Important Events From This day in History – 25 April

Today in History

• 2011 The largest tornado outbreak ever recorded hits the U.S.

  During the outbreak, which included 358 confirmed tornadoes, 348 people were killed across six states.

• 1983 The German news magazine, Stern, announces discovery of Hitler’s diaries

  The documents were later revealed to be forgeries, sparking one of history’s most spectacular media scandals. According to experts, Hitler never kept a diary.

• 1974 In Portugal, the fascist Estado Novo is overthrown in a bloodless coup

  The leftist Carnation Revolution was led by military officers and supported by widespread civil resistance.

• 1953 The double helix structure of DNA described for the first time

  That day, Francis Crick and James D. Watson published their ground-breaking research on the molecule containing genetic information in Nature.

• 1859 Construction of the Suez Canal begins

  The waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea became the shortest sea link between Europe and Asia.