History for April 25

History for April 25 - On-This-Day.com
Oliver Cromwell 1599 - English military and political leader, Guglielmo Marconi 1874 - Italian inventor (radio telegraph system), Edward R. Murrow 1908 - American broadcast journalist 


Ella Fitzgerald 1918 - Vocalist, known as "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella", Meadowlark Lemon 1932 - Basketball player, Harlem Globetrotters, Al Pacino 1940 - Actor 


Bjorn Ulvaeus 1945 - Musician (Abba), Talia Shire 1946 - Actress ("The Godfather", "Rocky" film series), Renée Zellweger 1969 - Actress 


1590 - The Sultan of Morocco launched his successful attack to capture Timbuktu. 


1684 - A patent was granted for the thimble. 


1846 - The Mexican-American War ignited as a result of disputes over claims to Texas boundaries. The outcome of the war fixed Texas' southern boundary at the Rio Grande River. 


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. 


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


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



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. 


1971 - The country of Bangladesh was established. 


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. 


1985 - "Big River (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)" opened at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Broadway in New York City. 



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.