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Events from History on April 25

1985 : "Big River" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 1005 performances
1993 : "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances
1996 : "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk," opens at Ambassador Theater NYC
1946 : "Exposition Flyer" rammed at Napierville Illinois, killing 48
1991 : "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater NYC after 1018 performances
1968 : "Half a Sixpence" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 512 performances
1995 : "Month in the Country" opens at Roundabout Theater NYC for 79 perfs
1983 : "Nightline" expands from « hour to a full hour
1988 : "Nightline" goes on location to Jerusalem Israel
1970 : "Park" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances
1979 : "Rock 'n Roll High Schools" premieres
1992 : "Shimada" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
1961 : "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 27 perfs
1994 : 14" of snow in Southern Calif
1995 : 16th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1975 : 1st Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao
1957 : 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated
1960 : 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed (Triton)
1938 : 1st use of seeing eye dog
1881 : 250,000 Germans petition to bar foreign Jews from entering Germany
1541 : -26) Liege flooded after heavy down pour
1945 : 45 countries convene UN Conference on Intl Organization in SF
1915 : 78,000 ANZAC troops land at Gallipoli
1861 : 7th NY arrives to reinforce Washington, DC
1967 : Abortion legalized in Colorado
1971 : About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington
1945 : Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
1950 : Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan)
1952 : American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter
1614 : Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms
1980 : Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran
1449 : Anti-pope Felix V resigns
1980 : A's manager Billy Martin restrained by umps from attacking a fan
1607 : Battle at Gibraltar: Dutch fleet beats Spanish/Portuguese fleet
1626 : Battle at the Dessauer bridge: Monarch Albrecht von Wallenstein beats
1707 : Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese
1861 : Battle of Lavaca, TX
1864 : Battle of Marks' Mill, Arkansas (Camden Expedition)
1862 : Battle of New Orleans LA - US Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans
1969 : BBC Radio serial "Dales" 5,400th & last episode
1954 : Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (NYC)
1994 : Bomb attack on taxi stand in Johannesburg, 10 killed
1967 : Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland
1954 : British raid Nairobi Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects arrested)
1945 : British troops reach Grebbe line Neth
1928 : Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind
1974 : Chancellor Willy Brandt sect Gnther Guillaume found to be a spy
1946 : Christopher Fry's "Phoenix too Frequent," premieres in London
1950 : Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA
1945 : Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission
1962 : Cleve sends Harry Chiti to Mets for a player to be named later, on
1604 : Count Maurits' army lands at Cadzand
1976 : Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues US flag from 2 fans trying
1719 : Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe"
1991 : Designer Mary McFadden (52) announces divorce of Kohie Yohannan (23)
1966 : Drunk driver kills 10 children in Asse Belgium
1626 : Earl of Mansfeld
1976 : Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country
1901 : Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run
1986 : ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5
1896 : Fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado)
1992 : Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Marc McDowell
1980 : Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Wayne Webb
1994 : Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed
1985 : Flyers 2-Isles 6-Patrick Div Finals-Flyers hold 3-1 lead
1970 : Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold"
1678 : French troops conquer Ypres
1881 : French troops occupy Algeria & Tunisia
1949 : Friedrich Drrenmatt's "Romulus der Grosse," premieres in Basel
1507 : Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America
1952 : German "Country" Bathe-Wrttemberg forms
1926 : Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot," premieres in Milan
1859 : Ground broken for Suez Canal
1792 : Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier
1972 : Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12
1990 : Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
1957 : Ibrahim Hashim forms Jordanian govt
1982 : In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal
1976 : India all out for 97 v West Indies
1988 : John Demjanjuk (Ivan the Terrible), sentenced to death in Jerusalem
1967 : Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders," premieres in NYC
1962 : June 15 the Mets send Chiti back to Cleveland
1994 : King Azlan Shah of Malaysia resigns
1945 : Last Boeing B-17 attack against Nazi Germany
1969 : Last radio broadcast of "Mrs Dale's Diary" on BBS
1875 : Latest date for measurable snow in NYC (3")
1974 : Leo Tindemans forms Belgium govt
1962 : Lion & Tiger Veldt at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
1660 : London Convention Parliament begins
1947 : Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
1991 : Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman's musical premieres in NYC
1942 : Luftwaffe bombs Bath
1974 : Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution)
1981 : Maureen Reagan (40) marries 3rd husband, Dennis Revell (28)
1970 : Melanie releases "Lay Down"
1961 : Mercury/Atlas rocket lifted off with an electronic mannequin
1994 : Mexican businessman & billionaire Angel Losada kidnap
1949 : Michael Brown, rocker (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee)
1989 : Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
1988 : NASA launches space vehicle S-211
1901 : New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee)
1956 : No‰l Coward's musical "South Sea Bubble," premieres in London
1933 : NY Yankee Russ Van Atta shuts out Washington Senators 16-0
1941 : Operation Merkur: Hitler orders conquest of Kreta
1660 : Parliament meets & votes to restore Charles II
1684 : Patent granted for thimble
1850 : Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices
1925 : Paul von Hindenburg elected president of Germany
1979 : Peace treaty between Israel & Egypt goes into effect
1926 : Persian cossack officer Reza Chan crowns himself Shah Palawi
1978 : Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance
1976 : Portugal adopts constitution
1961 : Premier Mo‹se Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo
1891 : Pres Benjamin Harrison visits SF
1747 : Prince Willem V appointed viceroy of Zealand
1945 : Red army completely surrounds Berlin
1961 : Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit
1984 : Rock group Wings disbands
1985 : Roger Miller's musical "Big River," premieres in NYC
1932 : Rose Franken's "Another Language," premieres in NYC
1993 : Russia elect Boris Yeltsin leader
1953 : Scientists identify DNA
1185 : Sea battle at Dan-no-ura: Minamoto Yoritomo beats Taira-family
1997 : Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr hits his 250th HR
1981 : Seattle's grounds crew to enlarge batter's boxes by one foot
1896 : Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London
1886 : Sigmund Freud opens practice at Rathausstrasse 7, Vienna
1927 : Spain routes 20,000 soldiers to Morocco (uprising Rifkabylen)
1959 : St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping
1978 : Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more
1976 : to set it on fire
1867 : Tokyo opens for foreign trade
1947 : Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vo–te begins
1994 : Tsutomu Hata elected premier of Japan
1961 : Unmanned Mercury test explodes on launch pad
1933 : US & Canada drop Gold Standard
1945 : US & Soviet forces meet at Torgau Germany on Elbe River
1971 : US canal rights in Nicaragua & rights to Corn Islands expire
1898 : US declares war on Spain over Cuba
1954 : US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher
1962 : US Ranger spacecraft crash lands on Moon
1962 : US resumes above ground nuclear testing, at Christmas Island
1990 : Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's pres
1954 : WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1975 : West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm Sweden
1985 : West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust
1957 : WUHY TV channel 35 in Philadelphia, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1982 : Yanks fire manager Bob Lemon & replaces him with Gene Michael
1983 : Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR

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