Wednesday, April 25, 2007

This Day in History

This Day in History: April 25 — Infoplease.com


1901

New York became the first state to require license plates on cars.

1945

Delegates met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.

1953

The Francis Crick and James Watson article describing the double helix of DNA is published in the magazine Nature.

1992

Islamic forces took over most of Kabul, Afghanistan after the Soviet-controlled government collapsed.

2003

The Georgia legislature voted to scrap the "Confederate flag" design from its state flag.

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