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April 25 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 250 days remaining until the end of the year.
It is also the latest possible day that Easter can occur, next occurring in 2038 .
Events
1607 - Eighty Years' War : The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar .1707 - The Habsburg army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa (Spain ) in the War of the Spanish Succession .1792 - Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine .1792 - La Marseillaise French national anthem ) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle .
1829 - Charles Fremantle arrives in the HMS Challenger Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom .1846 - Thornton Affair : Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas , triggering the Mexican-American War .1847 - The last survivors of the Donner Party are out of the wilderness.1849 - The Governor General of Canada , Lord Elgin , signs the Rebellion Losses Bill , outraging Montreal 's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots .1859 - British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal .1861 - American Civil War : The Union Army arrives in Washington, D.C. 1862 - American Civil War : Forces under Union Admiral David Farragut capture the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana .1864 - American Civil War : The Battle of Marks' Mills .1898 - Spanish-American War : The United States declares war on Spain .1901 - New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates .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 .1916 - Easter Rebellion : The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland .1916 - Anzac Day commemorated for the first time, on the first anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove.
1938 - U.S. Supreme Court delivers opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins 1943 - The Demyansk Shield for German troops in commemoration of Demyansk Pocket is instituted.1944 - The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.1945 - Elbe Day : United States and Russian troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe , cutting the Wehrmacht Nazi Germany in two, a milestone in the approaching end of World War II in Europe .1945 - The Nazi occupation army leaves Northern Italy after a general partisan insurrection by the Italian resistance movement . This day is taken as symbolic of the Liberation of Italy.
1945 - Fifty nations gather in San Francisco , California to begin the United Nations Conference on International Organizations.
1953 - Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid double helix structure of DNA .1959 - The St. Lawrence Seaway , linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean , officially opens to shipping .1961 - Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit .1966 - The city of Tashkent is destroyed by a huge earthquake.1972 - Vietnam War : Nguyen Hue Offensive – The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum .1974 - Carnation Revolution : A leftist military coup in Portugal restores democracy after more than forty years as a corporate fascist state.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 .1981 - More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga , Japan .1982 - Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula per the Camp David Accords .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 .1983 - Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto 's orbit .
1986 - Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland , succeeding his father Sobhuza II .1988 - In Israel , John Demjanuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II .1990 - The Hubble Telescope is deployed into orbit from the Space Shuttle Discovery .2005 - The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937 .2005 - Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union .
2005 - 107 die in Amagasaki rail crash in Japan .
2007 - Boris Yeltsin 's funeral - the first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
Births
32 - Marcus Salvius Otho , Roman Emperor (d. 69 )1214 - King Louis IX of France (d. 1270 )1228 - Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254 )1284 - King Edward II of England (d. 1327 )1287 - Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March , de facto ruler of England (d. 1330 )1502 - Georg Major , German Protestant theologian (d. 1574 )1599 - Oliver Cromwell , English statesman (d. 1658 )1608 - Gaston, Duke of Orléans , French politician (d. 1660 )1621 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery , British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (d. 1679 )1694 - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington , English architect (d. 1753 )1710 - James Ferguson , Scottish astronomer (d. 1776 )1725 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel , British admiral (d. 1786 )1767 - Nicolas Oudinot , French marshal (d. 1847 )1770 - Georg Sverdrup , Norwegian philologist (d. 1850 )1775 - Charlotte of Spain , Spanish Infanta and queen of Portugal (d. 1830 )1776 - Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857 )1822 - Frederick Law Olmsted , American landscape designer (d. 1903 )1843 - Alice of the United Kingdom , Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1878 )1849 - Felix Klein , German mathematician (d. 1925 )1851 - Leopoldo Alas y Ureña , a.k.a. "Clarín", Spanish novelist (d. 1901 )1868 - John Bevins Moisant , pioneer aviator, first to cross English Channel with passenger and a cat, killed in New Orleans whose present day airport was originally name for him.1874 - Guglielmo Marconi , Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1937 )1897 - Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (d. 1965 )1898 - Fred Haney , baseball player (d. 1977 )1900 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli , Austrian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958 )1902 - Werner Heyde , German psychiatrist (d. 1964 )1903 - Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov , Russian mathematician (d. 1987 )1905 - George Nepia , New Zealand rugby player (d. 1986 )1906 - William J. Brennan , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1997 )1908 - Edward R. Murrow , American journalist (d. 1965 )1909 - William Pereira , American architect (d. 1985 )1914 - Ross Lockridge, Jr. , American writer (d. 1948 )1917 - Ella Fitzgerald , American singer (d. 1996 )1918 - Gerard Henri de Vaucouleurs , French astronomer (d. 1995 )1918 - Astrid Varnay , Swedish-born soprano (d. 2006 )
1921 - Karel Appel , Dutch painter (d. 2006 )1923 - Albert King , American musician (d. 1992 )1925 - Sammy Drechsel , German journalist, film director, and cabaret performer (d. 1986 )1925 - Kay E. Kuter , American actor (d. 2003 )
1927 - Albert Uderzo , French cartoonist1929 - Yvette Williams First New Zealander to go to olympics1930 - Paul Mazursky , American film director and writer1931 - Felix Berezin , Russian mathematician (d. 1980 )1932 - William Roache , British television actor (Coronation Street )1932 - Meadowlark Lemon , American basketball player
1933 - Jerry Leiber , American composer1934 - Peter McParland , Northern Irish footballer1935 - April Ashley , English model1938 - Ton Schulten , Dutch artist1939 - Ted Kooser , American poet and US Poet Laureate 1940 - Al Pacino , American actor1941 - Bertrand Tavernier , French director, screenwriter and actor1941 - Princess Muna al-Hussein , of Jordan
1942 - Jon Kyl , American politician1945 - Björn Ulvaeus , Swedish singer and songwriter (ABBA )1945 - Stu Cook , American rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival )
1946 - Talia Shire , American actress1946 - Vladimir Zhirinovsky , Russian politician
1947 - Johan Cruijff , Dutch footballer1947 - Jeffrey DeMunn , American actor
1948 - Yu Shyi-kun , former Premier of Taiwan1949 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn , French economist, lawyer, and politician1949 - Vicente Pernía , Argentine footballer
1949 - James Fenton , British poet
1950 - Steve Ferrone , British drummer1951 - Ian McCartney , British Member of Parliament1952 - Ketil Bjørnstad , Norwegian pianist1952 - Vladislav Tretiak , Soviet ice hockey player
1955 - Parviz Parastui , Iranian actor1955 - Américo Gallego , Argentine footballer
1956 - Jaroslava Schallerová , Hungarian actress1958 - Fish , Scottish singer and lyricist (ex-Marillion )1959 - Dominique Blanc , French actress1960 - Bruce Redman , Australian film producer1961 - Dinesh D'Souza , American author1964 - Hank Azaria , American actor1964 - Andy Bell , British singer and songwriter (band Erasure )
1964 - Wisit Sasanatieng , Thai film director
1965 - Eric Avery , American musician (Jane's Addiction , Deconstruction , Polar Bear )1965 - Simon Fowler , English musician (Ocean Colour Scene )
1966 - James Stacy Barbour , American actor and singer1969 - Joe Buck , American sports broadcaster1969 - Gina Torres , American actress
1969 - Darren Woodson , American football player
1969 - Renée Zellweger , American actress
1970 - Jason Lee , American actor1971 - Tomoko Kawakami , (Voice Actress), Japanese Seiyuu1972 - Sara Baras , Spanish ballerina1973 - Fredrik Larzon , Swedish drummer (Millencolin )1975 - Emily Bergl , English-American actress1975 - Jacque Jones , American baseball player
1976 - Tim Duncan , American basketball player1976 - Rainer Schüttler , German tennis player
1976 - Gilberto , Brazilian footballer
1977 - Constantinos Christoforou , Cypriot singer1977 - Marguerite Moreau , American actress
1977 - Matthew West , American Christian singer
1977 - Ilias Kotsios , Greek footballer
1977 - Paavo Siljamäki , Finnish musician
1978 - Letícia Birkheuer , Brazilian model1980 - Alejandro Valverde , Spanish cyclist1980 - Bruce Martin , New Zealand cricketer
1981 - Dwone Hicks , National Football League runningback1981 - Felipe Massa , Brazilian Formula One driver
1981 - John McFall , British Paralympic sprinter
1981 - Anja Pärson , Swedish skier
1982 - Monty Panesar , English cricketer1982 - Brian Barton , American baseball player
1983 - DeAngelo Williams , National Football League runningback1983 - J.P. Howell , American baseball player
1984 - Andre' Woodson , American football quarterback1985 - Giedo van der Garde , Dutch racing driver1987 - Johann Smith , American soccer player1988 - Sara Paxton , American actress1988 - James Sheppard , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 - Gedhun Choekyi Nyima , 11th Panchen Lama1989 - Robbie Tarrant , Australian football player
1996 - Allisyn Ashley Arm , American child actress
Deaths
68 - Saint Mark , the first Pope of Alexandria and the founder of Christianity in Africa1185 - Emperor Antoku of Japan (b. 1178 )1265 - Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester , English crusader1295 - King Sancho IV of Castile 1472 - Leon Battista Alberti , Italian artist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404 )1516 - John Yonge , English diplomat (b. 1467 )1566 - Diane de Poitiers , mistress of King Henry II of France (b. 1499 )1566 - Louise Labé , French poet
1595 - Torquato Tasso , Italian poet (b. 1544 )1605 - Naresuan , King of Siam (b. 1555 )1644 - Chongzhen Emperor , Emperor of China (b. 1611 )1660 - Henry Hammond , English churchman (b. 1605 )1690 - David Teniers the Younger , Flemish artist (b. 1610 )1740 - Shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I , a general and Peshwa (b. 1699 )1744 - Anders Celsius , Swedish astronomer (b. 1701 )1770 - Jean-Antoine Nollet , French abbot and physicist (b. 1700 )1800 - William Cowper , English poet (b. 1731 )1840 - Siméon-Denis Poisson , French mathematician (b. 1781 )1878 - Anna Sewell , English author (b. 1820 )1891 - Nathaniel Woodard , English educationalist (b. 1811 )1892 - Henri Duveyrier , French explorer (b. 1840 )1911 - Emilio Salgari , Italian novelist (b. 1862 )1915 - Frederick William Seward , United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1830 )1923 - Louis-Olivier Taillon , Quebec politician (b. 1840 )1928 - Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel , Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1878 )1937 - Michał Drzymała , Polish rebel (b. 1857 )1943 - Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko , Russian theatre director (b. 1858 )1944 - Tony Mullane , Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1859 )1968 - John Tewksbury , American athlete (b. 1876 )1972 - George Sanders , British actor (b. 1906 )1975 - Mike Brant , Israeli singer (b. 1947 )1976 - Carol Reed , British film producer and director (b. 1906 )1978 - Lee Kim Lai , Singaporean police officer (b. 1960 )1980 - Katia Mann , wife of German writer Thomas Mann (b. 1883 )1982 - John Cardinal Cody , American cardinal (b. 1907 )1990 - Dexter Gordon , American saxophonist (b. 1923 )1992 - Yutaka Ozaki , Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1965 )1995 - Art Fleming , American game show host (b. 1925 )1995 - Ginger Rogers , American actress and dancer (b. 1911 )
1996 - Saul Bass , American graphics designer (b. 1920 )1998 - Wright Morris , American writer (b. 1910 )1999 - Lord Killanin , Irish International Olympic Committee president (b. 1914 )2000 - David Merrick , American theatrical producer (b. 1911 )2000 - Lucien le Cam , French mathematician (b. 1924 )
2001 - Michele Alboreto , Italian race car driver (b. 1956 )2002 - Indra Devi , yoga teacher (b. 1899 )2002 - Lisa Lopes , American rapper (TLC ) (b. 1971 )
2003 - Samson Kitur , Kenyan athlete (b. 1966 )2004 - Thom Gunn , British poet (b. 1929 )2005 - Swami Ranganathananda , Indian monk (b. 1908 )2006 - Jane Jacobs , American-born Canadian urbanist (b. 1916 )2007 - Alan Ball , English footballer (b. 1945 )2007 - Bobby "Boris" Pickett , American singer and songwriter (b. 1938 )
2007 - Arthur Milton , English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928 )
2008 - Humphrey Lyttelton , Jazz musician and broadcaster, (b. 1921 )
Holidays and observances
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