Alfred Shout (1882–1915) was a New Zealand–born soldier and posthumous Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for combat gallantry awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. It was bestowed for his actions at Lone Pine in August 1915, during the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. Born in Wellington, Shout had served in the Second Boer War, where he was mentioned in despatches. He immigrated to Sydney in 1907 and was active in the part-time Citizens Forces. In August 1914, he joined the Australian Imperial Force and was appointed a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion. He took part in the Anzac landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. For his leadership during the invasion, Shout was awarded the Military Cross and later mentioned in despatches. Shout's three gallantry awards at Gallipoli made him the most highly decorated member of the Australian force in the campaign. ( Full article...)

Musa va 'Uj

• ... that Musa va 'Uj (pictured) depicts figures from all three Abrahamic religions?
• ... that the Millennium Complex in Plymouth, England, has hosted a cinema, dance hall, roller disco and night club?
• ... that Aubri Esters was among the winners of a hackathon focusing on ways to reduce drug addiction and drug-related deaths?
• ... that the bridge on the R565 road to Valentia Island was opened twice?
• ... that police investigating the murder of Una Crown initially thought that she had accidentally set herself on fire and cut her own throat with her scarf?
• ... that the bishop of Oregon's residence in Portland once had a private chapel, a ballroom, and a wine cellar?
• ... that Abdillah was sworn in as the mayor of Medan, Indonesia, in an abrupt and secretive ceremony?
• ... that the play-by-email game Lords of the Earth takes about 25 years to play?

Sifan Hissan

• In the London Marathon, Sifan Hassan (pictured) wins the women's race, while Kelvin Kiptum wins the men's event and breaks the course record.
• SpaceX Starship, the most powerful rocket to date, is launched from Texas and destroyed almost four minutes into the flight.
• At least 90 people are killed and 322 others are injured in a crowd crush in Sanaa, Yemen.

April 25: Liberation Day in Italy ( 1945); Yom HaZikaron in Israel (2023)

USS Triton

• 1643 – First English Civil War: Despite being vastly outnumbered, a Parliamentarian force under James Chudleigh defeated a Royalist army near Okehampton, Devon.
• 1915 – First World War: The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Anzac Cove while British and French troops landed at Cape Helles to begin the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire.
• 1960 – The U.S. Navy submarine Triton (pictured) completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.
• 1983 – The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published in Indonesia.
• 2015 – Nepal was struck by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people, including 22 from avalanches on Mount Everest.