Table of Contents April 25 Fun Facts, Trivia and History |
April 25 History Highlights |
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World Malaria Day |
World Malaria Day is dedicated to raising awareness and fighting against malaria. It`s an opportunity for people in the know – like you – to get up to date on the latest knowledge, campaigns, and initiatives going on for this neglected disease that leaves over 400000 dead annually, affecting 3 times more women than men globally. Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause yellow skin, seizures, coma, or death for the mosquitos’ unfortunate victims. Symptoms usually begin ten to fifteen days after being bitten by an infected mosquito and take a week or two to subside without treatment. |
April 25 is… |
| DNA Day Hug a Plumber Day Telephone Day World Malaria Day World Penguin Day Zucchini Bread Day |
April 25 Birthday Quotes |
“It isn’t where you came from, it’s where you’re going that counts.” “They say we die twice – once when the last breath leaves our body and once when the last person we know says our name.” “A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” “The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to ‘create’ rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.” “Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.” |
April 25 Birthdays |
| 1599 – Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (died in 1658) 1874 – Guglielmo Marconi, Italina inventor; wireless telegrapd (died in 1937) 1906 – William Brennan, American jurist, US Supreme Court Associate Justice (died in 1997) 1908 – Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (died in 1965) 1915 – Mort Weisinger, American comic book author (died in 1978) 1917 – Ella Fitzgerald, American singer (died in 1996) 1926 – Johnny Craig, American comic book author and illustrator (died in 2001) 1933 – Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (died in 2011) 1940 – Al Pacino, American actor 1946 – Talia Shire, American actress 1947 – Jeffrey DeMunn, American character actor 1961 – Dinesh D’Souza, Indian-American journalist and author 1964 – Hank Azaria, American actor and voice artist 1969 – Joe Buck, American sportscaster 1969 – Renée Zellweger, American actress 1970 – Jason Lee, American actor 1977 – Marguerite Moreau, American actress |
April 25 History |
| 1644 – The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming Dynasty China, committed suicide during a peasant rebellion. 1719 – Daniel Defoe’s The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe was published. 1792 – Highwayman (thief) Nicolas J. Pelletier became the first person executed by guillotine in Paris, France. 1972 – La Marseillaise (the French national anthem) was composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. 1859 – Ground was broken for opening the Suez Canal by British and French engineers. The 100-mile canal between the Mediterranean and the Red Seas opened ten years later, on November 17, 1869. 1901 – New York became the first US state to require automobile license plates. April 25, 1926 (fiction) Tiana turned into a frog, The Princess and the Frog, Disney, Film 1944 – The United Negro College Fund was incorporated. 1947 – President Harry Truman opened the two-lane White House bowling alley. 1954 – Bell Telephone Laboratories demonstrated the first practical solar cell. 1960 – #1 Hit April 25, 1960 – May 22, 1960: Elvis Presley – Stuck on You 1961 – Robert Noyce patented the integrated circuit (#2,981,877). 1970 – #1 Hit April 25, 1970 – May 8, 1970: The Jackson 5 – ABC 1980 – Nick Perry Rigged the Pennsylvania Lottery’s daily number drawing to only draw a six or four, thus drawing 666. This would be known as the ‘Triple Six Fix’. 1982 – Israel completed the withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords. 1983 – Pioneer 10 traveled beyond ex-planet Pluto’s orbit. 1985 – Broadway Show – Big River (Musical) April 25, 1985 1990 – The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed in space from the Space Shuttle Discovery to an orbit 381 miles above Earth. 1992 – #1 Hit April 25, 1992 – June 19, 1992: Kris Kross – Jump 1992- Growing Pains and Who’s The Boss aired their final episodes 1996 – Broadway Show – Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk (Dance Musical) April 25, 1996 1998 – #1 Hit April 25, 1998 – May 22, 1998: Next – Too Close 2015 – #1 Hit April 25, 2015 – June 5, 2015: Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth – See You Again April 25, 2024 (fiction) The Flash disappeared, Crisis, DC Comics #1 Hit April 25, 2020 – May 8, 2020: Blinding Lights – The Weeknd |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
| The Capital of Thailand is Bangkok A group of Grasshoppers is called a Cloud. Whenever I go to Subway, when they ask if I would like my sandwich toasted, I say yes and then I raise my cup and say “to my sandwich!” All spheres have a “flat” surface if an object you place on it is small enough. Quitting smoking for the last time and quitting smoking for the first time are the same thing. #nosmoking The problem with the world is that intelligent people are full of doubts while stupid ones are full of confidence. “Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.” – Joel Osteen “You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave!” #songlyrics Aurora, in “Sleeping Beauty”, is the princess with the least amount of lines and screen time in a Disney film. Elizabeth Arden – Real Name: Florence Nightingale Graham “Poor man wanna be rich, rich man want to be king, but the king ain’t satisfied till he rules everything.” #songlyrics |
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