April 25
People born on this day are Taurus.
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More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
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Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
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Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
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Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
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The March for Women's Lives brings over one million protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
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The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
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A seven-car commuter train derails and crashes into an apartment building near Amagasaki Station in Japan, killing 107, including the driver.
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Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union.
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Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894.
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The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination.
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At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal.
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Shots are fired outside of the White House Correspondents' Dinner in the Washington Hilton where U.S. President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet are attending. One injury is reported and a suspect is taken into custody.
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2000Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer
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1998Satou Sabally, German-American basketball player
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1996Mack Horton, Australian swimmer
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1995Lewis Baker, English footballer
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1994Omar McLeod, Jamaican hurdler
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1994Maggie Rogers, American musician
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1994Sam Fender, English singer-songwriter and musician
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1993Alex Bowman, American race car driver
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1993Daniel Norris, American baseball player
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1993Raphaël Varane, French footballer
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1991Jordan Poyer, American football player
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1991Alex Shibutani, American ice dancer
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