April 25th, 1942

Born on April 25th, 1942

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What happened on April 25th?

April 25th, 2015

Nepal was struck by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people, including 22 from avalanches on Mount Everest.

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, 1983

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

April 25th, 1982

Falklands War: 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.

April 25th, 1960

The U.S. Navy submarine Triton (pictured) 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 New Zealand (dedication pictured).

April 25th, 1920

A march by blind people from across the UK to protest at poor working conditions ended at Trafalgar Square.

April 25th, 1915

First World War: The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Anzac Cove while British and French troops landed at Cape Helles to begin the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire.

April 25th, 1644

Ming–Qing transition: The Ming dynasty of China fell when the Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.

April 25th, 1643

First English Civil War: Despite being vastly outnumbered, a Parliamentarian force under James Chudleigh defeated a Royalist army near Okehampton, Devon.

April 25th, 0799

Leo III was attacked by partisans of his predecessor Adrian I, but was rescued and taken to Charlemagne, as described in the epic Karolus magnus et Leo papa.

April 25th, 0775

The Abbasid army won a decisive victory over the forces of rebelling Armenian princes at the Battle of Bagrevand.

April 25th, 1808

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

April 25th, 2015

Nearly 9,100 are killed after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.

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

Born on April 25th, 1942

81

Jon Kyl

American politician and lobbyist (born 1942)

*April 25th, 1942, Oakland

81

Ewa Wiśniewska

Polish actress

*April 25th, 1942, Warsaw

70

Akira Tonomura

Physicist in Japan

*April 25th, 1942, Nishinomiya †May 2nd, 2012, Saitama Prefecture

81

Josef Dvořák

Czech actor (*1942)

*April 25th, 1942, Horní Cerekev

76

Volkmar Schubert

German politician

*April 25th, 1942, Chemnitz †August 8th, 2018

80

István Aranyos

Hungarian gymnast

*April 25th, 1942, Budapest †September 23rd, 2022

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Who's birthday is on April 25th?

83

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

79

Bertrand Tavernier

French film director (1941–2021)

*April 25th, 1941, Lyon †March 25th, 2021, Sainte-Maxime

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

78

Björn Ulvaeus

Swedish musician; member of ABBA

*April 25th, 1945, Lundby church parish

29

Sam Fender

English singer-songwriter (born 1994)

*April 25th, 1994, North Shields

76

Jeffrey DeMunn

American actor

*April 25th, 1947, Buffalo

45

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

70

Ron Clements

American animation director

*April 25th, 1953, Sioux City

92

Albert Uderzo

French comic book artist

*April 25th, 1927, Fismes †March 24th, 2020, Neuilly-sur-Seine

53

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Russian composer (1840–1893)

*April 25th, 1840, Votkinsk †October 25th, 1893, Malaya Morskaya Street, 13

71

Angelo Anquilletti

Italian footballer (1943-2015)

*April 25th, 1943, San Donato Milanese †January 9th, 2015, Milan

59

Hank Azaria

American actor

*April 25th, 1964, Queens

67

Dominique Blanc

French actress

*April 25th, 1956, 7th arrondissement of Lyon

57

Francis Fulton-Smith

German-English actor

*April 25th, 1966, Munich

63

Guglielmo Marconi

Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)

*April 25th, 1874, Bologna †July 20th, 1937, Rome

80

Tony Christie

British musician, singer and actor

*April 25th, 1943, Conisbrough

54

Renée Zellweger

American actress (born 1969)

*April 25th, 1969, Katy

79

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer (1917–1996)

*April 25th, 1917, Newport News †June 15th, 1996, Beverly Hills

74

Dominique Strauss-Kahn

French economist

*April 25th, 1949, Neuilly-sur-Seine

82

Markus Lüpertz

German artist

*April 25th, 1941, Liberec

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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