On This Day in History April 25, 2023

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 1915  First landings at Gaba Tepe and Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsulaby ANZAC forces during WWI 1920  San Remo conference establishes three League of Nations mandates: a French mandate for Syria, and British mandates for Mesopotamia and Palestine with effect to the terms of the Balfour Declaration 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. Famous Birthdays Albert Uderzo 1927 - 2020 Björn Ulvaeus 78th Birthday Ella Fitzgerald 1917 - 1996 Guglielmo Marconi 1874 - 1937 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Ginger Rogers 1911 - 1995 William Beaumont 1785 - 1853 More Famous Deaths April 25: Hitler's Diaries Fail Forensic Tests German Magazine revealed the scoop of the century on this day but it's “Hitler’s Diaries” sensation failed a forensic test and was quickly proved a hoax. Read the Article