>On April 25, 1945, United States and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, in central Europe, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany.

On April 25, 1908, Edward R. Murrow, the influential American radio and television broadcaster during the industry’s early years, was born. Following his death on April 27, 1965, his obituary appeared in The Times.

~The New York Times~