Apr 24, 2025
On 24 April 1974 (Portugal), the radio signals the rebel captains and soldiers to begin the coup by turntabling Paulo de Carvalho's "E Depois do Adeus" (Portugal's entry in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest). On April 25th, despite repeated radio appeals from the "captains of April" advising civilians to stay home, thousands of Portuguese took to the streets supporting the military insurgents. The Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos) also known as the 25 April (25 de Abril) got its name from the fact that almost no shots were fired and from the act of Celeste Caeiro, a restaurant worker, who offered carnations to soldiers when the population took to the streets to celebrate the end of the dictatorship.
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