History for April 25

History for April 25 - On-This-Day.com

Edward R. Murrow 1908 - American broadcast journalist

• 1846 - The Mexican-American War ignited as a result of disputes over claims to Texas boundaries. The outcome of the war fixed Texas' southern boundary at the Rio Grande River.
• 1928 - A seeing eye dog was used for the first time.
• 1952 - After a three-day fight against Chinese Communist Forces, the Gloucestershire Regiment was annihilated on "Gloucester Hill," in Korea.
• 1953 - Dr. James D. Watson and Dr. Francis H.C. Crick suggested the double helix structure of DNA.
• 1959 - St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping. The water way connects the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1961 - Robert Noyce was granted a patent for the integrated circuit.
• 1967 - Colorado Governor John Love signed the first law legalizing abortion in the U.S. The law was limited to therapeutic abortions when agreed to, unanimously, by a panel of three physicians.
• 1980 - In Iran, a commando mission to rescue hostages was aborted after mechanical problems disabled three of the eight helicopters involved. During the evacuation, a helicopter and a transport plan collided and exploded. Eight U.S. servicemen were killed. The mission was aimed at freeing American hostages that had been taken at the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. The event took place April 24th Washington, DC, time.
• 1984 - In France, over one million people demonstrated to show they favored the decentralization of education.
• 1992 - Islamic forces in Afghanistan took control of most of the capital of Kabul following the collapse of the Communist government.