10 History Lessons + 5 Births & 5 Deaths for April 1, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1789 – The U.S. House of Representatives holds its first full meeting in New York City.
- 1853 – Cincinnati becomes the first U.S. city to pay its firefighters a regular salary.
- 1924 – Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
- 1929 – The yo-yo is introduced in the United States by Pedro Flores.
- 1945 – U.S. forces land on Okinawa during World War II’s largest amphibious assault in the Pacific.
- 1976 – Apple Computer is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.
- 1979 – Iran becomes an Islamic Republic after a national referendum.
- 2001 – Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage.
- 2004 – Google launches Gmail, initially believed to be an April Fool’s prank.
- 2021 – NASA names the Mars helicopter Ingenuity, later making the first powered flight on another planet.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1961 – Susan Boyle, Scottish singer who rose to fame on Britain’s Got Talent (64)
- 1963 – Rachel Maddow, American political commentator and TV host (62)
- 1973 – Rachel Roy, fashion designer (52)
- 1983 – Matt Lanter, actor and voice of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (42)
- 1991 – Asa Butterfield, British actor (Hugo, Sex Education) (34)
Today’s Deaths:
- 1917 – Scott Joplin, African American composer and pianist, “King of Ragtime” (49)
- 1984 – Marvin Gaye, legendary soul singer, shot by his father (44)
- 1991 – Martha Graham, pioneer of modern dance (96)
- 2008 – Bob Clark, director of A Christmas Story and Porky’s (67)
- 2012 – Ekaterina Maximova, Russian prima ballerina (70)
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