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April 25: Day of the Week
April 25, 2024 was the 116th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 250 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.
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Here’s the April calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
April 25 Historical Event(s)
1829
Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.
1847
The last survivors of the Donner Party are out of the wilderness.
1864
American Civil War: The Battle of Marks’ Mills.
1916
Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove.
1939
DC Comics publishes its second major superhero in Detective Comics #27; he is Batman, one of the most popular comic book superheroes of all time.
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.
1965
Teenage sniper Michael Andrew Clark kills three and wounds six others shooting from a hilltop along Highway 101 just south of Santa Maria, California.
1966
The city of Tashkent is destroyed by a huge earthquake.
1974
Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the Estado Novo regime and eventually establishes a democratic government.
2009
Zach Daniels made his debut in professional wrestling against Jason Blackman.
Who were born on April 25?
1913
Nikolaos Roussen, Greek naval officer in World War II (d. 1944)
1932
William Roache, British television actor (Coronation Street)
1934
Peter McParland, Northern Irish footballer
1946
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian politician
1958
Fish, Scottish singer and lyricist (ex-Marillion)
1964
Andy Bell, English singer and songwriter (Erasure)
1969
Darren Woodson, American football player
1971
Sara Baras, Spanish flamenco dancer
1980
Bruce Martin, New Zealand cricketer
1985
Giedo van der Garde, Dutch racing driver
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