Volume 13 , Issue 17

This Day In History (April 25)

On April 25, 1945, the United Nations Conference on International Organization began in San Francisco.

"At a moment when the American and Russian armies were on the point of meeting below Berlin, forty-six of the forty-seven nations of the grand alliance will attempt to form an international organization designed to help maintain peace and security. It is the second time in this century that the attempt has been made. . . . ."

On April 25, 1908, Edward R. Murrow, the influential American radio and television broadcaster during the industry's early years, was born. Following his death on April 27, 1965, his obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date, April 25:

1792 - Highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by guillotine.

1859 - Ground was broken for the Suez Canal.

1874 - Radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi was born in Bologna, Italy.

1898 - The United States declared war on Spain.

1901 - New York became the first state to require automobile license plates.

1915 - Allied soldiers invaded the Gallipoli Peninsula in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Turkish Empire out of World War I.

1945 - U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, in central Europe, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany.

1945 - Delegates from some 50 countries met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.

1959 - The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.   |  View or Add Comments (1 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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