April 25, 1847
The last survivors of
The Donner Party leave the wilderness.
1859
Ground is broken for the
Suez Canal.
1898
The U.S. declares war on Spain.
1915
The
Battle of Gallipoli begins.
1916
Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time.
1944
The
United Negro College Fund is established.
1953
Francis Crick and James Watson describe the
structure of DNA.
1954
The first practical
solar cell is demonstrated.
1959
The
Saint Lawrence Seaway opens to shipping.
1960
The
USS Triton completes the
first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1961
Robert Noyce patents the
integrated circuit.
1983
Pioneer 10 travels beyond the orbit of
Pluto.
Yuri Andropov invites 11-year old
Samantha Smith to visit the Soviet Union.
2015
Nepal is hit with a
7.8 earthquake that kills over 9,000 people.
Riots break out in Baltimore, Maryland following the death of
Freddie Gray in police custody.
Births
Oliver Cromwell-1599; Guglielmo Marconi-1874; Edward R. Murrow-1908; Ella Fitzgerald-1917; Albert King-1923; Paul Mazursky-1930; Meadowlark Lemon-1932; Jerry Leiber-1933; Al Pacino-1940; Stu Cook-1945; Steve Ferrone-1950; Joe Buck-1969; Tim Duncan-1976
Deaths
12th Dalai Lama-1875; Art Fleming, Ginger Rogers-1995; Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes-2002; Bobby Pickett-2007; Bea Arthur-2009