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2015

An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale near Kathmandu, Nepal, killed 8,000 people and left more than 100,000 homeless, destroying numerous historic sites.

1990

The U.S. Hubble Space Telescope is launched into Earth’s orbit.

1960

For the first time, a submarine circumnavigates the Earth underwater. The USS Triton takes 60 days and 21 hours to complete this feat.

1959

The St. Lawrence Seaway, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, is officially opened to navigation.

1940

Women in Quebec gain the right to vote and run for office in provincial elections, 22 years after gaining that right at the federal level.

1886

Sigmund Freud, the father of psychology, opens a practice at 7 Rathausstrasse in Vienna.

1859

Work begins on the construction of the Suez Canal in Egypt.

1792

The guillotine is used for the first time in France to execute the thief Nicolas J. Pelletier.

1719

Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe, considered the first English novel.

It happened on… April 25

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