Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
April 25
| 1590 | The Sultan of Morocco launches a successful attack to capture Timbuktu. | |
| 1644 | The Ming Chongzhen emperor commits suicide by hanging himself. | |
| 1707 | At the Battle of Almansa, Franco-Spanish forces defeat the Anglo-Portugese forces. | |
| 1719 | Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe is published in London. | |
| 1792 | The guillotine is first used to execute highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier. | |
| 1859 | Work begins on the Suez Canal in Egypt. | |
| 1862 | Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans, Louisiana. | |
| 1864 | After facing defeat in the Red River Campaign, Union General Nathaniel Bank returns to Alexandria, Louisiana. | |
| 1867 | Tokyo is opened for foreign trade. | |
| 1882 | French commander Henri Riviere seizes the citadel of Hanoi in Indochina. | |
| 1898 | The United States declares war on Spain. | |
| 1915 | Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli in Turkey. | |
| 1925 | General Paul von Hindenburg takes office as president of Germany. | |
| 1926 | In Iran, Reza Kahn is crowned Shah and chooses the name "Pehlevi." | |
| 1926 | Puccini's opera Turandot premiers at La Scala in Milan with Arturo Toscanini conducting. | |
| 1938 | A seeing eye dog is used for the first time. | |
| 1945 | U.S. and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on Elbe River. | |
| 1951 | After a three day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment is annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea. | |
| 1953 | The magazine Nature publishes an article by biologists Francis Crick and James Watson, describing the "double helix" of DNA. | |
| 1956 | Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes to number one on the charts. | |
| 1959 | The St. Lawrence Seaway–linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes–opens to shipping. | |
| 1960 | The first submerged circumnavigation of the Earth is completed by a Triton submarine. | |
| 1962 | A U.S. Ranger spacecraft crash lands on the Moon. | |
| 1971 | The country of Bangladesh is established. | |
| 1980 | President Jimmy Carter tells the American people about the hostage rescue disaster in Iran. | |
| 1982 | In accordance with the Camp David agreements, Israel completes a withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula. | |
| 1990 | Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a six year term as Nicaragua's president. | |
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Born on April 25 |
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| 1214 | Louis IX, king of France (1226-1270). | |
| 1284 | Edward II, king of England (1307-1327). | |
| 1599 | Oliver Cromwell, lord protector of England (1653-1658). | |
| 1873 | Howard R. Garis, children's writer. | |
| 1873 | Walther de la Mare, poet and novelist (Memoir of a Midget, Come Hither). | |
| 1874 | Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist, inventor of the radio. | |
| 1892 | Maud Hart Lovelace, children's author. | |
| 1908 | Edward R. Murrow, war correspondent and newscaster. | |
| 1912 | Gladys L. Presley, mother of Elvis Presley. | |
| 1914 | Ross Lockridge, Jr., novelist (Raintree Country). | |
| 1917 | Ella Fitzgerald, American singer. | |
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