The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937. Date: April 25, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)

Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Emperor Alexander III in 1894. Date: April 25, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination. Date: April 25, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)

At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal. Date: April 25, 2015 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 2015 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened. Date: April 24, 1913 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1913 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society. Date: April 24, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)

The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian genocide. Date: April 24, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1915 📅 On This Day (Today)

Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance. Date: April 24, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅…

Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic. Date: April 24, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs. Date: April 24, 1918 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1918 📅 On This Day (Today)