25th April

Events

2017 At least 27 killed in road accident along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway in eastern Kenya

2017 Large blast hits a mini bus in NW Pakistan,killing at least 20 people

2016 ISIS bomb attack in eastern Baghdad kills at least 11, injures 39

2015 17 confirmed killed when avalanche hit Mount Everest base camp after Nepal Quake - mountain's worst-ever disaster

Deadly earthquake Nepal 2015 Deadly earthquake Nepal

Nepal Earthquake 7.5 Strikes West Of Nepal Capital Kathmandu 2015 Nepal Earthquake 7.5 Strikes West Of Nepal Capital Kathmandu

Amagasaki rail crash2005 Amagasaki rail crash

1990 The US Hubble Space Telescope was released into orbit by the space shuttle Discovery

1988 Ukranian John "Ivan the Terrible" Demjanuk was sentenced to death as a Nazi war criminal in Israel

1953 The journal "Nature" published a paper by James D Watson and Francis Crick that described the structure of DNA

1945 San Francisco Conference of United Nations

The Allies liberate Italy. Benito Mussolini is captured1945 The Allies liberate Italy. Benito Mussolini is captured

1933 Hitler's Nazi government began persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses

Porsche1931 Porsche

1925 General Paul von Hindenburg became President of Germany

1916 The British government declared martial law in Ireland in response to the nationalist 'Easter Rising'

WW1. 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Gallipoli Campaign1915 WW1. 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Gallipoli Campaign

90,000 Australian, NZ, British and French forces began landing on the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula1915 90,000 Australian, NZ, British and French forces began landing on the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula

1900 The first issue of the "Daily Express" was published

The Mexican-American War begins1846 The Mexican-American War begins

'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe was published1719 'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe was published

Brotherhood of Blackheads established in Riga1416 Brotherhood of Blackheads established in Riga

Born

Imants Sanders1918 Imants Sanders (31 years old)

Władysława Andrzejewska1929 Władysława Andrzejewska (62 years old)

Ansis Klestrovs1900 Ansis Klestrovs (90 years old)

Visvaldis Veide1932 Visvaldis Veide (61 years old)

Vladlen  Tatarskii1982 Vladlen Tatarskii (40 years old)

Died

Ałła Łarionowa2000 Ałła Łarionowa (69 years old)

Arvids Vicinskis1992 Arvids Vicinskis (65 years old)

Jānis Liģeris-Liggers1942 Jānis Liģeris-Liggers (53 years old)

Alfrēds Vārdaunis1982 Alfrēds Vārdaunis (103 years old)

Arnis Vīksna2018 Arnis Vīksna (76 years old)