Today in History

April 25th
1719
"Robinson Crusoe' is first published
1901
New York becomes the 1st state requiring license plates for cars,the annual fee is $1
1953
biologists,James Watson&Francis Crick's discovery of double helix structure of DNA is published in Nature Magazine
 
[h=4]On This Day - 25th April[/h]​
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The birth, at Caernarfon Castle (see picture) , of King Edward II, who became the first heir-apparent to bear the title Prince of Wales. King from 1307, he ruled during a period of pestilence, famine and defeats at the hands of the Scots, and was eventually murdered.
 
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26th Apri, 1923...the marriage of Prince Albert, Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon took place in Westminster Abbey. The Duke of York would succeed to the throne in 1936 after the abdication of his elder brother, King Edward VIII.
 
1986
world's worst nuclear disaster,4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR explodes.The radioactive contamination reaches most of Western Europe
 
April 27th
1971 - Welsh Language Society-Cymdeithas yr Iaith Cymraeg
[FONT=Open Sans, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]1971 : Eight members of the Welsh Language Society ( the Society wishes to preserve the Welsh Language and part of that was to include all signs in Wales to be bilingual ) they are accused of conspiring to damage, remove or destroy English language road signs in Wales.[/FONT]
Their campaign worked as all our road signs are now bi-lingual.
 
1937
The 1st commercial flight across the Pacific operated by PanAm
1940
Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
1961
The NFL chooses Canton,Ohio as the Pro Football Hall of Fame site
 
1961
ABC network's sports program'Wide World of Sports' debuts
1986
800,000 books are destroyed in Los Angeles Central Library fire Author,Susan Orlean''s'The Library Book' goes into detail how this fire started,pays tribute to librarians, terrific book
1990
the destruction of the Berlin Wall begins
 
April 30th 1945
In his hideaway bunker in Berlin, Adolf Hitler shoots himself . His wife of 48 hours and former mistress, Eva Braun, took a cyanide capsule. In accordance with Hitler’s instructions both bodies were then burnt.
 
May 1st
1873
The first U.S. postcard issued
1931
The Empire State Building opens in NYC
1961
Harper Lee wins Pulitzer Prize for her novel'To Kill A Mockingbird'
 
1997 - England Labour Party​
1997 : After nearly 20 years of Conservative government, British voters give the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair, a landslide victory in British parliamentary elections.
Making the furry one very happy!
This is History!!

 
May 2nd
1536
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Anne Boleyn, second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was sent to the Tower of London, accused of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. She was executed 17 days later.
 
May 3rd
2003
New Hampshire's famous 'Old Man On The Mountain' rock formation collapses
 

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