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What happened in history on this day: April 25?
On April 25 in ...
- 1983 - Nightline TV show expands from half hour to a full hour.
- 1985 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of the Wildside series.
- 1991 - CBS airs the 300th episode of the primetime soap Knots Landing.
- 1992 - ABC airs the final episode of Growing Pains TV show.
- 1992 - ABC airs the final episode of Who's the Boss? TV show after 8-year run.
- 1994 - The NBC TV network airs the last episode of Disney's Someone Like Me show.
- 2011 - Universal releases the film Fast Five to theaters.
- 2023 - James Corden makes his final TV appearance as host of the CBS The Late Late Show TV show, after nearly 1200 episodes.
Births on April 25
- 1883 - Birth of Elsa Maxwell in Keokuk, Iowa, USA; writer (Jack Paar Show).
- 1903 - Birth of Camilla Horn; actress (Rebus, Vertigine, Polterabend, Matinee Idol).
- 1913 - Birth of Russ Conway in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; actor (Richard Diamond Private Eye).
- 1920 - Birth of Jean Carmet; actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic).
- 1923 - Birth of Aafje J R Bouber [Blom]; actress (Traveller Without Baggage).
- 1923 - Birth of Anita Bjorak; actress (Miss Julie, Loving Couples, Night People).
- 1930 - Birth of Dotty Mack in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; actress (Paul Dixon Show).
- 1930 - Birth of Lynn Hamilton in Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA; actress (Alice Morgan - Port Charles, Donna - Sanford and Son).
- 1932 - Birth of William Roache in England; actor (Ken Barlow - Coronation Street).
- 1934 - Birth of Denny "Scott" Miller in Bloomington, Indiana, USA; actor (Wagon Train).
- 1937 - Birth of Bo Brundin in Stockholm, Sweden; actress (Rhinemann Exchange).
- 1940 - Birth of Al Pacino in New York City, New York, USA; actor (And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio).
- 1941 - Birth of Bertrand Tavernier; actor (Captain Conan, L627, Daddy Nostalgie).
- 1946 - Birth of Talia [Rose Coppola] Shire in Jamaica, New York; actress (Adrian - Rocky, Constanzia Corleone - The Godfather).
- 1947 - Birth of Jeffrey DeMunn in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (Blaze, Frances, Windy City).
- 1966 - Birth of Isabelle Pasco in France; actress (Ave Maria)/model (Elle, Vogue).
- 1977 - Birth of Jonathan Angel in San Francisco, California; actor (Tommy Delucca - Saved By The Bell).
- 1977 - Birth of Marguerite Moreau; actress (Connie - Mighty Ducks, D2, D3).
- 1980 - Birth of Daniel McPherson; Australian actor and TV personality.
- 1985 - Birth of Jonathan Halyalkar Ramsey in New Jersey, USA; actor (Billy - Who's the Boss).
Deaths on April 25
- 1955 - Constance Collier, actress (Perils of Pauline), dies at age 77.
- 1960 - Hope Emerson, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at age 62.
- 1969 - Margarita Xirgu, actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at age 80.
- 1970 - Death of Anita Louise at age 55 from a stroke; actress (My Friend Flicka, Gorilla, Anthony Adverse).
- 1972 - George Sanders, actor (Mr Freeze - Batman, Ivanhoe), dies at age 65.
- 1976 - Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at age 79.
- 1984 - Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies of a heart attack at age 64.
- 1985 - Murray Matheson, actor (Felix - Banacek), dies at age 72.
- 1985 - Richard Haydn, British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at age 80.
- 1989 - George Coulouris, actor (Papillon, Runaway Bus), dies at age 85.
- 1991 - Frank Hamilton, actor (Subterraneans), dies at age 66.
- 1993 - Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at age 85.
- 1994 - David Langton, British actor (Upstairs Downstairs), dies at age 82.
- 1995 - Death of Ginger Rogers AKA Virginia Katherine McMath of congestive heart failure at age 83; actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), hostess (The Bell Telephone Hour).
- 1995 - Death of Alexander Knox at age 88 of bone cancer; actor (US President Woodrow Wilson - Wilson film (1944), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy TV series, Gorky Park, Accident).
- 1996 - Death of Saul Bass at age 74 (born 1920); American graphic design pioneer, co-founder of Rankin-Bass animation studio.
- 2005 - Death of Janette Davis at age 87; singer (Arthur Godfrey Time radio and TV show), producer (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts).
- 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.
- 2023 - Death of Harry Belafonte at age 96; singer ("Day-O (Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line"), actor (Bright Road movie (1956), Carmen Jones movie, Island in the Sun movie), activist (civil rights), UNICEF goodwill ambassador, recipient of a National Medal of Arts, Tony award winner, Emmy award winner.
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