group Wings disbands
1985 Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
1985 For 2nd time, Wayne Gretzky, scores 7 goals in a Cup game
1985 Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in New York City
1985 West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust
1986 ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5
1988 "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-211
1989 Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York
1989 Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period
1990 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: 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
1991 "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 1018 performances
1991 Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL New England Patriots for sexual harassment
1991 Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman's musical premieres in New York City
1992 "Shimada" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 4 performances
1992 Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell
1993 "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 839 performances
1993 Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader
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 Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan
1995 16th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1997 Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. hits his 250th HR

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