April 25
Today is the 116th day of 2016, there are 250 days left in the year.
1507 - A world map produced by German cartographer Martin Wadseemueller contained the first-recorded use of the term "America", in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci.
1792 - Highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by the guillotine.
1859 - Ground was broken for the Suez Canal.
1862 - During the Civil War, a Union fleet commanded by Flag Officer David G. Farragut captured New Orleans.
1898 - The United States declared war on Spain.
1901 - New York Gov. Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. signed an automobile registration bill which imposed a 15 mph speed limit on highways and made New York the first state to require license plates on automobiles.
1928 - The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S. Frank.
1944 - The United Negro College Fund was founded.
1945 - During World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany's defenses.
1945 - Delegates from some 50 nations gathered in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.
1953 - The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing the double-helix of DNA was published in Nature magazine.
1959 - The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.
1972 - Polaroid Corp. introduced its SX-70 folding camera, which ejected self-developing photographs.
1974 - The "Carnation Revolution" took place in Portugal as a bloodless military coup toppled the Estado Novo regime.
1983 - 10-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine received a reply from Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov to a letter she had written expressing concern about possible nuclear war; Andropov reassured Samantha that the Soviet Union did not want war, and he invited her to visit his country, a trip Samantha made in July.
1990 - The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed in orbit from the space shuttle Discovery.
1992 - Islamic forces took control of most of Afghanistan after the Soviet-controlled government collapsed.
2003 - The Georgia legislature voted to scrap the Confederate flag design from its state flag.
2007 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 13,000 for the first time.
2015 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal killed more than 8,200 people.
Birthdays
28 - Sara Paxton (actress)
30 - Daniel Sherman (actor)
30 - John DeLuca (actor)
33 - DeAngelo Williams (football player)
39 - Matthew West (singer)
40 - Tim Duncan (basketball player)
46 - Jason Lee (actor)
47 - Renee Zellweger (actress)
47 - Gina Torres (actress)
52 - Hank Azaria (voice actor)
70 - Talia Shire (actress)
72 - Len Goodman (dancer, TV host)
76 - Al Pacino (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 25
1876 - The Chicago Cubs play their first National League game, beating the Louisville Grays 4-0.
1901 - In the first major league game played in Detroit, the Tigers, trailing by a score of 13-4 in the bottom of the 9th inning, score ten runs to win 14-4 in one of the greatest comebacks in baseball history.
1952 - The Minneapolis Lakers defeat the New York Knicks in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1952 - The American Bowling Congress approved the use of an automatic pinsetter.
1956 - Rocky Marciano retired as the undefeated heavyweight boxing champion of the world. He had a career professional record of 46-0 with 43 knockouts and 3 decisions.
1964 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1965 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in five games to win the NBA championship.
1974 - The NFL votes to move the goal posts and to institute the sudden-death playoff.
1977 - The Cincinnati Reds tie a major league record by scoring 12 runs in one inning in a game against the Atlanta Braves, which the Reds won 23-9.
1989 - Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins ties an NHL playoff record with four goals in the first period.
1993 - The New England Patriots selected Washington State quarterback Drew Bledsoe with the No. 1 pick in the 1993 NFL Draft.
1993 - The following Huskers were selected in the 1993 NFL Draft: DT - John Parrella (2nd round, Buffalo); OG - Will Shields (3rd round, Kansas City); RB - Derek Brown (4th round, New Orleans); CB - Tyrone Hughes (5th round, New Orleans); LB - Travis Hill (7th round, Cleveland); RB - Lance Lewis (7th round, Indianapolis)
1995 - The 257-day Major League Baseball strike officially comes to an end.
2001 - San Diego Padres outfielder Rickey Henderson breaks the career walks record held by Babe Ruth when he received his 2,063rd walk.
2009 - The Detroit Lions select Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. Stafford signs the richest rookie contract in NFL history with the Detroit Lions, signing a six year contract worth $78 million and up to $41.7 million in guaranteed money.
2009 - The following Huskers were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft: LB - Cody Glenn (5th round, Washington); OG - Matt Slauson (6th round, New York Jets); and OT - Lydon Murtha (7th round, Detroit)
2010 - The NHL implemented a new rule that allowed the NHL Hockey Operations Department to review any hit where the head was targeted and/or the principal point of contact for the purpose of Supplementary Discipline.
2013 - The Kansas City Chiefs select Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher with the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft.
2013 - The following Huskers were taken in the 2013 NFL Draft: RB - Rex Burkhead (6th round, Cincinnati); S - Daimion Stafford (7th round, Tennessee)
Today is the 116th day of 2016, there are 250 days left in the year.
1507 - A world map produced by German cartographer Martin Wadseemueller contained the first-recorded use of the term "America", in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci.
1792 - Highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by the guillotine.
1859 - Ground was broken for the Suez Canal.
1862 - During the Civil War, a Union fleet commanded by Flag Officer David G. Farragut captured New Orleans.
1898 - The United States declared war on Spain.
1901 - New York Gov. Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. signed an automobile registration bill which imposed a 15 mph speed limit on highways and made New York the first state to require license plates on automobiles.
1928 - The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S. Frank.
1944 - The United Negro College Fund was founded.
1945 - During World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany's defenses.
1945 - Delegates from some 50 nations gathered in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.
1953 - The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing the double-helix of DNA was published in Nature magazine.
1959 - The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.
1972 - Polaroid Corp. introduced its SX-70 folding camera, which ejected self-developing photographs.
1974 - The "Carnation Revolution" took place in Portugal as a bloodless military coup toppled the Estado Novo regime.
1983 - 10-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine received a reply from Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov to a letter she had written expressing concern about possible nuclear war; Andropov reassured Samantha that the Soviet Union did not want war, and he invited her to visit his country, a trip Samantha made in July.
1990 - The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed in orbit from the space shuttle Discovery.
1992 - Islamic forces took control of most of Afghanistan after the Soviet-controlled government collapsed.
2003 - The Georgia legislature voted to scrap the Confederate flag design from its state flag.
2007 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 13,000 for the first time.
2015 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Nepal killed more than 8,200 people.
Birthdays
28 - Sara Paxton (actress)
30 - Daniel Sherman (actor)
30 - John DeLuca (actor)
33 - DeAngelo Williams (football player)
39 - Matthew West (singer)
40 - Tim Duncan (basketball player)
46 - Jason Lee (actor)
47 - Renee Zellweger (actress)
47 - Gina Torres (actress)
52 - Hank Azaria (voice actor)
70 - Talia Shire (actress)
72 - Len Goodman (dancer, TV host)
76 - Al Pacino (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 25
1876 - The Chicago Cubs play their first National League game, beating the Louisville Grays 4-0.
1901 - In the first major league game played in Detroit, the Tigers, trailing by a score of 13-4 in the bottom of the 9th inning, score ten runs to win 14-4 in one of the greatest comebacks in baseball history.
1952 - The Minneapolis Lakers defeat the New York Knicks in seven games to win the NBA championship.
1952 - The American Bowling Congress approved the use of an automatic pinsetter.
1956 - Rocky Marciano retired as the undefeated heavyweight boxing champion of the world. He had a career professional record of 46-0 with 43 knockouts and 3 decisions.
1964 - The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Detroit Red Wings to win the Stanley Cup.
1965 - The Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in five games to win the NBA championship.
1974 - The NFL votes to move the goal posts and to institute the sudden-death playoff.
1977 - The Cincinnati Reds tie a major league record by scoring 12 runs in one inning in a game against the Atlanta Braves, which the Reds won 23-9.
1989 - Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins ties an NHL playoff record with four goals in the first period.
1993 - The New England Patriots selected Washington State quarterback Drew Bledsoe with the No. 1 pick in the 1993 NFL Draft.
1993 - The following Huskers were selected in the 1993 NFL Draft: DT - John Parrella (2nd round, Buffalo); OG - Will Shields (3rd round, Kansas City); RB - Derek Brown (4th round, New Orleans); CB - Tyrone Hughes (5th round, New Orleans); LB - Travis Hill (7th round, Cleveland); RB - Lance Lewis (7th round, Indianapolis)
1995 - The 257-day Major League Baseball strike officially comes to an end.
2001 - San Diego Padres outfielder Rickey Henderson breaks the career walks record held by Babe Ruth when he received his 2,063rd walk.
2009 - The Detroit Lions select Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft. Stafford signs the richest rookie contract in NFL history with the Detroit Lions, signing a six year contract worth $78 million and up to $41.7 million in guaranteed money.
2009 - The following Huskers were selected in the 2009 NFL Draft: LB - Cody Glenn (5th round, Washington); OG - Matt Slauson (6th round, New York Jets); and OT - Lydon Murtha (7th round, Detroit)
2010 - The NHL implemented a new rule that allowed the NHL Hockey Operations Department to review any hit where the head was targeted and/or the principal point of contact for the purpose of Supplementary Discipline.
2013 - The Kansas City Chiefs select Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher with the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft.
2013 - The following Huskers were taken in the 2013 NFL Draft: RB - Rex Burkhead (6th round, Cincinnati); S - Daimion Stafford (7th round, Tennessee)
