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What are the important events that happened on April 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 25 is the 115th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 250 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 12, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,092,320 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecapentagon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 298 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,508 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 25 Historical Events
- 1707 –The Habsburg army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- 1846 –Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War.
- 1972 –Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive – The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.
- 1975 –As North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam.
- 1983 –Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto’s orbit.
Who were born on April 25?
- 1284 –King Edward II of England (d. 1327)
- 1914 –Ross Lockridge, Jr., American writer (d. 1948)
- 1934 –Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer
- 1945 –Stu Cook, American rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- 1963 –David Moyes, Everton Football Club manager
Who died on April 25?
- 1265 –Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader
- 1770 –Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (b. 1700)
- 1972 –George Sanders, British actor (b. 1906)
- 2003 –Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (b. 1966)
- 2006 –Jane Jacobs, American-born Canadian urbanist (b. 1916)
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