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This Day in History 25/04

APRIL 25TH

1881 – French troops occupy Algeria & Tunisia

1945 – 45 countries convene UN Conference on Intl Organization in SF

1954 – British raid Nairobi Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects arrested)

1961 – Premier Moise Tsjombe of Katanga arrested in Congo

1967 – Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland

1993 – Russia elects Boris Yeltsin leader

2013 – The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia after 22 years

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1599 – Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England (1653-58)

1874 – Guglielmo Marconi, Bologna Italy, inventor (radio, Nobel 1909)

1917 – Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News VA, jazz singer (Is it live or Memorex)

1964 – Hank Azaria, New York City, American actor (The Birdcage) and voice behind many characters in The Simpsons (Moe, Apu, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Carl Carlson)