Template:Selected anniversaries/April 25
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1599: Oliver Cromwell born. He will become a military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
1959: Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
1960: The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
2017: Synthetic organism Ultravore consumes two hundred and fifty kilograms of Clandestiphrine with no apparent ill effect.