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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