Events That Happened on April 25

At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.

The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination.

Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.

The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.

A seven-car commuter train derails and crashes into an apartment building near Amagasaki Station in Japan, killing 107, including the driver.

Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union.

The March for Women's Lives brings over one million protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.

President George W. Bush pledges U.S. military support in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan.

Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.

Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.

Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.

Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.

More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.

One hundred forty-six people are killed when Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime.

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.

Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.

The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.

The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.

The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.

Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.

World War II: United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two. This would be later known as Elbe Day.

World War II: Liberation Day (Italy): The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the Italian Social Republic.

United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.

World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military actions of the Second World War end in Finland.

The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.

U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.

Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.

At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.

Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.

World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.

New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.

Spanish–American War: The United States Congress declares that a state of war between the U.S. and Spain has existed since April 21, when an American naval blockade of the Spanish colony of Cuba began.

Véry bombing during the Ère des attentats (1892–1894)

French and Vietnamese troops clashed in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seized the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.

American Civil War: In the Battle of Marks' Mills, a force of 8,000 Confederate soldiers attacks 1,800 Union soldiers and a large number of wagon teamsters, killing or wounding 1,500 Union combatants.

American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.

The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.

Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War.

Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the British Empire.

Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809: The Battle of Trangen took place at Trangen in Flisa, Hedemarkens Amt, between Swedish and Norwegian troops.

Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.

"La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.

A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.

Transition from Ming to Qing: The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.

Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.

The name Zagreb was mentioned for the first time in the Felician Charter relating to the establishment of the Zagreb Bishopric around 1094.

After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, Pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection.

The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over the South Caucasus is solidified and its Islamization begins, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and their remnants flee to the Byzantine Empire.

Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.

Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer

Satou Sabally, German-American basketball player

Mack Horton, Australian swimmer

Lewis Baker, English footballer

Packy Hanrahan, American bowler

Omar McLeod, Jamaican hurdler

Maggie Rogers, American musician

Sam Fender, English singer-songwriter and musician

Alex Bowman, American race car driver

Daniel Norris, American baseball player

Raphaël Varane, French footballer

Jordan Poyer, American football player

Alex Shibutani, American ice dancer

Jean-Éric Vergne, French racing driver

Taylor Walker, Australian footballer

Marie-Michèle Gagnon, Canadian skier

Michael van Gerwen, Dutch darts player

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama

Jonathan Bailey, English actor

Sara Paxton, American actress

James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player

Razak Boukari, Togolese footballer

Jay Park, American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

Alexei Emelin, Russian ice hockey player

Gwen Jorgensen, American triathlete

Claudia Rath, German heptathlete

Giedo van der Garde, Dutch racing driver

Johnathan Thurston, Australian rugby league player

DeAngelo Williams, American football player

Monty Panesar, English cricketer

Felipe Massa, Brazilian racing driver

John McFall, English sprinter

Anja Pärson, Swedish skier

Daniel MacPherson, Australian actor and television host

Alejandro Valverde, Spanish cyclist

Matt Walker, English swimmer

Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer-songwriter

Marguerite Moreau, American actress and producer

Matthew West, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Gilberto da Silva Melo, Brazilian footballer

Tim Duncan, American basketball player

Breyton Paulse, South African rugby player

Rainer Schüttler, German tennis player and coach

Jacque Jones, American baseball player and coach

Carlota Castrejana, Spanish triple jumper

Barbara Rittner, German tennis player

Sara Baras, Spanish dancer

Jason Lee, American skateboarder, actor, comedian and producer

Joe Buck, American sportscaster

Martin Koolhoven, Dutch director and screenwriter

Jon Olsen, American swimmer

Darren Woodson, American football player and sportscaster

Renée Zellweger, American actress and producer

Thomas Strunz, German footballer

Angel Martino, American swimmer

Diego Domínguez, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

Femke Halsema, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician

Darren Holmes, American baseball player and coach

Eric Avery, American bass player and songwriter

Mark Bryant, American basketball player and coach

John Henson, American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2014)

Hank Azaria, American actor, voice artist, comedian and producer

Andy Bell, English singer-songwriter

Joy Covey, American businesswoman (died 2013)

David Moyes, Scottish footballer and manager

Paul Wassif, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Foeke Booy, Dutch footballer and manager

Dinesh D'Souza, Indian-American journalist and author

Miran Tepeš, Slovenian ski jumper

Paul Baloff, American singer (died 2002)

Robert Peston, English journalist

Paul Madden, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Australia

Daniel Kash, Canadian actor and director

Tony Phillips, American baseball player (died 2016)

Mike DeVault, American politician

Fish, Scottish singer-songwriter

Misha Glenny, British journalist

Theo de Rooij, Dutch cyclist and manager

Dominique Blanc, French actress, director, and screenwriter

Abdalla Uba Adamu, Nigerian professor, media scholar

Américo Gallego, Argentinian footballer and coach

Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor and singer

Zev Siegl, American businessman, co-founded Starbucks

Melvin Burgess, English author

Randy Cross, American football player and sportscaster

Róisín Shortall, Irish educator and politician

Ron Clements, American animator, producer, and screenwriter

Gary Cosier, Australian cricketer

Anthony Venables, English economist, author, and academic

Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist and composer

Vladislav Tretiak, Russian ice hockey player and coach

Jacques Santini, French footballer and coach

Ian McCartney, Scottish politician, Minister of State for Trade

Donnell Deeny, Northern Irish lawyer and judge

Steve Ferrone, English drummer

Peter Hintze, German politician (died 2016)

Valentyna Kozyr, Ukrainian high jumper

Vicente Pernía, Argentinian footballer and race car driver

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance

James Fenton, English poet, journalist and literary critic

Mike Selvey, English cricketer and sportscaster

Yu Shyi-kun, Taiwanese politician, 39th Premier of the Republic of China

Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2016)

Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor

Cathy Smith, Canadian singer and drug dealer (died 2020)

Talia Shire, American actress

Peter Sutherland, Irish lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Ireland (died 2018)

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2022)

Stu Cook, American bass player Creedence Clearwater Revival, songwriter, and producer

Richard C. Hoagland, American theorist and author

Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

Len Goodman, English dancer (died 2023)

Mike Kogel, German singer-songwriter

Stephen Nickell, English economist and academic

Bruce Ponder, English geneticist and cancer researcher

Tony Christie, English singer-songwriter and actor

Jon Kyl, American lawyer and politician

Bertrand Tavernier, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2021)

Dorothy Shea, Australian librarian (died 2024)

Al Pacino, American actor and director

Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer and manager (died 2021)

Michael Llewellyn-Smith, English academic and diplomat

Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, English historian and academic

Veronica Sutherland, English academic and British diplomat

Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist and engineer (died 2012)

Ton Schulten, Dutch painter and graphic designer

Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (died 2000)

Bob Gutowski, American pole vaulter (died 1960)

Reinier Kreijermaat, Dutch footballer (died 2018)

Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer and manager

Jerry Leiber, American songwriter and producer (died 2011)

Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (died 1992)

Nikolai Kardashev, Russian astrophysicist (died 2019)

Meadowlark Lemon, African-American basketball player and minister (died 2015)

Lia Manoliu, Romanian discus thrower and politician (died 1998)

Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1980)

David Shepherd, English painter and author (died 2017)

Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)

Godfrey Milton-Thompson, English admiral and surgeon (died 2012)

Peter Schulz, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Hamburg (died 2013)

Yvette Williams, New Zealand long jumper, shot putter, and discus thrower (died 2019)

Cy Twombly, American-Italian painter and sculptor (died 2011)

Corín Tellado, Spanish author (died 2009)

Albert Uderzo, French author and illustrator (died 2020)

Johnny Craig, American author and illustrator (died 2001)

Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (died 2008)

Patricia Castell, Argentine actress (died 2013)

Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher, English trade union leader and businessman

Sammy Drechsel, German comedian and journalist (died 1986)

Louis O'Neil, Canadian academic and politician (died 2018)

Ingemar Johansson, Swedish race walker (died 2009)

Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, composer, director, and playwright (died 2005)

Paulo Vanzolini, Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (died 2013)

Francis Graham-Smith, English astronomer and academic (died 2025)

Melissa Hayden, Canadian ballerina (died 2006)

Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1992)

Karel Appel, Dutch painter and sculptor (died 2006)

Finn Helgesen, Norwegian speed skater (died 2011)

Graham Payn, South African-born English actor and singer (died 2005)

Gérard de Vaucouleurs, French-American astronomer and academic (died 1995)

Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano and actress (died 2006)

Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (died 1996)

Jean Lucas, French racing driver (died 2003)

Jerry Barber, American golfer (died 1994)

Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (died 1978)

Ross Lockridge Jr., American author and academic (died 1948)

Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (died 1944)

Earl Bostic, American saxophonist (died 1965)

Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (died 2014)

George Roth, American gymnast (died 1997)

Arapeta Awatere, New Zealand interpreter, military leader, politician, and murderer (died 1976)

William Pereira, American architect, designed the Transamerica Pyramid (died 1985)

Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (died 1965)

Joel Brand, member of the Budapest Aid and Rescue Committee (died 1964)

William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (died 1997)

George Nēpia, New Zealand rugby player and referee (died 1986)

Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1987)

Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist and academic (died 1964)

Mary Miles Minter, American actress (died 1984)

Gladwyn Jebb, English politician and diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (died 1996)

Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)

Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (died 1965)

Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1977)

Maud Hart Lovelace, American author (died 1980)

Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and critic (died 1936)

Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer (died 1976)

William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete (died 1946)

Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (died 1958)

Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1937)

Ernest Webb, English-Canadian race walker (died 1937)

Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist (died 1956)

Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories (died 1962)

C. B. Fry, English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician (died 1956)

Lorne Currie, French-English sailor (died 1926)

John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (died 1910)

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (died 1933)

Charles Sumner Tainter, American engineer and inventor (died 1940)

Leopoldo Alas, Spanish author, critic, and academic (died 1901)

Luise Adolpha Le Beau, German composer and educator (died 1927)

Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (died 1925)

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (died 1878)

Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (died 1857)

Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian philologist and academic (died 1850)

Nicolas Oudinot, French general (died 1847)

Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (died 1786)

Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer (died 1797)

James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and author (died 1776)

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (died 1753)

Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German organist and composer (died 1727)

Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, English soldier and politician (died 1679)

Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (died 1658)

Francesco Patrizi, Italian philosopher and scientist (died 1597)

Georg Major, German theologian and academic (died 1574)

Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1330)

Edward II of England (died 1327)

Conrad IV of Germany (died 1254)

Louis IX of France (died 1270)

Marla Adams, American television actress (born 1938)

Laurent Cantet, French director, cinematographer and screenwriter (born 1961)

Harry Belafonte, American singer, activist, and actor (born 1927)

John Havlicek, American basketball player (born 1940)

Madeeha Gauhar, Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist (born 1956)

Tom Lewis, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of New South Wales (born 1922)

Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (born 1927)

Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (born 1948)

Don Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and novelist (born 1922)

Mike Phillips, American basketball player (born 1956)

Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (born 1925)

William Judson Holloway Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1923)

Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (born 1934)

Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1968)

Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (born 1932)

Brian Adam, Scottish biochemist and politician (born 1948)

Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (born 1919)

György Berencsi, Hungarian virologist and academic (born 1941)

Rick Camp, American baseball player (born 1953)

Gerry Bahen, Australian footballer (born 1929)

Denny Jones, American rancher and politician (born 1910)

Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina and educator (born 1925)

Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (born 1916)

Poly Styrene, British musician (born 1957)

Dorothy Provine, American actress and singer (born 1935)

Alan Sillitoe, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (born 1928)

Bea Arthur, American actress and singer (born 1922)

Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpet player, composer, and radio host (born 1921)

Alan Ball Jr., English footballer and manager (born 1945)

Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (born 1928)

Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)

Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (born 1916)

Peter Law, Welsh politician and independent member of parliament (born 1948)

Jim Barker, American politician (born 1935)

Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk and educator (born 1908)

Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic (born 1929)

Samson Kitur, Kenyan runner (born 1966)

Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (born 1971)

Michele Alboreto, Italian racing driver (born 1956)

Lucien Le Cam, French mathematician and statistician (born 1924)

David Merrick, American director and producer (born 1911)

Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author (born 1914)

Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1951)

Wright Morris, American author and photographer (born 1910)

Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (born 1920)

Art Fleming, American game show host (born 1925)

Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911)

Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian (born 1903)

Mamoru Nakamura, Palauan jurist (born 1939/1940)

Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1965)

Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (born 1923)

Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter (born 1944)

Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (born 1904)

William S. Bowdern, American priest and author (born 1897)

John Cody, American cardinal (born 1907)

Carol Reed, English director and producer (born 1906)

Markus Reiner, Israeli engineer and educator (born 1886)

Mike Brant, Israeli singer and songwriter (born 1947)

Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (born 1888)

Olga Grey, Hungarian-American actress (born 1896)

George Sanders, English actor (born 1906)

Anita Louise, American actress (born 1915)

Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (born 1875)

John Ernest Adamson, English educationalist and Director of Education of the Colony of Transvaal (born 1867)

Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (born 1903)

George Herriman, American cartoonist (born 1880)

Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player (born 1859)

William Stephens, American engineer and politician, 24th Governor of California (born 1859)

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (born 1858)

Salih Bozok, Turkish commander and politician (born 1881)

Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (born 1871)

Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (born 1878)

Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (born 1840)

Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist and women's rights advocate (born 1828)

Augustus D. Juilliard, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1836)

Frederick W. Seward, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Assistant Secretary of State (born 1830)

Joseph-Alfred Archambeault, Canadian bishop (born 1859)

Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (born 1862)

John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (born 1839)

Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (born 1840)

Karl von Ditmar, Estonian-German geologist and explorer (born 1822)

Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (born 1811)

Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (born 1830)

Anna Sewell, English author (born 1820)

12th Dalai Lama (born 1857)

Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (born 1783)

Siméon Denis Poisson, French mathematician and physicist (born 1781)

William Cowper, English poet (born 1731)

Jean-Antoine Nollet, French minister, physicist, and academic (born 1700)

Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (born 1701)

David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter and educator (born 1610)

Henry Hammond, English cleric and theologian (born 1605)

Chongzhen Emperor of China (born 1611)

Naresuan, Siamese King of Ayutthaya Kingdom (born c. 1555)

Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and songwriter (born 1544)

Louise Labé, French poet and author (born 1520)

Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France (born 1499)

John Yonge, English diplomat (born 1467)

Leon Battista Alberti, Italian author, poet, and philosopher (born 1404)

Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, English nobleman

Pope Benedict XII (born 1285)

Sancho IV of Castile (born 1258)

Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, medieval English nobleman; Earl of Winchester (born 1195)

Boniface of Valperga, Bishop of Aosta

Queen Isabella II of Jerusalem (born 1212)

Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia

Emperor Antoku of Japan (born 1178)

Géza I of Hungary (born 1040)

Herman I, Margrave of Baden

Zhang Wenwei, Chinese chancellor

Smbat VII Bagratuni, Armenian prince

Mushegh VI Mamikonian, Armenian prince

Rusticus, saint and archbishop of Lyon (born 455)

Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand, Tonga)

Christian feast day: Giovanni Battista Piamarta

Christian feast day: Major Rogation (Western Christianity)

Christian feast day: Mark the Evangelist

Christian feast day: Maughold

Christian feast day: Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur

Christian feast day: Philo and Agathopodes

Christian feast day: Anianus of Alexandria

Christian feast day: April 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Freedom Day (Portugal)

Liberation Day (Italy)

Military Foundation Day (North Korea)

World Malaria Day