On April 26th, 1856, John Wilkes Booth was shot in a barn in Virginia by Boston Corbett.

A thought for the day: Hollywood is like an empty wastebasket. -- American dancer/actor Ginger Rogers

On this date in history:

In 1507, German geographer and mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller published a book in which he named the newly discovered continent of the New World America after the man he mistakenly ...Read More

Those born on this date include:

- Oliver Cromwell, lord protector of England, in 1599
- inventor/physicist Guglielmo Marconi in 1874
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan in 1906
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Today is Thursday, April 25, the 116th day of 2024 with 250 to follow.

The moon is waning. Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Venus. Evening star is Jupiter.

On April 25th, 1719, Daniel Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe" was published.