1928:Morris S. Frank, a blind, 21-year-old Vanderbilt graduate, meets a German Shepherd named Buddy in Vevey, Switzerland. The extraordinary dog will becoming the first civilian seeing-eye dog, while Frank will found The Seeing Eye, an organization that has trained 15,000 guide dogs for generations of blind men and women.
1915: Allied soldiers begin landing at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula, unsuccessfully attempting to force the Ottoman Empire out of World War I. April 25 is celebrated as Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand, commemorating the major role played by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli campaign.
1939: Created by illustrator Bob Kane and writer Bill finger, DC Comics superhero Batman makes his first appearance, in Detective Comics number 27.
1719:Daniel Defoe publishes The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
2003:Human Genome Project completes sequencing human gene
1945:U.S. and Red Army units meet near the Elbe River at Torgan, 75 miles south of Berlin.
1945:U.S. and Red Army units meet near the Elbe River at Torgan, 75 miles south of Berlin.
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