Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Today in History… April 25th


1980 President Jimmy Carter tells the American people about the hostage disaster in Iran

1956 Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” goes to number one on the charts

1938 A seeing eye dog is used for the first time

1917 Ella Fitzgerald, American singer, is born

1859 Work begins on the Suez Canal in Egypt

1792 The guillotine is first used to execute highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier.

1719 Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is published in London

1599 Oliver Cromwell, lord protector of England (1653-1658) is born

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