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Today is Thursday, April 25, 2024. It's the 116 day of the year, and we're on week 17. What Happened on April 25 in History? Keep reading to find out!

2015

Kathmandu, Nepal, was devastated by a major earthquake.

2005

Romania and Bulgaria signed the European Union's Treaty of Accession, the last step to joining the Union.

1990

Nicaragua elected its first-ever female President, Violeta Chamorro.

1990

The Discovery Space Shuttle deployed the Hubble Space Telescope into low-Earth orbit.

1985

Germany banned the denial of Nazi genocide against Jewish people during the Holocaust.

1954

Bell Labs demonstrated the first practical silicon solar cell in New Jersey, US.

1953

Francis Crick & James Watson's discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA was formally announced.

1947

President Harry Truman opened the two-lane White House bowling alley.

1931

Porsche was officially added to the commercial register in Germany.

1901

New York state became the first to require license plates on automobiles.

1846

The Thornton Affair, a skirmish between American and Mexican soldiers in Texas, started a chain of events that led to the Mexican-American War.

1792

A highwayman, Nicolas Pelletier, was the first man to be executed by the guillotine in Paris, France.

1644

The Chongzhen Emperor died by suicide during a peasant rebellion.

404 BC

The Peloponnesian war came to an end when Admiral Lysander and his Spartan armies defeated their Athenian foes.

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