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Birthday April 25, 1874 Guglielmo Marconi, made radio possible |
Birthday April 25, 1908 Edward R. Murrow, set the standard for TV correspondents. |
Birthday April 25, 1917 Ella Fitzgerald is born |
History April 25, 1719 Robinson Crusoe is published |
History April 25, 1781 Cornwallis retreats from Guilford Courthouse |
History April 25, 1831 A play lionizing Davy Crockett opens |
History April 25, 1859 Ground broken for Suez Canal |
History April 25, 1864 Confederates overwhelm Union at Marks' Mills |
History April 25, 1891 President Benjamin Harrison visits San Francisco. |
History April 25, 1901 New York becomes 1st state requiring license plates for cars |
History April 25, 1915 Allies begin invasion of Gallipoli |
History April 25, 1945 Americans and Russians link up, cut Germany in two |
History April 25, 1945 United Nations Conference starts. |
History April 25, 1947 Truman inaugurates White House bowling alley |
History April 25, 1961 Robert Noyce granted a patent for the integrated circuit. |
History April 25, 1964 Maple Leafs win third Stanley Cup in a row |
History April 25, 1964 Johnson announces appointment of Westmoreland |
History April 25, 1972 North Vietnamese Army close to cutting South Vietnam in two |
History April 25, 1980 Air tragedy hits Canary Islands |
History April 25, 1983 Andropov writes to an American fifth-grader |
History April 25, 1989 A father is exonerated after 21 years |
History April 25, 1990 Space telescope in orbit |
History April 25, 1995 Ginger Rogers dies |
History April 25, 2001 Italian Formula One driver dies in crash |