April 25 in Pop Culture History |
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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. 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. 1944 – The United Negro College Fund was incorporated. 1947 – President Harry Truman opened the two-lane White House bowling alley. 1953 – Francis Crick and James D. Watson published Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid, describing the double helix structure of DNA. 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 only to 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 – Big River (Broadway Musical) Opened on April 25, 1985, and closed on September 20, 1987 1990 – The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed into 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 – Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk (Broadway Dance Musical) Opened on April 25, 1996, and closed on January 10, 1999 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 #1 Hit April 25, 2020 – May 8, 2020: Blinding Lights – The Weeknd |