What happened this day in history April 25

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 116th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 250 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 12, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 476,112 hours 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 ‘hectadecahexagon’ day.

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 279 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 4,143 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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April 25 Historical Events

  • 404 BC
    Peloponnesian War: Lysander’s Spartan Armies defeated the Athenians and the war ends.
  • 1792
    La Marseillaise (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
  • 1862
    American Civil War: Forces under Union Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.
  • 1916
    Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove.
  • 1916
    Easter Rebellion: The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland.
  • 1944
    The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
  • 1945
    Fifty nations gather in San Francisco, California to begin the United Nations Conference on International Organizations.
  • 1974
    Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the Estado Novo regime and eventually establishes a democratic government.
  • 1975
    As North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam.
  • 1986
    Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.

Who were born on April 25?

  • 1214
    King Louis IX of France (d. 1270)
  • 1725
    Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1786)
  • 1849
    Felix Klein, German mathematician (d. 1925)
  • 1940
    Al Pacino, American actor
  • 1951
    Ian McCartney, British Member of Parliament
  • 1965
    Simon Fowler, English musician (Ocean Colour Scene)
  • 1969
    Renée Zellweger, American actress
  • 1976
    Tim Duncan, American basketball player
  • 1981
    Felipe Massa, Brazilian Formula One driver
  • 1982
    Monty Panesar, English cricketer

Who died on April 25?

  • 1077
    Géza I of Hungary (b. 1040)
  • 1660
    Henry Hammond, English churchman (b. 1605)
  • 1800
    William Cowper, English poet (b. 1731)
  • 1878
    Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
  • 1923
    Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian politician (b. 1840)
  • 1937
    Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel (b. 1857)
  • 1944
    Tony Mullane, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1859)
  • 1978
    Lee Kim Lai, Singaporean police officer (b. 1960)
  • 2005
    Hasil Adkins, Appalachian country, rock and roll, and blues musician (b. 1937)
  • 2007
    Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)

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