April 25
April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar (116th in
leap years). There are 250 days remaining. It is also the latest possible day that
Easter can occur.
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1607 -
Eighty Years' War:
Dutch fleet destroys the anchored
Spanish fleet at
Gibraltar.
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1707 - The
Habsburg army is defeated by
Bourbon army at
Almansa (
Spain) in the
War of the Spanish Succession.
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1719 -
Robinson Crusoe by
Daniel Defoe is published.
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1792 -
Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by
guillotine.
* 1792 - "
La Marseillaise" (
French national anthem) is composed by
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
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1829 -
Charles Fremantle arrives in the
HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day
Western Australia prior to declaring the
Swan River Colony for the
United Kingdom.
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1846 -
Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of
Texas, triggering the
Mexican-American War.
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1847 - The last survivors of the
Donner Party are out of the wilderness. See
Donner Party timeline for detailed chronology.
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1849 - The
Governor General of Canada,
Lord Elgin, signs the
Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging
Montreal's
English population and triggering the
Montreal Riots.
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1859 - Ground is broken for the
Suez Canal.
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1862 -
American Civil War: Forces under
Union Admiral David Farragut capture the
Confederate city of
New Orleans, Louisiana.
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1864 -
American Civil War:
Battle of Marks' Mills –
Confederate forces seize a
Union wagon supply train on its way to
Camden, Arkansas forcing
Union General Frederick Steele to withdraw his troops to
Little Rock, Arkansas.
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1881 -
Caulfield Grammar School is founded in
Melbourne,
Australia.
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1898 -
Spanish-American War: The
United States declares war on
Spain.
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1901 -
New York becomes the first
U.S. state to require
automobile license plates.
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1915 - The
ANZAC tradition begins during
World War I with a landing at
Gallipoli on the
Turkish coast.
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1916 -
Easter Rebellion: The
United Kingdom declares
martial law in
Ireland.
* 1916 -
ANZAC Day commemorated for the first time.
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1926 -
Reza Khan is crowned
Shah of Iran under the name
Reza Pahlavi.
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1935 - Fire claimed the second capitol building in
Salem, Oregon and burned down.
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1938 -
U.S. Supreme Court delivers opinion in
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
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1940 - The
Faroese flag
Merkið is made the official flag for the
Faroe Islands.
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1943 - The
Demyansk Shield for
German troops in commemoration of
Demyansk Pocket was instituted.
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1944 - The
United Negro College Fund is incorporated.
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1945 -
Elbe Day:
United States and
Russian troops meet in
Torgau along the River
Elbe, cutting the
Wehrmacht of
Nazi Germany in two, a milestone in the approaching
end of World War II in Europe.
* 1945 - The U.S. Army blows the swastika from the top of the
Zeppelintribüne.
* 1945 - Nazi occupation army leaves Milan after a partisan insurrection. This day is taken as symbol of the
liberation of Italy.
* 1945 - Fifty nations gather in
San Francisco,
California to begin the
United Nations Conference on International Organizations.
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1953 -
Francis Crick and
James D. Watson publish
Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid describing the
double helix structure of
DNA.
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1959 - The
St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the
North American
Great Lakes and the
Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to
shipping.
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1961 -
Robert Noyce is granted a
patent for an
integrated circuit.
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1972 -
Vietnam War:
Nguyen Hue Offensive – The
North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000
South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of
Kontum.
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1974 -
Carnation Revolution: A
coup in
Portugal restores
democracy.
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1975 - As
North Vietnamese forces close in on the
South Vietnamese
capital Saigon, the
Australian
Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first
Australian troop commitment to
South Vietnam.
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1981 - More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a
nuclear power plant in
Tsuruga,
Japan.
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1982 -
Israel completes its withdrawal from the
Sinai peninsula per the
Camp David Accords.
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1983 -
American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the
Soviet Union by its leader
Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about
nuclear war.
* 1983 -
Pioneer 10 travels beyond
Pluto's
orbit.
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1986 -
Mswati III was crowned
King of Swaziland, succeeding his father
Sobhuza II.
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1988 - In
Israel,
John Demjanuk is sentenced to death for
war crimes committed in
World War II. He was accused of being a notorious guard at the
Treblinka extermination camp known as "
Ivan the Terrible" by survivors.
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1989 -
James Richardson is freed from a
Florida prison 21 years after being wrongfully convicted of the murder of his seven children.
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1993 - 300,000
gay, lesbian, transgender, and allied activists march on
Washington, DC demanding freedom from
discrimination.
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2005 - The final piece of the
Obelisk of Axum is returned to
Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading
Italian army in
1937.
* 2005 -
Bulgaria and
Romania sign ascession treaties gaining entrance into the
European Union.
* 2005 - 107 die in
Amagasaki rail crash in
Japan.
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32 - Marcus Salvius
Otho,
Roman Emperor (d.
69)
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1214 - King
Louis IX of France (d.
1270)
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1228 -
Conrad IV of Germany (d.
1254)
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1284 - King
Edward II of England (d.
1327)
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1287 -
Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March,
de facto ruler of England (d.
1330)
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1502 -
Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (d.
1574)
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1545 -
Yi Sun Shin, Korean admiral (d.
1598)
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1599 -
Oliver Cromwell, English statesman (d.
1658)
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1608 -
Gaston, Duke of Orléans, French politician (d.
1660)
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1621 -
Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (d.
1679)
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1694 -
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect (d.
1753)
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1710 -
James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer (d.
1776)
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1725 -
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (d.
1786)
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1767 -
Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (d.
1847)
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1770 -
Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist (d.
1850)
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1849 -
Felix Klein, German mathematician (d.
1925)
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1874 -
Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physics (d.
1937)
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1898 -
Fred Haney, baseball player (d.
1977)
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1900 -
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1958)
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1902 -
Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist (d.
1964)
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1903 -
Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (d.
1987)
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1906 -
William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d.
1997)
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1908 -
Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (d.
1965)
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1909 -
William Pereira, American architect (d.
1985)
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1914 -
Ross Lockridge, Jr., American writer (d.
1948)
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1917 -
Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d.
1996)
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1918 -
Gerard Henri de Vaucouleurs, French astronomer (d.
1995)
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1921 -
Karel Appel, Dutch painter (d.
2006)
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1923 -
Albert King, American musician (d.
1992)
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1925 -
Sammy Drechsel, German journalist, film director, and cabaret performer (d.
1986)
* 1925 -
Kay E. Kuter, American actor (d.
2003)
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1927 -
Albert Uderzo, French cartoonist
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1930 -
Paul Mazursky, American film director and writer
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1932 -
William Roache, British television actor (
Coronation Street)
* 1932 -
Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player
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1933 -
Jerry Leiber, American composer
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1934 -
Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer
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1940 -
Al Pacino, American actor
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1945 -
Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer and songwriter (
ABBA)
* 1945 -
Stu Cook, American rock bassist (
Creedence Clearwater Revival)
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1946 -
Talia Shire, American actress
* 1946 -
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian politician
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1947 -
Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer
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1949 -
Vicente Pernía, Argentine footballer
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1950 -
Steve Ferrone, British drummer
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1952 -
Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist
* 1952 -
Vladislav Tretiak, Soviet Union Ice Hockey Goalie from 1972-1984
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1958 -
Fish (b/ Derek Dick), Scottish singer and lyricist (ex-
Marillion)
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1960 -
Bruce Redman, Australian film producer
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1964 -
Hank Azaria, American actor
* 1964 -
Andy Bell, British singer and songwriter (band
Erasure)
* 1964 -
Wisit Sasanatieng, Thai film director
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1965 -
Eric Avery, American musician (
Jane's Addiction)
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1969 -
Joe Buck, baseball and American football broadcaster
* 1969 -
Gina Torres, American actress
* 1969 -
Darren Woodson, American football player
* 1969 -
Renée Zellweger, American actress
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1970 -
Jason Lee, American actor
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1973 -
Fredrik Larzon, Swedish drummer (
Millencolin)
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1976 -
Tim Duncan, West Indian basketball player
* 1976 -
Rainer Schuettler, German tennis player
* 1976 -
Gilberto, Brazilian footballer
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1977 -
Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer
* 1977 -
Marguerite Moreau, American actress
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1978 -
Letícia Birkheuer, Brazilian model
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1980 -
Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist
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1983 -
DeAngelo Williams, American football player.
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1988 -
Sara Paxton, American actress
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1989 -
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, 11th Panchen Lama
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1996 -
Allisyn Ashley Arm, American child actress
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1185 -
Emperor Antoku of Japan (b.
1178)
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1265 -
Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English Crusader
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1295 - King
Sancho IV of Castile*
1472 -
Leon Battista Alberti, Italian artist, poet, and philosopher (b.
1404)
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1516 -
John Yonge, English diplomat (b.
1467)
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1566 -
Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King
Henry II of France (b.
1499)
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1566 -
Louise Labé, French poet
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1595 -
Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (b.
1544)
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1605 -
Naresuan, King of Siam (b.
1555)
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1644 -
Chongzhen, Emperor of China (b
1611)
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1660 -
Henry Hammond, English churchman (b.
1605)
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1690 -
David Teniers the Younger, Flemish artist (b.
1610)
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1744 -
Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (b.
1701)
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1770 -
Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b.
1700)
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1800 -
William Cowper, English poet (b.
1731)
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1840 -
Siméon-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (b.
1781)
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1878 -
Anna Sewell, English author (b.
1820)
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1911 -
Emilio Salgari, Italian novelist (b.
1862)
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1928 -
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian counter-revolutionary (b.
1878)
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1937 -
Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel (b.
1857)
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1943 -
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (b.
1858)
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1944 -
Tony Mullane,
Major League Baseball player (b.
1859)
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1968 -
John Tewksbury, American athlete (b.
1876)
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1972 -
George Sanders, British actor (b.
1906)
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1980 -
Katia Mann, wife of German writer
Thomas Mann (b.
1883)
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1982 -
John Cardinal Cody, American cardinal (b.
1907)
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1990 -
Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist (b.
1923)
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1995 -
Art Fleming, American game show host (b.
1925)
* 1995 -
Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (b.
1911)
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1996 -
Saul Bass, American graphics designer (b.
1920)
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1998 -
Morris Wright, American writer (b.
1910)
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1999 -
Lord Killanin, Irish International Olympic Committee president (b.
1914)
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2000 -
David Merrick, American theatrical producer (b.
1911)
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2001 -
Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (b.
1956)
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2002 -
Indra Devi, yoga teacher (b.
1899)
* 2002 -
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, rapper (b.
1971)
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2003 -
Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (b.
1966)
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2005 -
Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk and president of the Ramakrishna Mission (b.
1908)
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2006 -
Jane Jacobs, influential critic of urban planning.
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ANZAC Day (
Australia,
New Zealand).
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Carnation Revolution commemorated in
Portugal (
National Holiday).
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Festa della Liberazione, (
Italy), annual commemoration to mark the liberation of
Italy at the end of the
Second World War.
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Sinai Liberation Day, (
Egypt), Celebrates the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the
Sinai peninsula.
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Faroe Islands - National
Flag Day.
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Swaziland -
National Flag Day.
* Fuck the
Earth Day - Declared by
Jon Stewart in the April 24th, 2006 episode.
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Rastafari movement - Celebration of
Haile Selassie's visit to
Jamaica.
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Roman Empire -
Robigalia in honor of
Robigus.
* Official
Red Hat Society day.
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Yom HaShoah, or
Holocaust Remembrance Day, falls on April 25 in
2006.
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Alice Day - celebration of the relationship between
Alice Liddell and
Lewis Carroll.
* World
Penguin Day
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Easter Sunday -
1886,
1943,
2038. In the
Gregorian Calendar 25th April is the latest date on which
Easter Sunday can fall (
22nd March is the earliest).
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Saint Mark the Evangelist*
Saint Anianus*
Saint Ermin*
Saint Filo.
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