25 Aprile

The **25t o Aprile** is the 115t day o the year (116t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 250 days ti come.

## Events

* 1058 - Malcolm III o Scotland becomes King.
* 1134 - Zagreb is first mentioned, in the Felician Chairter.
* 1792 - La Marseillaise is componed bi Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
* 1859 - Breetish an French ingineers break groond for the Suez Canal.
* 1861 - American Ceevil War: Union troops arrive in Washington, D.C..
* 1898 - The Unitit States declares war on Spain.
* 1901 - New York becomes the first US state tae introduce automobile licence plates.
* 1915 - Warld War I Gallipoli Campaign: Australie, New Zealand, Breetish an French troops land at Anzac Cove in present-day Turkey.
* 1916 - Pace Uprisin: The Unitit Kinrick declares mairtial law in Ireland.
* 1940 - The Unitit Kinrick recognises the Banner o the Faroe Islands.
* 1945 - Warld War II: The Nazi occupation airmy o Northren Italy surrenders.
* 1967 - The Banner o Swaziland is introduced.
* 1974 - Stairt o the Carnation Revolution tae end the period o dictatorship in Portugal; Marcelo Caetano is forced tae demit.
* 1986 - King Mswati III o Swaziland is crouned.
* 1990 - Violeta Chamorro becomes Preses o Nicaragua.
* 2005 - The Amagasaki rail crash occurs in Japan, killin 107 fowk.
* 2005 - Romanie an Bulgarie sign the European Union's Accession Treaty.
* 2007 - The state funeral o umwhile Roushie Preses Boris Yeltsin taks place.
* 2015 - Nepal is hit bi a major yirdquauk, killin at least 1,500 fowk.
* 2019 - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un an Roushie Preses Vladimir Putin hauld a summit meetin in Vladivostok.

## Births

* 1214 - Louis IX o Fraunce (d. 1270)
* 1284 - Edward II o Ingland (d. 1327)
* 1599 - Oliver Cromwell, Inglis politeecian (d. 1658)
* 1874 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian radio pioneer (d. 1937)
* 1900 - Wolfgang Pauli, Austrick-born pheesicist (d. 1958)
* 1917 - Ella Fitzgerald, American jazz sangster (d. 1996)
* 1940 - Al Pacino, American actor
* 1945 - Bjorn Ulvaeus, Swadish sangster (ABBA)
* 1946 - Talia Shire, American actress
* 1946 - Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Roushie politeecian
* 1947 - Johan Cruyff, Dutch fitbawer (d. 2016)
* 1949 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, French politeecian an economist
* 1958 - Fish, Scots sangster
* 1959 - Adrian Sanders, Inglish politeecian
* 1963 - David Moyes, Scots fitbawer an coach
* 1964 - Hank Azaria, American actor
* 1969 - Renée Zellweger, American actress
* 1970 - Jason Lee, American actor
* 1976 - Tim Duncan, American basketbaw player
* 1977 - Paavo Siljamäki, Finnish DJ an muisicker (Above & Beyond)
* 1981 - Felipe Massa, Brazilian racin driver
* 1993 - Martin Boyle, Scots fitbawer
* 1996 - Liam Henderson, Scots fitbawer

## Daiths
* 1579 - John Stewart, 4t Yerl o Atholl, Scots nobleman
* 1595 - Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (b. 1544)
* 1744 - Anders Celsius, Swadish astronomer (b. 1701)
* 1847 - John Campbell, 7t Duke o Argyll, Scots peer an politeecian (b. 1777)
* 1876 - Thomas Aird, Scots poet (b. 1802)
* 1883 - William Leighton Leitch, Scots peer an illustrator (b. 1804)
* 1939 - Archibald Leitch, Scots airchitect (b. 1865)
* 1995 - Ginger Rogers, American actress an dancer (b. 1911)
* 2009 - Bea Arthur, American actress (b. 1922)
* 2014 - Tito Vilanova, Spanigie fitbaa manager (b. 1968)

## Halidays
* ANZAC Day (Australie an New Zealand)
* Liberation Day (Italy)
* Freedom Day (Portugal)
* Airmy Day (North Korea)
* Flag Day (Faroe Islands)
* Warld Penguin Day
* Latest-possible date for Pace (Wastren Christianity)