April 25th

2011
President Bashar Assad of Syria sent the military into the southern city of Daraa, where an anti-government uprising had begun the previous month.
Timeline of the Syrian Civil War (January–April 2011)
2007
The Dow Jones industrial average topped 13,000 for the first time, ending the day at 13,089.89.
2003
The Georgia legislature voted to scrap the "Confederate flag" design from its state flag.
Modern display of the Confederate flag
1992
Islamic forces took control of most of the Afghan capital Kabul following the collapse of the Communist government.
Afghan Civil War (1992–96)
1990
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was inaugurated as president of Nicaragua, ending 11 years of leftist Sandinista rule.
Violeta Chamorro
1983
The German news magazine, Stern, announces discovery of Hitler's diaries. The documents were later exposed as forgeries, triggering one of the most spectacular media scandals in history. Experts believe that Hitler never kept a diary.
David Irving
1974
In Portugal, the fascist Estado Novo is overthrown in a bloodless coup. The leftist Carnation Revolution was lead by military officers and supported by widespread civil resistance.
Processo Revolucionário Em Curso
1972
Polaroid Corp. introduced its SX-70 folding camera, which ejected self-developing photographs.
Polaroid SX-70
1959
The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.
Saint Lawrence Seaway
1954
Bell labs announces the 1st solar battery made from silicon. It has about 6% efficiency.
1953
The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing the double helix of DNA is published in the magazine Nature.
Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose ...
1945
U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, in central Europe, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany.
USS Pueblo (AGER-2)
1928
The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S. Frank.
Morris Frank
1915
Allied soldiers invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Turkish Empire out of World War I.
Gallipoli Campaign
1901
New York became the first state to require automobile license plates.
Vehicle registration plates of New York
1898
The United States declared war on Spain.
Spanish–American War
1874
Radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi was born in Bologna, Italy.
Guglielmo Marconi
1859
Construction of the Suez Canal begins. The waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea became the shortest sea link between Europe and Asia.
Suez Canal
1846
Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War.
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1792
Highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by guillotine.
Guillotine
1660
English Convention Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II.
Convention Parliament (England)
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