April 25th, 1898

Born on April 25th, 1898

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What happened on April 25th, 1898?

April 25th, 1898

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish–American_War

What else happened on April 25th?

April 25th, 1955

Following restoration at the British Museum, the Emesa Helmet was placed on display there (pictured) before its return to Syria.

April 25th, 2026

Malian minister of defence Sadio Camara is killed during the start of coordinated attacks in the country.

April 25th, 2014

A water crisis began when officials in Flint, Michigan, switched the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to contamination.

April 25th, 1986

Mswati III (pictured) was crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father Sobhuza II.

April 25th, 1792

French composer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle wrote "La Marseillaise", now the national anthem of France.

April 25th, 2015

Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people.

April 25th, 1990

Violeta Chamorro took office as President of Nicaragua, becoming the first female head of state in the Americas to have been elected in her own right.

April 25th, 2012

Daniel Chong is discovered in a holding room in San Diego, having been incarcerated for five days without food or water.

April 25th, 1983

The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published in Indonesia.

April 25th, 1982

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher told journalists in Downing Street to "rejoice" upon hearing news of the successful recapture of South Georgia from Argentine forces in the Falklands War.

April 25th, 1960

The U.S. Navy submarine Triton completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.

April 25th, 1946

Two passenger trains collided in Naperville, Illinois, leaving 45 people dead and some 125 injured.

April 25th, 1932

Gladys Elinor Watkins consecrated the carillon of the National War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand (dedication pictured).

April 25th, 1920

A march by blind people from across the United Kingdom to protest poor working conditions ended at Trafalgar Square, London.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 25th

Same year
Born in 1898

83

Marta Linz

Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor

*December 21st, 1898, Budapest †January 11th, 1982, Berlin

50

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

*January 10th, 1898, Riga †February 11th, 1948, Moscow

77

Paul Robeson

American singer, actor, and political activist (1898–1976)

*April 9th, 1898, Princeton †January 23rd, 1976, Philadelphia

58

Bertolt Brecht

German poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)

*February 10th, 1898, Augsburg †August 14th, 1956, East Berlin

38

Federico García Lorca

Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)

*June 5th, 1898, Fuente Vaqueros †July 31st, 1936, Víznar

94

Shirley Booth

American actress (1898–1992)

*August 30th, 1898, Brooklyn †October 16th, 1992, Chatham

78

Alvar Aalto

Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)

*February 3rd, 1898, Kuortane †May 11th, 1976, Helsinki

80

Golda Meir

Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974

*April 21st, 1898, Ukraine †December 8th, 1978, Jerusalem

91

Alfred Sauvy

Demographer, anthropologist and historian of the French economy

*October 31st, 1898, Villeneuve-de-la-Raho †October 30th, 1990, Paris

89

Giuseppe Saragat

5th President of Italy (1898-1988)

*September 19th, 1898, Turin †June 11th, 1988, Rome

38

George Gershwin

American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

*September 26th, 1898, Brooklyn †July 11th, 1937, Hollywood

42

Agnes Ayres

American actress (1892–1940)

*April 4th, 1898, Carbondale †December 25th, 1940, Los Angeles

71

Helene Wessel

German politician (1898-1969)

*July 6th, 1898, Hörde †October 13th, 1969, Bonn

44

Stephen Vincent Benét

American poet, short story writer, novelist

*July 22nd, 1898, Bethlehem †March 13th, 1943, New York City

89

Lucien Choury

French cyclist

*March 26th, 1898, Courbevoie †May 6th, 1987, Neuilly-sur-Seine

82

Lucy Morton

British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist (1898-1980)

*February 23rd, 1898, Knutsford †August 26th, 1980, Blackpool Victoria Hospital

76

Umm Kulthum

Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress

*December 31st, 1898, Tamay Ez-Zahayra †February 3rd, 1975, Cairo

37

Eugène Dabit

French writer

*September 21st, 1898, Paris †August 21st, 1936, Sevastopol

70

Denise Legeay

French actress (1898-1968)

*January 22nd, 1898, Courdemanche †May 27th, 1968, 10th arrondissement of Paris

81

Herbert Marcuse

German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)

*July 19th, 1898, Berlin †July 29th, 1979, Starnberg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1898 is a normal year and no leap year.

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