Today in History
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1859 Construction of the Suez Canal begins
The waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea became the shortest sea link between E
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1953 The double helix structure of DNA described for the first time
Francis Crick and James D. Watson published their groundbreaking findings about the molecule contain
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1974 In Portugal, the fascist Estado Novo is overthrown in a bloodless coup
The leftist Carnation Revolution was led by military officers and supported by widespread civil resi
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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
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2011 The largest tornado outbreak ever recorded hits the U.S.
348 people in six states were killed during the outbreak, which encompassed a total of 358 confirmed
Births On This Day,
April, 25
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1940 Al Pacino
American actor, director
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1928 Cy Twombly
American/Italian painter, sculptor
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1917 Ella Fitzgerald
American singer
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1874 Guglielmo Marconi
Italian businessman, inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate
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1599 Oliver Cromwell
English general, politician
Deaths On This Day,
April, 25
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2008 Humphrey Lyttelton
English trumpet player, composer
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2006 Jane Jacobs
American/Canadian journalist, author, activist
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2001 Michele Alboreto
Italian race car driver
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1944 George Herriman
American cartoonist
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1744 Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer
