What are the important events that happened on April 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 25 is the 115th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 250 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 12, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,745,539,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecapentagon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 298 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,508 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 25 Historical Events
- 1792 –La Marseillaise (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
- 1859 –British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.
- 1915 –World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins—The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by Australian, British, French and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
- 1944 –The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
- 1965 –Teenage sniper Michael Andrew Clark kills three and wounds six others shooting from a hilltop along Highway 101 just south of Santa Maria, California.
- 1966 –The city of Tashkent is destroyed by a huge earthquake.
- 1983 –Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto’s orbit.
- 1983 –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.
- 2009 –Zach Daniels made his debut in professional wrestling against Jason Blackman.
- 2011 –At least 300 people killed in deadliest tornado outbreak in the Southern United States since the 1974 Super Outbreak.
Who were born on April 25?
- 1694 –Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (d. 1753)
- 1775 –Charlotte of Spain, Spanish Infanta and queen of Portugal (d. 1830)
- 1918 –Gerard Henri de Vaucouleurs, French astronomer (d. 1995)
- 1938 –Ton Schulten, Dutch artist
- 1942 –Katsuji Adachi, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1945 –Stu Cook, American rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- 1977 –Matthew West, American Christian singer
- 1981 –Anja Pärson, Swedish skier
- 1983 –Joanne Peh, Singaporean actress
- 1987 –Jay Park, b-boy & musician, part of Art of Movement
Who died on April 25?
- 1566 –Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France (b. 1499)
- 1605 –Naresuan, King of Siam (b. 1555)
- 1915 –Frederick William Seward, United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1830)
- 1968 –Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
- 1972 –George Sanders, British actor (b. 1906)
- 1976 –Carol Reed, English film producer and director (b. 1906)
- 1976 –Markus Reiner, Israeli scientist (b. 1886)
- 2002 –Athanasios Papoulis, Greek-American engineer and applied mathematician (b. 1921)
- 2007 –Alan Ball, British footballer (b. 1945)
- 2008 –Humphrey Lyttelton, English jazz musician and broadcaster (b. 1921)
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