This Day in History for April 25th:
1507 -- Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America.
1614 -- Amsterdam Bank of Loan forms.
1684 -- Patent granted for the thimble.
1719 -- Daniel Defoes publishes "Robinson Crusoe"
1792 -- Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier.
1850 -- Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices.
1859 -- Ground broken for Suez Canal.
1867 -- Tokyo is opened for foreign trade.
1898 -- US declares war on Spain over Cuba.
1901 -- New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee)
1905 -- Whites win right to vote in South Africa.
1925 -- Paul von Hindenburg elected 2nd President of Germany (Adolf Hitler is 3rd)
1928 -- Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes 1st guide dog for the blind.
1945 -- Red army completely surrounds Berlin.
1950 -- Chuck Cooper becomes the 1st black to play in the NBA.
1953 -- Scientists identify DNA.
1954 -- Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (New York NY.
1957 -- 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated.
1959 -- St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping.
1961 -- Robert Noyce patents integrated circuit.
1967 -- Abortion legalized in Colorado.
1975 -- West German embassy blown-up in Stockholm Sweden.
1976 -- Chicago Cub centerfielder Rick Monday rescues US flag from 2 fans trying to set it on fire.
1976 -- Portugal adopts constitution.
1978 -- Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more.
1980 -- Announcement of Jimmy Carter hostage rescue bungle in Iran.
1982 -- In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal.
1985 -- West German Parliament ruled it illegal to deny the holocaust.
1990 -- Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery.
1993 -- Russia elects Boris Yeltsin leader.
1994 -- 14" of snow in Southern California.
1994 -- Fishing boat with school children capsize at Lanaka Syria, 46 killed.
I hope everyone enjoys this Day in History!
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