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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)
1644
The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming Dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.
1849
The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal’s English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.
1861
American Civil War: The Union Army arrives in Washington, D.C.
1916
Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove.
1975
As North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam.
1983
Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto’s orbit.
1983
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.
1986
Mswati III is crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.
1988
In Israel, John Demjanuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
2005
The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
Who were born on April 25?
1287
Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (d. 1330)
1873
Walter de la Mare, English poet (d. 1956)
1918
Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born soprano (d. 2006)
1931
Felix Berezin, Russian mathematician (d. 1980)
1932
Meadowlark Lemon, American basketball player
1949
Vicente Pernía, Argentine footballer
1963
David Moyes, Everton Football Club manager
1965
Mark Bryant, American basketball player
1983
DeAngelo Williams, American football player
1987
Johann Smith, American soccer player
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