This Day, That Year – April 25

Al Pacino is an American actor and filmmaker born on this day in 1940.

Did you know that:

• “Robinson Crusoe”, regarded as the first English novel, was published by Daniel Defoe on this day in 1719
• Bell labs announced the first solar battery made from silicon on this day in 1954
• Robert Noyce received a patent for a semiconductor device-and-lead structure on this day in 1961