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This day in history: 25 April

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383 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 25 April.
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2026: Shots are fired outside of the White House Correspondents' Dinner in the Washington Hilton where U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet are attending. One injury is reported and a suspect is taken into custody.

Holidays and observances

Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand, Tonga)

Christian feast day: Anianus of Alexandria

Christian feast day: April 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Blessed Robert Anderton

Christian feast day: Franca Visalta

Christian feast day: Giovanni Battista Piamarta

Christian feast day: Major Rogation (Western Christianity)

Christian feast day: Mark the Evangelist

Christian feast day: Maughold

Christian feast day: Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur

Christian feast day: Philo and Agathopodes

Freedom Day (Portugal)

Events

2026Shots are fired outside of the White House Correspondents' Dinner in the Washington Hilton where U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet are attending. One injury is reported and a suspect is taken into custody.

2015At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.

2014The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination.

2007Boris 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.

2005A seven-car commuter train derails and crashes into an apartment building near Amagasaki Station in Japan, killing 107, including the driver.

2005Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union.

2005The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.

2004The March for Women's Lives brings over one million protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.

1990Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.

1983Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.

1982Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.

1981More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.

1980One hundred forty-six people are killed when Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

1974Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime.

1972Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.

1961Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.

1959The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.

1954The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.

1953Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.

1951Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.

1945United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.

1945World War II: Liberation Day (Italy): The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the Italian Social Republic.

1945World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military actions of the Second World War end in Finland.

1945World War II: United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two. This would be later known as Elbe Day.

1944The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.

1938U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.

1933Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.

1920At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.

1915World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.

1898Spanish–American War: The United States Congress declares that a state of war between the U.S. and Spain has existed since April 21, when an American naval blockade of the Spanish colony of Cuba began.

1892Véry bombing during the Ère des attentats (1892–1894).

1882French and Vietnamese troops clash in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seizes the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.

1864American Civil War: In the Battle of Marks' Mills, a force of 8,000 Confederate soldiers attacks 1,800 Union soldiers and a large number of wagon teamsters, killing or wounding 1,500 Union combatants.

1862American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

1859British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.

1849The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.

1846Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War.

1829Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the British Empire.

1808Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809: The Battle of Trangen takes place at Trangen in Flisa, Hedemarkens Amt, between Swedish and Norwegian troops.

1792Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.

Born on this day

2000Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer

1998Satou Sabally, German-American basketball player

1996Mack Horton, Australian swimmer

1995Lewis Baker, English footballer

1995Packy Hanrahan, American bowler

1994Maggie Rogers, American musician

1994Omar McLeod, Jamaican hurdler

1994Sam Fender, English singer-songwriter and musician

1993Alex Bowman, American race car driver

1993Daniel Norris, American baseball player

1993Raphaël Varane, French footballer

1991Alex Shibutani, American ice dancer

1991Jordan Poyer, American football player

1990Jean-Éric Vergne, French racing driver

1990Taylor Walker, Australian footballer

1989Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama

1989Marie-Michèle Gagnon, Canadian skier

1989Michael van Gerwen, Dutch darts player

1988James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player

1988Jonathan Bailey, English actor

1988Sara Paxton, American actress

1987Jay Park, American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

1987Razak Boukari, Togolese footballer

1986Alexei Emelin, Russian ice hockey player

1986Claudia Rath, German heptathlete

1986Gwen Jorgensen, American triathlete

1985Giedo van der Garde, Dutch racing driver

1983DeAngelo Williams, American football player

1983Johnathan Thurston, Australian rugby league player

1982Monty Panesar, English cricketer

1981Anja Pärson, Swedish skier

1981Felipe Massa, Brazilian racing driver

1981John McFall, English sprinter

1981Laura Birn, Finnish actress

1980Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist

1980Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television host

1978Matt Walker, English swimmer

1977Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer-songwriter

1977Marguerite Moreau, American actress and producer

1977Matthew West, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Died on this day

2026Andrzej Olechowski, Polish politician (born 1947)

2025Virginia Giuffre, American and Australian advocate (born 1983)

2024Laurent Cantet, French director, cinematographer and screenwriter (born 1961)

2024Marla Adams, American television actress (born 1938)

2023Harry Belafonte, American singer, activist, and actor (born 1927)

2019John Havlicek, American basketball player (born 1940)

2018Madeeha Gauhar, Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist (born 1956)

2016Tom Lewis, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of New South Wales (born 1922)

2015Don Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and novelist (born 1922)

2015Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (born 1927)

2015Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (born 1948)

2015Mike Phillips, American basketball player (born 1956)

2014Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (born 1925)

2014Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (born 1934)

2014Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (born 1932)

2014Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1968)

2014William Judson Holloway Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1923)

2013Brian Adam, Scottish biochemist and politician (born 1948)

2013György Berencsi, Hungarian virologist and academic (born 1941)

2013Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (born 1919)

2013Rick Camp, American baseball player (born 1953)

2012Denny Jones, American rancher and politician (born 1910)

2012Gerry Bahen, Australian footballer (born 1929)

2012Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (born 1916)

2012Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina and educator (born 1925)

2011Poly Styrene, British musician (born 1957)

2010Alan Sillitoe, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (born 1928)

2010Dorothy Provine, American actress and singer (born 1935)

2009Bea Arthur, American actress and singer (born 1922)

2008Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpet player, composer, and radio host (born 1921)

Quote of the day

“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”

Seneca

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