April 25 in history — What Happened Today in History

One hundred forty-six people are killed when Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes near Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime.

Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.

Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.

The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.

The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.

Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.

World War II: United States and Soviet reconnaissance troops meet in Torgau and Strehla along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two. This would be later known as Elbe Day.

World War II: Liberation Day (Italy): The National Liberation Committee for Northern Italy calls for a general uprising against the German occupation and the Italian Social Republic.

United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco.

World War II: The last German troops retreat from Finnish soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military actions of the Second World War end in Finland.

The United Negro College Fund is incorporated.

U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.

Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.

At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.

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

Spanish–American War: The United States Congress declares that a state of war between the U.S. and Spain has existed since April 21, when an American naval blockade of the Spanish colony of Cuba began.

Véry bombing during the Ère des attentats (1892–1894).

French and Vietnamese troops clash in Tonkin, when Commandant Henri Rivière seizes the citadel of Hanoi with a small force of marine infantry.

American Civil War: In the Battle of Marks' Mills, a force of 8,000 Confederate soldiers attacks 1,800 Union soldiers and a large number of wagon teamsters, killing or wounding 1,500 Union combatants.

American Civil War: Forces under U.S. Admiral David Farragut demand the surrender of the Confederate city of New Orleans, Louisiana.

British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal.

The Governor General of Canada, Lord Elgin, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.

Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican–American War.

Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the British Empire.

Dano-Swedish War of 1808–1809: The Battle of Trangen takes place at Trangen in Flisa, Hedemarkens Amt, between Swedish and Norwegian troops.

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

Alex Shibutani, American ice dancer

Jean-Éric Vergne, French racing driver

Taylor Walker, Australian footballer

Marie-Michèle Gagnon, Canadian skier

Michael van Gerwen, Dutch darts player

Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama

Jonathan Bailey, English actor

Sara Paxton, American actress

James Sheppard, Canadian ice hockey player

Razak Boukari, Togolese footballer

Jay Park, American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

Alexei Emelin, Russian ice hockey player

Gwen Jorgensen, American triathlete

Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (born 1925)

William Judson Holloway Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1923)

Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (born 1934)

Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1968)

Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (born 1932)

Brian Adam, Scottish biochemist and politician (born 1948)

Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (born 1919)

György Berencsi, Hungarian virologist and academic (born 1941)

Rick Camp, American baseball player (born 1953)

Gerry Bahen, Australian footballer (born 1929)

Denny Jones, American rancher and politician (born 1910)

Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina and educator (born 1925)

Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (born 1916)