What Happened on April 25, 2007

Historical Events

Funeral of Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin's funeral, the first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral of Tsar Alexander III in 1894

Famous Deaths

Alan Ball, English footballer (b. 1945)
Arthur Milton, English footballer (Arsenal, 1951-55) and cricketer (opening batsman, 2 tests - 1958, 1959), dies at 79
Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer-songwriter ("Monster Mash"), dies from leukemia at 69
Les Jackson, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 7 wickets; Derbyshire), dies at 86
Libera Carlier, Flemish WWII resistance fighter, sailor, and author (Action Station Go!), dies at 81

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