MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2011

Today is Monday, April 25, the 115th day of 2011. There are 250 days left in the year.

1507 ― Geographer Martin Waldseemuller first used name America

1719 ― Daniel Defoes publishes ``Robinson Crusoe"

1792 ― Guillotine first used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier

1867 ― Tokyo is opened for foreign trade

1926 ― Giacomo Puccini's opera ``Turandot," premieres in Milan

1928 ― Buddy, a German Shepherd, becomes first guide dog for the blind

1957 ― First experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated

1976 ― Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country

1979 ― Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt goes into effect

1990 ― Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery