April 25th (Abbreviated)

April 25 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 240 days remaining until the end of time.

1847 The last survivors of the Donner Party trek out of the wilderness on full bellies.

1898 Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain.

1915 World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins—The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by Australian, British, French and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.

1938 1st use of seeing eye dog

1953 Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid describing the double helix structure of DNA based on the entwining nature of their love for each other. They manage to market the concept for more general use.

 

1970 Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold" which is years ahead of its time.

1934 Denny Miller, US actor 

1940 Al Pacino, US actor/director 

1945 Björn Ulvaeus, Swedish songwriter/musician (ABBA) 

1962 Flex Deon Blake, US actor 

1964 Andy Bell, gay English singer/Erasure 

1964 Hank Azaria, US comedian/actor/director 

1965 Matt Sizemore, US actor 

1966 Diego Dominguez, Argentine rugger/Dieux du Stade model 

1968 Kevin Fabian, US gay actor 

1974 Dean Phoenix, Mexican actor 

1977 Juan Martin Berberian, Argentine rugger/Dieux du Stade model 

1977 Manolo Cardona, Colombian actor (Undertow) 

1980 Daniel MacPherson, Australian triathlete/actor/TV presenter 

1980 Kazuhito Tadano, Japanese baseball player/dabbled in Japanese gay porn, oops 

1983 Johnathan Thurston, Australian rugger 

1792 Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine.

1954 Joseph Hergesheimer, maybe gay US novelist (Java Head), is still scratching his head about Islander fellatio

2009 Beatrice Arthur, US comedienne, actress, and singer (Maude), is golden, girl!