| General Information for April 25th 2017 |
| There are 6 public holidays today. |
| Day 115 of 2017 |
| 250 days left in 2017 |
| Week 17 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1935 - Band Leader Glenn Miller plays titles under his own name for the first time. |
| 1918 - Ella Fitzgerald, peerless black American jazz and pop singer and the 'first lady of song', is born. |
| 1843 - Alice, one of Queen Victoria's Children, is born. |
| 1763 - John Wilkes publishes controversial comments in newssheet The North Briton - an event that planted some of the Seeds of the American Revolution. |