On This Day in History April 25, 2019

Historical Events 1660  English Convention Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II 1792  Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas Pelletier 1846  Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War 1945  "Elbe Day" - US and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany on the Elbe River during the invasion of Germany in WWII 1953  Francis Crick and James Watson's discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is published in "Nature" magazine 1954  Bell labs announces the 1st solar battery made from silicon. It has about 6% efficiency. More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996) Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1937) Haider al-Abadi 66th Birthday Oliver Cromwell (1599 - 1658) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Anders Celsius (1701 - 1744) Ginger Rogers (1911 - 1995) More Famous Deaths