This Day in History: April 25, 2024
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1901
New York became the first state to require license plates on cars.
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1915
British, Australian, and New Zealand forces landed at Gallipoli.
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1928
The first seeing eye dog was presented to Morris S. Frank.
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1945
Delegates met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.
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1953
The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing the double helix of DNA is published in the magazine Nature.
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1959
The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping.
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1990
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro was inaugurated as president of Nicaragua.
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1992
Islamic forces took over most of Kabul, Afghanistan after the Soviet-controlled government collapsed.
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2003
The Georgia legislature voted to scrap the "Confederate flag" design from its state flag.
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