Open Thread for April 25, 2016; Happy Title 25

So we're looking at 25 this Monday 25 is 5 squared, and it has no other divisors. It is odd, like the square of every prime other than 2.

25 is the smallest square that is the sum of two smaller squares (9 & 16). Carpenters and others make fact of this property to draw large right angles, since this is a pythagorean triangle, with sides of 3, 4 and 5

25 is manganese 25 is the minimum age to get elected to the House of Representatives I-25 connects Wyoming and New Mexico, but nobody is sure why

25, in Hindi, is Pachisi, the national board game of India. Ours in the US must be Monopoly, I guess.

TITLE 25 of the U.S. Code is INDIANS

25 BCE was Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Silanus. This was the 9th consulship for Caesar Augustus The temple to Neptune was built on the Circus Flaminius. There was no temple to Uranus. Rome surpassed Chang'an, China as the largest city in the world.

25 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Agrippa Liu Xiu restored the Han dynasty in China, becoming Emperor Guangwu of Han. But, was he flying solo?

On this day in 1792 -- "La Marseillaise" was composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. 1829 -- Charles Fremantle arrived off the coast of modern-day Western Australia. 1846 -- Open conflict began over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican--American War. 1859 -- British and French engineers broke ground for the Suez Canal. 1898 -- The United States declared war on Spain. 1915 -- The Battle of Gallipoli began with The invasion of Turkey at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles. 1916 -- Anzac Day was commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at Anzac Cove. 1920 -- At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War divvied up the spoils. 1944 -- The United Negro College Fund was incorporated. 1945 -- The Nazi occupation army surrendered and left Northern Italy after a general insurrection by the Italian resistance movement; the puppet fascist regime fell and Benito Mussolini was captured after trying to escape. 1945 -- The United Nations Conference on International Organization began in San Francisco 1953 -- Francis Crick and James D. Watson wrote about the double helix structure of DNA. 1954 -- The first practical solar cell was demonstrated by Bell Labs. 1959 -- The Saint Lawrence Seaway officially opened to shipping. 1961 -- Robert Noyce was granted a patent for an integrated circuit. 1974 -- A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrew the fascist Estado Novo regime and established a democratic government. 1990 -- Violeta Chamorro became the first woman President of Nicaragua. 2015 -- Riots broke out in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.

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Born this day in 1287 -- Roger Mortimer, The 1st Earl of March. 1599 -- Oliver Cromwell, an English general and politician. Also a genocidal fascist. 1849 -- Felix Klein, a mathematician and academic. Famous for his bottle. 1874 -- Guglielmo Marconi, an inventor who developed Marconi's law. Nobel winner. 1900 -- Wolfgang Pauli, a physicist and academic, Nobel winner. 1906 -- William J. Brennan, Jr., a jurist. 1908 -- Edward R. Murrow, a journalist 1912 -- Earl Bostic, a saxophonist 1917 -- Ella Fitzgerald, a singer-songwriter and actress 1920 -- Robert Q. Lewis, a game show host and actor 1928 -- Vassar Clements, a fiddler (Old and in the Way) 1933 -- Jerry Leiber, A songwriter and producer. Half of Lieber & Stoller 1945 -- Stu Cook, A bass player, songwriter, and producer (Creedence Clearwater Revival and Southern Pacific) 1945 -- Björn Ulvaeus, a singer-songwriter and producer (ABBA and Hootenanny Singers)

Died this day in 1744 -- Anders Celsius, an astronomer, physicist, and mathematician 1800 -- William Cowper, a poet and hymnodist 1919 -- Augustus D. Juilliard, a businessman and philanthropist 1944 -- George Herriman, a cartoonist with a krazy kat. 1988 -- Clifford D. Simak, a journalist and author 1990 -- Dexter Gordon, a saxophonist, composer, and actor 1995 -- Ginger Rogers, an actress, singer, and dancer. Friend of Fred. 1999 -- Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (Zapp and Parliament-Funkadelic)

Earl Bostic Ella Fitzgerald Vassar Clements Jerry Leiber Stu Cook Björn Ulvaeus Dexter Gordon Roger Troutman

Earl Bostic

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Vassar Clements

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Jerry Leiber (& mike stoller)

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Jerry Lieber & Phil Spector

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Stu Cook