Today is Wednesday, April 25, the 115th day of 2007.
Today's Highlight in History:
Five hundred years ago, on April 25, 1507, America got its name from German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller, who first used the term on a world map to refer to the huge mass of land in the Western Hemisphere, in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci.
On this date:
In 1792, highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person under French law to be executed by the guillotine.
In 1859, ground was broken for the Suez Canal.
In 1898, the United States formally declared war on Spain.
In 1945, delegates from some 50 countries met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations.
In 1983, the Pioneer X spacecraft crossed Pluto's orbit, speeding on its endless voyage through the Milky Way.
In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the space shuttle Discovery.
Today's Birthdays: Songwriter Jerry Leiber is 74. Actor Al Pacino is 67. Rock musician Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 62. Singer Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA) is 62. Actress Talia Shire is 61. Rock musician Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 57. Rock singer Andy Bell (Erasure) is 43. Actress Renee Zellweger is 38. Actress Gina Torres is 38. Actor Jason Lee is 37. Actor Jason Wiles is 37. Actress Emily Bergl is 32. Actress Marguerite Moreau is 30. Singer Jacob Underwood is 27.
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