Today: April 25, 2024

On this day: April 25

Events that happened on April 25.

• April 25, 1950: The trial of Soviet spy Judith Coplon begins in New York City.
• April 25, 1965: A 16-year-old called Michael Clark kills 3 people with a sniper rifle in California.
• April 25, 1980: Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes in Tenerife, killing 146 people.
• April 25, 1984: Robert F. Kennedy's son David F. Kennedy dies from an overdose of cocaine at a hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.
• April 25, 1988: Former Nazi camp guard John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death in Israel.
• April 25, 1989: The Punisher (1989) is released in cinemas.
• April 25, 1994: Blur release their album "Parklife".
• April 25, 2002:
  • Wrestling: Randy Orton makes his first televised appearance on the WWE.
  • TLC singer Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes is killed in a motor accident.
  
• April 25, 2004: Arsenal (The Invincibles) win the Premier League after drawing 2-2 against Spurs.
• April 25, 2005: 107 people are killed after a commuter train derails in Amagasaki, Japan.
• April 25, 2006: Nelly Furtado releases her single "Promiscuous".
• April 25, 2007: John McCain announces his intention to run for President of the United States.
• April 25, 2008: The Script releases their single "We Cry".
• April 25, 2009: The Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur dies from cancer.
• April 25, 2014:
  • A recording of LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling making racist remarks is published by TMZ.
  • Connor "The Crusher" Michalek passes away at the age of 8.
  • The Flint water crisis begins when the city switches its water source to the Flint River.
  • Spanish footballer and manager Tito Vilanova dies from throat cancer at the age of 45.
  
• April 25, 2015:
  • A 7.8 magnitude earthquake kills 9,100 people in Nepal.
  • Boxing: Wladimir Klitschko defeats Bryant Jennings.
  
• April 25, 2019:
  • Former Vice President Joe Biden launches his presidential campaign for 2020.
  • The final episode of "Gotham" is aired.
  • British rapper Stormzy releases his song "Vossi Bop".
  
• April 25, 2022:
  • Emmanuel Macron defeats run-off challenger Marine Le Pen in the 2022 French presidential election.
  • Twitter agrees to sell the company to Elon Musk for $44 billion.
  • Three women and a man are stabbed to death in Southwark, south London.
  
• April 25, 2023:
  • US President Joe Biden confirms that he is running for reelection in 2024.
  • Singer and activist, Harry Belafonte, dies at the age of 96.
  • The Taliban kills the ISIS leader that orchestrated the 2021 Afghanistan airport attack.
  

Is it that long ago already?

One month has passed since March 25, 2024:

• The authorities raid two homes belonging to P Diddy as part of a sex-trafficking inquiry.
• Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada says that his regime will resume stoning women to death in public.

Half a year has passed since October 25, 2023:

• Soccer: It is revealed that Everton are facing a 12-point reduction for allegedly breaching profit and sustainability rules.
• At least 18 people are killed after a gunman carries out two mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine.
• Hurricane Otis causes heavy flooding in Mexico.
• Donald Trump is fined $10,000 for making disparaging remarks about a court staffer in his civil fraud trial.
• Republican Mike Johnson is elected as the new House Speaker.
• Israel agrees to the United State's request to delay a ground invasion of Gaza.