History for April 25 - On-This-Day.com

History for April 25 - On-This-Day.com:

World Malaria Day. See www.worldmalariaday.org 

National Arbor Day

National Hairball Awareness Day

Interstate Mullet Toss. 30^th annual fish flinging begins at Pensacola, FL, and Alabama (Apr 25-27).

Birth anniversaries of Ella Fitzgerald (1917-96)

 

Birth anniversary of journalist Edward R. Murrow (1908-65).

Happy Birthday! Paul Mazursky, Al Pacino, Talia Shire 

1684 - A patent was granted for the thimble. 


1792 - The guillotine was first used to execute highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier. 


1859 - Work began on the Suez Canal in Egypt. 


1862 - Union Admiral Farragut occupied New Orleans, LA. 


1901 - New York became the first state to require license plates for cars. The fee was $1. 

1915 - During World War I, Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli in Turkey in hopes of attacking the Central Powers from below. The attack was unsuccessful. 


1928 - A seeing eye dog was used for the first time. 


1945 - Delegates from about 50 countries met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations. 


1953 - Dr. James D. Watson and Dr. Francis H.C. Crick suggested the double helix structure of DNA. 


1954 - The prototype manufacture of the first solar battery was announced by the Bell Laboratories in New York City. 


1959 - St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping. The water way connects the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. 


1961 - Robert Noyce was granted a patent for the integrated circuit. 


1967 - Colorado Governor John Love signed the first law legalizing abortion in the U.S. The law was limited to therapeutic abortions when agreed to, unanimously, by a panel of three physicians. 


1980 - In Iran, a commando mission to rescue hostages was aborted after mechanical problems disabled three of the eight helicopters involved. During the evacuation, a helicopter and a transport plan collided and exploded. Eight U.S. servicemen were killed. The mission was aimed at freeing American hostages that had been taken at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. The event took place April 24th Washington, DC, time. 

1992 - Islamic forces in Afghanistan took control of most of the capital of Kabul following the collapse of the Communist government. 






1998 - U.S. first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on was questioned by Whitewater prosecutors on videotape about her work as a private lawyer for the failed savings and loan at the center of the investigation. 


2007 - The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 13,000 for the first time.