🌟 Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Saturday, April 25. Today, we're jumping into a bunch of cool stuff like America, Robinson Crusoe's debut, when the guillotine was first used, the Gallipoli campaign, Elbe Day, the first solar battery, and so much more — all quick, sharp, and easy to understand.
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🚀 Time Machine
-1507
German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller was the first to use the name "America" on his world map, "Universalis Cosmographia".
-1660
The English Convention Parliament meets and votes to restore Charles II.
-1719
Daniel Defoe’s famous work, The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, was published.
-1792
The guillotine was first used in France to execute highwayman Nicolas Pelletier.
-1846
Over the disputed border of Texas, the Thornton Affair triggers the Mexican–American War.
-1915
ANZAC forces land at Gaba Tepe and Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula during World War I.
-1920
The San Remo conference established the French and British mandates for Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine, per the Balfour Declaration.
-1945
"Elbe Day" - US and Soviet forces meet at Torgau, Germany, during World War II.
-1950
Chuck Cooper becomes the 1st African-American drafted into the NBA (by the Boston Celtics).
-1953
The double helix structure of DNA was discovered by Francis Crick and James Watson.
-1954
Bell Labs announces the first solar battery. It has about 6% efficiency.
-1990
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into orbit by the space shuttle Discovery.
-2015
Nepal gets hit by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, killing nearly 9,000 and injuring 16,800, making it the worst since 1934.
📸 Snapshot
Two ladies are working at Junction's telephone switchboard, Kansas, 1900
🗨️ Last Words
“I believe... I'm going to die. I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face.”