On this day | April 25th

On this day: April 25th

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404 BC Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.

775 The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenians rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over the South Caucasus is solidified and its Islamization begins, while several major Armenian ''nakharar'' families lose power and their remnants flee to the Byzantine Empire.

799 After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, Pope Leo III flees to the Francia court of king Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection.

1134 The name Zagreb was mentioned for the first time in the Felician Charter relating to the establishment of the Zagreb Bishopric around 1094.

1607 Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet Battle of Gibraltar (1607) the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.

1644 Transition from Ming to Qing: The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming dynasty, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.

1707 A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Battle of Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.

1792 Highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.

1792 "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.

1808 Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809: The Battle of Trangen took place at Trangen in Flisa, Hedmark, between Swedish and Norwegian troops.

1829 Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger (1826) off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the British Empire.

1846 Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War.

1849 The Governor General of Canada, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English Canadian population and triggering the Montreal Riots.

1859 British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.

1862 American Civil War: Forces under Union (American Civil War) Admiral David Farragut Capture of New Orleans of the Confederate States of America city of New Orleans.

1864 American Civil War: In the Battle of Marks' Mills, a force of 8,000 Confederate States Army soldiers attacks 1,800 Union Army soldiers and a large number of wagon teamsters, killing or wounding 1,500 Union combatants.

1882 French Third Republic and Nguyễn dynasty troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière (naval officer) Battle of Hanoi (1882) the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.

1898 Spanish–American War: The United States Congress United States declaration of war upon Spain has existed since April 21, when an American naval blockade of the Spanish colony of Cuba began.

1901 Vehicle registration plates of New York.

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

1916 Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.

1920 At the San Remo conference, the principal Allies of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman Empire-ruled lands of the Middle East.

1933 Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.

1938 U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in ''Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins'' and overturns a century of federal common law.

1944 The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.

1945 World War II: United States Armed Forces and Soviet Armed Forces reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe, cutting the ''Wehrmacht'' of Nazi Germany in two. This would be later known as Elbe Day.

1945 World War II: Liberation Day (Italy): The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the Italian Social Republic.

1945 United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.

1945 World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military actions of the Second World War end in Finland.

1951 Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.

1953 Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.

1954 The first practical Solar cell # History is publicly demonstrated by Bell Labs.

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

1960 The United States Navy submarine completes the Operation Sandblast.

1961 Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.

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.

1974 Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative ''Estado Novo (Portugal)'' regime.

1980 One hundred forty-six people are killed when Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

1981 More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.

1982 Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.

1983 Cold War: 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 warfare.

1983 ''Pioneer 10'' travels beyond Pluto's orbit.

1990 Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.

2001 President George W. Bush pledges U.S. military support in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan.

2004 The March for Women's Lives brings over 1 million protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.

2005 The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.

2005 A seven-car commuter train Amagasaki derailment near Amagasaki Station (JR West) in Japan, killing 107, including the driver.

2005 Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union.

2007 Death and state funeral of Boris Yeltsin: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III of Russia in 1894.

2014 The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River (Michigan), leading to Lead poisoning and Legionnaires' disease.

2015 At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after April 2015 Nepal earthquake.

1214 Louis IX of France (d. 1270)

1228 Conrad IV of Germany (d. 1254)

1284 Edward II of England (d. 1327)

1287 Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1330)

1502 Georg Major, German theologian and academic (d. 1574)

1529 Francesco Patrizi, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1597)

1599 Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician, Lord Protector (d. 1658)

1621 Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, English soldier and politician (d. 1679)

1666 Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German organist and composer (d. 1727)

1694 Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (d. 1753)

1710 James Ferguson (Scottish astronomer), Scottish astronomer and author (d. 1776)

1723 Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer (d. 1797)

1725 Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (d. 1786)

1767 Nicolas Oudinot, French general (d. 1847)

1770 Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist and academic (d. 1850)

1776 Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1857)

1843 Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (d. 1878)

1849 Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (d. 1925)

1850 Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer and educator (d. 1927)

1851 Leopoldo Alas, Spanish author, critic, and academic (d. 1901)

1854 Charles Sumner Tainter, American engineer and inventor (d. 1940)

1862 Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 1933)

1868 John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (d. 1910)

1871 Lorne Currie, French-English sailor (d. 1926)

1872 C. B. Fry, English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician (d. 1956)

1873 Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist (d. 1956)

1873 Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (d. 1962)

1874 Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (d. 1937)

1874 Ernest Webb, English-Canadian race walker (d. 1937)

1876 Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (d. 1958)

1878 William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1946)

1882 Fred McLeod (golfer), Scottish golfer (d. 1976)

1887 Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and critic (d. 1936)

1892 Maud Hart Lovelace, American author (d. 1980)

1896 Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1977)

1897 Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (d. 1965)

1900 Gladwyn Jebb, English politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1996)

1900 Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (d. 1958)

1902 Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist and academic (d. 1964)

1902 Mary Miles Minter, American actress (d. 1984)

1903 Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1987)

1905 George Nēpia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (d. 1986)

1906 Joel Brand, member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (d. 1964)

1906 William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1997)

1908 Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (d. 1965)

1909 William Pereira, American architect, designed the Transamerica Pyramid (d. 1985)

1910 Arapeta Awatere, New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer (d. 1976)

1911 Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (d. 2014)

1911 George Roth, American gymnast (d. 1997)

1912 Earl Bostic, American saxophonist (d. 1965)

1913 Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (d. 1944)

1914 Ross Lockridge Jr., American author and academic (d. 1948)

1915 Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (d. 1978)

1916 Jerry Barber, American golfer (d. 1994)

1917 Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (d. 1996)

1917 Jean Lucas (racing driver), French racing driver (d. 2003)

1918 Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (d. 2005)

1918 Gérard de Vaucouleurs, French-American astronomer and academic (d. 1995)

1918 Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano and actress (d. 2006)

1919 Finn Helgesen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 2011)

1921 Karel Appel, Dutch painter and sculptor (d. 2006)

1923 Francis Graham-Smith, English astronomer and academic

1923 Melissa Hayden (dancer), Canadian ballerina (d. 2006)

1923 Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1992)

1924 Ingemar Johansson (racewalker), Swedish race walker (d. 2009)

1924 Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, composer, director, and playwright (d. 2005)

1924 Paulo Vanzolini, Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (d. 2013)

1925 Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher, English trade union leader and businessman

1925 Sammy Drechsel, German comedian and journalist (d. 1986)

1925 Louis O'Neill (politician), Canadian academic and politician (d. 2018)

1926 Johnny Craig, American author and illustrator (d. 2001)

1926 Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (d. 2008)

1926 Patricia Castell, Argentine actress (d. 2013)

1927 Corín Tellado, Spanish author (d. 2009)

1927 Albert Uderzo, French author and illustrator (d. 2020)

1928 Cy Twombly, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2011)

1929 Yvette Williams, New Zealand long jumper, shot putter, and discus thrower (d. 2019)

1930 Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

1930 Godfrey Milton-Thompson, English admiral and surgeon (d. 2012)

1930 Peter Schulz, German lawyer and politician, List of mayors of Hamburg (d. 2013)

1931 Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1980)

1931 David Shepherd (artist), English painter and author (d. 2017)

1932 Nikolai Kardashev, Russian astrophysicist (d. 2019)

1932 Meadowlark Lemon, African-American basketball player and minister (d. 2015)

1932 Lia Manoliu, Romanian discus thrower and politician (d. 1998)

1933 Jerry Leiber, American songwriter and producer (d. 2011)

1933 Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (d. 1992)

1934 Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer and manager

1935 Bob Gutowski, American pole vaulter (d. 1960)

1935 Reinier Kreijermaat, Dutch footballer (d. 2018)

1936 Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (d. 2000)

1938 Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist and engineer (d. 2012)

1938 Ton Schulten, Dutch painter and graphic designer

1939 Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer and manager (d. 2021)

1939 Michael Llewellyn-Smith, English academic and diplomat

1939 Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, English historian and academic

1939 Veronica Sutherland, English academic and British diplomat

1940 Al Pacino, American actor and director

1941 Bertrand Tavernier, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2021)

1942 Jon Kyl, American lawyer and politician

1943 Tony Christie, English singer-songwriter and actor

1944 Len Goodman, English dancer (d. 2023)

1944 Mike Kogel, German singer-songwriter

1944 Stephen Nickell, English economist and academic

1944 Bruce Ponder, English geneticist and cancer researcher

1945 Stu Cook, American bass player Creedence Clearwater Revival, songwriter, and producer

1945 Richard C. Hoagland, American theorist and author

1945 Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

1946 Talia Shire, American actress

1946 Peter Sutherland, Irish lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Ireland (d. 2018)

1946 Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 2022)

1947 Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2016)

1947 Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor

1947 Cathy Smith, Canadian singer and drug dealer (d. 2020)

1948 Mike Selvey, English cricketer and sportscaster

1948 Yu Shyi-kun, Taiwanese politician, 39th Premier of the Republic of China

1949 Vicente Pernía, Argentinian footballer and race car driver

1949 Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, lawyer, and politician, Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)

1949 James Fenton, English poet, journalist and literary critic

1950 Donnell Deeny, Northern Irish lawyer and judge

1950 Steve Ferrone, English drummer

1950 Peter Hintze, German politician (d. 2016)

1950 Valentyna Kozyr, Ukrainian high jumper

1951 Ian McCartney, Scottish politician, Minister of State for Trade

1952 Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist and composer

1952 Vladislav Tretiak, Russian ice hockey player and coach

1952 Jacques Santini, French footballer and coach

1953 Ron Clements, American animator, producer, and screenwriter

1953 Gary Cosier, Australian cricketer

1953 Anthony Venables, English economist, author, and academic

1954 Melvin Burgess, English author

1954 Randy Cross, American football player and sportscaster

1954 Róisín Shortall, Irish educator and politician

1955 Américo Gallego, Argentinian footballer and coach

1955 Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor and singer

1955 Zev Siegl, American businessman, co-founded Starbucks

1956 Dominique Blanc, French actress, director, and screenwriter

1956 Abdalla Uba Adamu, Nigerian professor, media scholar

1957 Theo de Rooij, Dutch cyclist and manager

1958 Fish (singer), Scottish singer-songwriter

1958 Misha Glenny, British journalist

1959 Paul Madden (diplomat), English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Australia

1959 Daniel Kash, Canadian actor and director

1959 Tony Phillips, American baseball player (d. 2016)

1960 Paul Baloff, American singer (d. 2002)

1960 Robert Peston, English journalist

1961 Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American journalist and author

1961 Miran Tepeš, Slovenian ski jumper

1962 Foeke Booy, Dutch footballer and manager

1963 Joy Covey, American businesswoman (d. 2013)

1963 David Moyes, Scottish footballer and manager

1963 Paul Wassif, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1964 Hank Azaria, American actor, voice artist, comedian and producer

1964 Andy Bell (singer), English singer-songwriter

1965 Eric Avery, American bass player and songwriter

1965 Mark Bryant (basketball), American basketball player and coach

1965 John Henson (puppeteer), American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2014)

1966 Diego Domínguez (rugby union), Argentinian-Italian rugby player

1966 Femke Halsema, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician

1966 Darren Holmes (baseball), American baseball player and coach

1967 Angel Martino, American swimmer

1968 Thomas Strunz, German footballer

1969 Joe Buck, American sportscaster

1969 Martin Koolhoven, Dutch director and screenwriter

1969 Jon Olsen, American swimmer

1969 Darren Woodson, American football player and sportscaster

1969 Renée Zellweger, American actress and producer

1970 Jason Lee (actor), American skateboarder, actor, comedian and producer

1971 Sara Baras, Spanish dancer

1973 Carlota Castrejana, Spanish triple jumper

1973 Barbara Rittner, German tennis player

1975 Jacque Jones, American baseball player and coach

1976 Gilberto da Silva Melo, Brazilian footballer

1976 Tim Duncan, American basketball player

1976 Breyton Paulse, South African rugby player

1976 Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player and coach

1977 Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer-songwriter

1977 Marguerite Moreau, American actress and producer

1977 Matthew West, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

1978 Matt Walker (swimmer), English swimmer

1980 Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television host

1980 Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist

1981 Felipe Massa, Brazilian racing driver

1981 John McFall (athlete), English sprinter

1981 Anja Pärson, Swedish skier

1982 Monty Panesar, English cricketer

1983 Johnathan Thurston, Australian rugby league player

1983 DeAngelo Williams, American football player

1985 Giedo van der Garde, Dutch racing driver

1986 Alexei Emelin, Russian ice hockey player

1986 Gwen Jorgensen, American triathlete

1986 Claudia Rath, German heptathlete

1987 Razak Boukari, Togolese footballer

1987 Jay Park, American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

1988 Jonathan Bailey, English actor

1988 Sara Paxton, American actress

1988 James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player

1989 Marie-Michèle Gagnon, Canadian skier

1989 Michael van Gerwen, Dutch darts player

1989 Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama

1990 Jean-Éric Vergne, French racing driver

1990 Taylor Walker (footballer), Australian footballer

1991 Jordan Poyer, American football player

1991 Alex Shibutani, American ice dancer

1993 Alex Bowman, American race car driver

1993 Daniel Norris (baseball), American baseball player

1993 Raphaël Varane, French footballer

1994 Omar McLeod, Jamaican hurdler

1994 Maggie Rogers, American musician

1995 Lewis Baker (footballer), English footballer

1996 Mack Horton, Australian swimmer

1998 Satou Sabally, German-American basketball player

2000 Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer

501 Rusticus (archbishop of Lyon), saint and archbishop of Lyon (b. 455)

775 Smbat VII Bagratuni, Armenian prince

775 Mushegh VI Mamikonian, Armenian prince

908 Zhang Wenwei, Chinese Chancellor of the Tang dynasty

1074 Herman I, Margrave of Baden

1077 Géza I of Hungary (b. 1040)

1185 Emperor Antoku of Japan (b. 1178)

1217 Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia

1228 Queen Isabella II of Jerusalem (b. 1212)

1243 Boniface of Valperga, Bishop of Aosta

1264 Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, medieval English nobleman; Earl of Winchester (b. 1195)

1295 Sancho IV of Castile (b. 1258)

1342 Pope Benedict XII (b. 1285)

1397 Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, English nobleman

1472 Leon Battista Alberti, Italian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404)

1516 John Yonge, English diplomat (b. 1467)

1566 Louise Labé, French poet and author (b. 1520)

1566 Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France (b. 1499)

1595 Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and songwriter (b. 1544)

1605 Naresuan, Siamese King of Ayutthaya Kingdom (b. c. 1555)

1644 Chongzhen Emperor of China (b. 1611)

1660 Henry Hammond, English cleric and theologian (b. 1605)

1690 David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter and educator (b. 1610)

1744 Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1701)

1770 Jean-Antoine Nollet, French minister, physicist, and academic (b. 1700)

1800 William Cowper, English poet (b. 1731)

1840 Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781)

1873 Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)

1875 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)

1878 Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)

1890 Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830)

1891 Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)

1892 Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)

1892 Karl von Ditmar, Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822)

1906 John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (b. 1839)

1911 Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1862)

1913 Joseph-Alfred Archambeault, Canadian bishop (b. 1859)

1915 Frederick W. Seward, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1830)

1919 Augustus D. Juilliard, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1836)

1921 Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist and women's rights advocate (b. 1828)

1923 Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)

1928 Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (b. 1878)

1936 Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (b. 1871)

1941 Salih Bozok, Turkish commander and politician (b. 1881)

1943 Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (b. 1858)

1944 George Herriman, American cartoonist (b. 1880)

1944 Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player (b. 1859)

1944 William Stephens (American politician), American engineer and politician, 24th Governor of California (b. 1859)

1945 Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (b. 1903)

1961 Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1875)

1970 Anita Louise, American actress (b. 1915)

1972 George Sanders, English actor (b. 1906)

1973 Olga Grey, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1896)

1974 Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (b. 1888)

1975 Mike Brant, Israeli singer and songwriter (b. 1947)

1976 Carol Reed, English director and producer (b. 1906)

1976 Markus Reiner, Israeli engineer and educator (b. 1886)

1982 John Cody, American cardinal (b. 1907)

1983 William S. Bowdern, American priest and author (b. 1897)

1988 Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)

1988 Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (b. 1904)

1990 Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (b. 1923)

1992 Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1965)

1995 Art Fleming, American game show host (b. 1925)

1995 Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)

1995 Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian (b. 1903)

1996 Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (b. 1920)

1998 Wright Morris, American author and photographer (b. 1910)

1999 Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author (b. 1914)

1999 Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1951)

2000 Lucien Le Cam, French mathematician and statistician (b. 1924)

2000 David Merrick, American director and producer (b. 1911)

2001 Michele Alboreto, Italian racing driver (b. 1956)

2002 Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (b. 1971)

2003 Samson Kitur, Kenyan runner (b. 1966)

2004 Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic (b. 1929)

2005 Jim Barker (politician), American politician (b. 1935)

2005 Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk and educator (b. 1908)

2006 Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1916)

2006 Peter Law, Welsh politician and independent member of parliament (b. 1948)

2007 Alan Ball Jr., English footballer and manager (b. 1945)

2007 Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)

2007 Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)

2008 Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpet player, composer, and radio host (b. 1921)

2009 Bea Arthur, American actress and singer (b. 1922)

2010 Dorothy Provine, American actress and singer (b. 1935)

2010 Alan Sillitoe, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (b. 1928)

2011 Poly Styrene, British musician (b. 1957)

2012 Gerry Bahen, Australian footballer (b. 1929)

2012 Denny Jones, American rancher and politician (b. 1910)

2012 Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina and educator (b. 1925)

2012 Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1916)

2013 Brian Adam, Scottish biochemist and politician (b. 1948)

2013 Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)

2013 György Berencsi, Hungarian virologist and academic (b. 1941)

2013 Rick Camp, American baseball player (b. 1953)

2014 Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1925)

2014 William Judson Holloway Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1923)

2014 Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (b. 1934)

2014 Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1968)

2014 Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (b. 1932)

2015 Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (b. 1927)

2015 Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (b. 1948)

2015 Don Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1922)

2015 Mike Phillips (basketball), American basketball player (b. 1956)

2016 Tom Lewis (Australian politician), Australian politician, 33rd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1922)

2018 Madeeha Gauhar, Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist (b. 1956)

2019 John Havlicek, American basketball player (b. 1940)

2023 Harry Belafonte, American singer, activist, and actor (b. 1927)

2024 Marla Adams, American television actress (b. 1938)

2024 Laurent Cantet, French director, cinematographer and screenwriter (b. 1961)

Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand, Tonga)

Christian feast day:

- Giovanni Battista Piamarta

- Rogation Day (Western Christianity)

- Feast of Saint Mark

- Maughold

- Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur

- Philo and Agathopodes

- Pope Anianus of Alexandria

- April 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Freedom Day (Portugal) (Portugal)

Liberation Day (Italy) (Italy)

Military Foundation Day (North Korea)

World Malaria Day

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