{"id":207926,"date":"2020-01-01T13:09:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T13:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/april-25\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T00:29:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T00:29:36","slug":"april-25","status":"publish","type":"otd_day","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/april-25\/","title":{"rendered":"April 25: Facts & Historical Events On This Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 25th observes World Penguin Day as well as DNA Day.

We’d like to welcome you to the 115^{th day of the year! We still have days left in 2025.}

April 25 has been an important date in history; it’s given us new inventions and movies. However, it also witnessed a devastating disaster. Here we’ll look at what historical events happened on this day.

Did you know that on this day in 1947, President Harry Truman opened a bowling alley in the White House? It was built in the West Wing and was only two lanes wide.

Keep reading for more fun & interesting facts about April 25^{th in history!\r\n\r\n}

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What memorable events happened on April 25 in history? Keep reading to find out!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2015\r\n\r\n
Kathmandu, Nepal, was devastated by a major earthquake.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The 7.8 magnitude quake broke out at 11:56 am. Nearly 9,000 people lost their lives, while 30,000 were injured. 3.5 million homes were destroyed, and the total damage was a staggering $10 billion.\r\n\r\n
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2005\r\n\r\n
Romania and Bulgaria signed the European Union’s Treaty of Accession, the last step to joining the Union.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1990\r\n\r\n
Nicaragua elected its first-ever female President, Violeta Chamorro.\r\n\r\n
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Violeta Chamorro was also the first female head of state to be elected in the Americas! Chamorro was elected as the head of a fourteen-party coalition whose goals misaligned so much that she was unable to get very much done during her seven-year term.\r\n\r\n
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1990\r\n\r\n
The Discovery Space Shuttle deployed the Hubble Space Telescope into low-Earth orbit.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The Hubble mission was a joint operation between NASA and the European Space Agency. Discovery ferried the telescope under mission STS-31, with the deployment of the telescope as its primary objective. During deployment, one of the telescope’s solar arrays got stuck while unfurling, but fortunately, the mission’s ground team found a solution in time.\r\n\r\n
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1985\r\n\r\n
Germany banned the denial of Nazi genocide against Jewish people during the Holocaust.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1954\r\n\r\n
Bell Labs demonstrated the first practical silicon solar cell in New Jersey, US.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Although the efficiency in converting sunlight into electricity was only 6%, this was a notable improvement on any other demonstrations.\r\n\r\n
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1953\r\n\r\n
Francis Crick & James Watson’s discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA was formally announced.\r\n\r\n
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It was published in Nature Magazine on this day, and the article revolutionized the study of biology and medicine.\r\n\r\n
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1947\r\n\r\n
President Harry Truman opened the two-lane White House bowling alley.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1931\r\n\r\n
Porsche was officially added to the commercial register in Germany.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
They would grow to be one of the most famous car manufacturers in the world.\r\n\r\n
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1901\r\n\r\n
New York state became the first to require license plates on automobiles.\r\n\r\n
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These early-day plates displayed the driver’s initials.\r\n\r\n
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1846\r\n\r\n
The Thornton Affair, a skirmish between American and Mexican soldiers in Texas, started a chain of events that led to the Mexican-American War.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The battle happened 20 miles (32 km) west upriver from Zachary Taylor’s camp in Corpus Christi, along the Rio Grande. Mexican and American forces occupied disputed land between Texas and Mexico, and Taylor’s Occupational Force was attacked by Mexican soldiers who discovered them in those disputed territories.\r\n\r\n
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1792\r\n\r\n
A highwayman, Nicolas Pelletier, was the first man to be executed by the guillotine in Paris, France.\r\n\r\n
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1644\r\n\r\n
The Chongzhen Emperor died by suicide during a peasant rebellion.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor, was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty.\r\n\r\n
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404 BC\r\n\r\n
The Peloponnesian war came to an end when Admiral Lysander and his Spartan armies defeated their Athenian foes.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Famous Births\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Are you celebrating your birthday today? If so, did you know that you share the same birthday as Daniel Sharman? See what other famous people were born on this day.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1986\r\n\r\n
Daniel Sharman\r\n\r\n
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$\"Daniel$ \r\n\r\n
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Age:\r\n\r\n
38 years old\r\n\r\n\r\n