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.
April 12 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 253 days remaining until the end of time.
1606 England adopts Union flag.
1861 Fort Sumter in South Carolina is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War.
1877 Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game. Here is pitcher Kazuhito Tadano catching without a mask
1954 Bill Haley and Comets record "ROCK Around Clock" and Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle AND ROLL" Coincidence? No. ORDAINED BY GOD ALMIGHTY
1981 Maiden voyage of space shuttle Columbia. She will be royally fucked 22 years later.
1988 Sonny Bono is elected mayor of Palm Springs, California, by people who obviously use massive quantities of drugs before casting their ballots
1992 Actress Lisa Bonet files for divorce from singer Lenny Kravitz. You silly, silly girl.
1994 Laurence Canter & Martha Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam.
1777 Henry Clay, US statesman/Whig Party founder/the Great Compromiser
1932 Tiny Tim, US singer/musician in the very loosest sense of the words. Another heterosexual trying to be fabulous--smh.
