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", Al Pacino 1940 - Actor, Bjorn Ulvaeus 1945 - Musician (Abba)


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


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.


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.


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


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.