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| About April 25th is the 115th day of the year (116th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 250 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. April 25th is the latest possible day that Easter can occur, occurring next in the year 2038. April 25th is Red Hat Society Day, DNA Day, and Malaria Awareness Day. Births 1906 - William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court Justice 1908 - Edward R. Murrow, broadcast journalist 1940 - Al Pacino, actor, director (The Godfather, Scarface) 1942 - Jon Kyl, U.S. Senator (Arizona) 1945 - Björn Ulvaeus, musician, composer (ABBA) 1964 - Vince Offer, actor, comedian ("ShamWow" pitchman) 1969 - Renée Zellweger, actress ( Bridget Jones's Diary) 1969 - Joe Buck, sports announcer 1970 - Jason Lee, actor (My Name Is Earl) Deaths 2002 - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - rapper, singer (TLC) 2009 - Beatrice Arthur, actress (Golden Girls) Events 1507 - "America" is first used as the name of a continent on a map by German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller. 1719 - Daniel Defoe's novel The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe is published. 1859 - British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal at Port Said, Egypt. 1898 - The United States declared war on Spain in the Spanish-American War. 1959 - The St. Lawrence Seaway officially opens to shipping. 1990 - The Hubble Space Telescope is placed into orbit by the space shuttle Discovery. |
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