2003 - Human Genome Project completes sequencing human gene
1945 - U.S. and Red Army units meet near the Elbe River at Torgan, 75 miles south of Berlin.
1901 - New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
1846 - Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War.
1719 - Daniel Defoe publishes The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
This Day In Business
1939 - DC Comics publishes Detective Comics #27 - introducing Batman, one of the company's most successful characters.
2011 - La Toya Jackson eliminated from Celebrity Apprentice for being weak
1960 - Operation Sandblast: USS Triton: first submerged circumnavigation
1976 - Chicago Cubs center fielder Rick Monday rescues U.S. flag from fans attempting to burn it.
April 25th Holiday
Malaria Awareness Day - Proclaimed in 2007, promotes the goal to eliminate malaria from the African continent
Today's Birthday Trivia
He once worked for a Dutch gaming publication titled Power Unlimited. Who is he?
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