25th APRiL ~ HISTORY ON THIS DAY

1700s / 18th century history on the 25th of April

1792 : 1st person executed by guillotine : Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier was the first person to be executed by guillotine, after he was sentenced to death for robbery and murder. He was executed publicly outside the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, France.

First Use of the Guillotine (History Pod video)

1792 : La Marseillaise, the French national anthem was composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.

La Marseillaise : First Night of the Proms opens with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo (BBC Music verified video)
1800s / 19th century history on the 25th of April

1829 : Charles Fremantle in HMS Challenger arrived off the coast of modern-day Western Australia, which was later declared the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.

1859 : The Suez Canal excavation started. It was opened for use 10 years later in 1869.   

How the Suez Canal Was Built (KhAnubis verified video)

1898 : Spanish-American War started when the United States declares war on Spain.

1900s / 20th century history on the 25th of April

1901 : New York became the 1st state in USA to require automobile license plates. Until 1903 registrants provided and displayed their own license plates featuring their initials, and numbers until 1904, when New York state began to issue plates in 1910. Vehicle registration plates of New York

USA License Plates and Oldtimers seen in New York City

1915 : The Battle of Gallipoli in World War 1 began with the landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles, with the invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops.

Gallipoli 1915 – The Great War documentary (Kings and Generals verified video)

1916 : Anzac Day was commemorated for the 1st time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove. Anzac Day has since been recognized annually as a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand, to commemorate all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations, and the contribution and suffering of all those who have served. AnzacDay.org.au

ANZACS | In The Face Of War | Full Story (Biography TV video)

1917 : Ella Fitzgerald the American jazz singer was born in Newport News, Virgina, USA (died in 1996 aged 79).

Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington “It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” on The Ed Sullivan Show on the 7th March 1965 (The Ed Sullivan Show verified video)

1940 : The Faroe Islands flag was approved by the British occupation government. The flag is called Merkið, which means “the banner” or “the mark”, and resembles the flags of neighbouring Norway and Iceland.

1940 : Al Pacino the American actor was born in New York City, USA.

1945 : Björn Ulvaeus the Swedish musician from ABBA was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. Official ABBA website : ABBAsite.com

Abba – Does Your Mother Know – song released in 1979 (official ABBA verified video)

1953 : Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids : A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid was published by Francis Crick & James Watson, which described the double helix structure of DNA.

Structure Of Nucleic Acids – Structure of DNA & RNA (Whats Up Dude video)

1954 : The 1st practical solar cell was publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.

AT&T Archives: The Bell Solar Battery (AT&T Tech Channel video)

1959 : The Saint Lawrence Seaway officially opened to shipping, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.

The Story of the St. Lawrence Seaway (16mm Educational Films video)

1960 : The 1st submerged circumnavigation of the globe was completed by the United States Navy submarine USS Triton.

USS Triton nuclear submarine – The 1st submerged circumnavigation of the world (Periscope Film verified video)

1961 : Robert Noyce was granted a patent for an integrated circuit.

1969 : Renée Zellweger the American actress was born in Katy, Texas, USA.

1980 : Daniel MacPherson the Australian actor was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

1983 : Andropov wrote to U.S. student Samantha Smith. The Soviet Union released a letter on the 25th April 1983,  that Russian leader Yuri Andropov wrote to Samantha Smith, an American 5th-grader from Manchester, Maine, inviting her to visit his country. Andropov’s letter came in response to a note Samantha Smith had sent him in December 1982, asking if the Soviets were planning to start a nuclear war. At the time, the United States and Soviet Union were Cold War enemies.  R.i.P. Samantha Smith (1972 ~ 1985)

Samantha Smith 11 years old on The Today Show & The Phil Donahue Show in 1983

1983 : Pioneer 10 traveled beyond Pluto’s orbit. The American space probe was launched in 1972, and weighed 258 kilograms. It completed the first mission to the planet Jupiter, and became the first of 5 artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity that will allow them to leave the Solar System. 

1995 : Ginger Rogers the American actress died aged 83 (born in 1911).

2000s / 21st century history on the 25th of April

2009 : Bea Arthur the American actress died aged 86 (born in 1922).

2015 : Nepal was hit by an earthquake which killed about 9,100 people, with a measurement of 7.8 magnitude.

Today in History for April 25th by Associated Press

Video features : Radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi was born, ‘America’ first used on a world map, U.S. and Soviet troops met in World War II, The Hubble Space Telescope deployed into orbit, and Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald was born…

Today in History for April 25th (Associated Press verified video uploaded in 2021}

see more interesting events on all the other days of APRiL (History On This Day @ Azoosh)

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