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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 25
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Guglielmo Marconi in Bologna, Italy; inventor (radio/Nobel Prize 1909).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Denny "Scott" Miller in Bloomington, Indiana, USA; actor (Wagon Train).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of John Bryant; editor (Europeans).
- 80th: 1944 - United Negro College Fund incorporates in the USA.
- 70th: 1954 - Bell labs announces first solar battery (New York City, New York).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Rob Crosby in Sumter, South Carolina, USA; country singer ("She's a Natural").
- 70th: 1954 - British raid Nairobi, Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects are arrested).
- 70th: 1954 - Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies.
- 70th: 1954 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Andy Bell; rocker (Erasure - "Oh L'Amour").
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Jackie Campbell in Los Angeles, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Nationals-5th-1993).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Jamie Siddons; cricket player (Victorian and South Africa batsman ODI for Australia 1988).
- 60th: 1964 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Brad Hassell; Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Libor Prochazka; hockey defenseman (Team Czechoslovakia Olympics-gold-1998).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Tricia Dunn; ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-1998).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Twan Russell; linebacker (Washington Redskins).
- 50th: 1974 - German Chancellor Willy Brandt's Secretary Günther Guillaume arrested as a spy.
- 50th: 1974 - Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government.
- 50th: 1974 - Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal; he is exiled to Madeira and later to Brazil (Carnation revolution).
- 50th: 1974 - NFL moves the goal posts and adopts sudden-death playoff.
- 40th: 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 40th: 1984 - The term of Sultan Ahmad Shah as the 7th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ends.
- 40th: 1984 - Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies of a heart attack at age 64.
- 40th: 1984 - Rock group Wings disbands.
- 30th: 1994 - 14 inches of snow in Southern California.
- 30th: 1994 - Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, South Africa; ten killed.
- 30th: 1994 - David Langton, British actor (Upstairs Downstairs), dies at age 82.
- 30th: 1994 - The largest high school arson ever in the United States is started at Burnsville High School, in Burnsville, Minnesota, resulting in over US$15 million in damages.
- 30th: 1994 - The NBC TV network airs the last episode of Disney's Someone Like Me show.
- 30th: 1994 - Fishing boat with school children capsizes at Lanaka, Syria, 46 killed.
- 30th: 1994 - George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at age 55.
- 30th: 1994 - Mexican businessman and billionaire Angel Losada is kidnapped.
- 30th: 1994 - Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Muslim leader, shot dead at age 32.
- 30th: 1994 - Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan.
- 30th: 1994 - End of term for Sultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzudin Shah Ghafarullahu-lahu as 9th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- 25th: 1999 - The term of Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman as the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia ends.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Lord Killanin, Irish journalist and president of the International Olympic Committee (born 1914).
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Thom Gunn, British poet (born 1929).
- 15th: 2009 - The ruling African National Congress wins South Africa's general election, with 65.9 percent of votes, with the Democratic Alliance taking 16.66 percent, and the Congress of the People taking 7.42 percent.
- 15th: 2009 - The World Health Organization calls an emerging flu outbreak in Mexico and the United States a "public health emergency of international concern". Since the first case was discovered in March, about 80 have died, with over 1000 sick across Mexico. The virus is a combination of bird, swine and human influenzas.
- 15th: 2009 - Matthew Stafford signs a contract with NFL's Detroit Lions for a six-year worth US$41.7-78 million.
- 15th: 2009 - China's state-owned Jiansu People's Publishig House acquires Beijing Republic Publishing.
- 15th: 2009 - Italy's MSC Cruises' cruise ship MSC Melody fends off a pirate attack near the coast of Somalia. Six people in a small boat fire about 200 shots at the ship, before being repelled by water cannons and shots fired by Israeli security guards.
- 15th: 2009 - Death of Beatrice Arthur, American actress (All in the Family, Maude [Emmy award], The Golden Girls [Emmy award], Mame [Tony award]), at age 86 from cancer, in Los Angeles, California.
- 5th: 2019 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits Russia to hold a series of summits with Russian leaders, including President Vladimir Putin.
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