March, 25th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 25, 2004:
Air Holland files for bankruptcy in response to unproven allegations of marijuana abuse by their pilots.

Monday 25, 1996:
The EU's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (BSE).

Saturday 25, 1995:
Ward Cunningham opens the first wiki, the Portland Pattern Repository.

Wednesday 25, 1992:
Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station.

Sunday 25, 1990:
In New York City, a fire at an illegal social club called "Happy Land" kills 87.

Sunday 25, 1979:
The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.

Tuesday 25, 1975:
Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.

Saturday 25, 1972:
In Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Vicky Leandros wins the seventeenth Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing "Après toi" (After you).

Thursday 25, 1971:
Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight of Pakistan Army against East Pakistani civilians.

Tuesday 25, 1969:
During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace in the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).

Thursday 25, 1965:
Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. complete successfully their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery.

Friday 25, 1960:
In London, United Kingdom, Jacqueline Boyer wins the fifth Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Tom Pillibi".

Monday 25, 1957:
The European Economic Community is established (West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg).

Friday 25, 1955:
United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" as obscene.

Friday 25, 1949:
The extensive deportation campaign was conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Soviet authorities deported more than 92,000 people from Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.

Tuesday 25, 1947:
A explosion in a coalmine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.

Tuesday 25, 1941:
Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers.

Saturday 25, 1939:
Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli becomes Pope Pius XII.

Wednesday 25, 1931:
The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.

Tuesday 25, 1924:
Greece proclaims itself a republic.

Monday 25, 1918:
The Belarusian National Republic was established.

Saturday 25, 1911:
In New York City the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.

Monday 25, 1901:
At the five-day "Week of Nice" race in Nice, France, Mercedes wins its first racing victory.

Sunday 25, 1894:
Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington D.C..

Saturday 25, 1865:
American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces capture Fort Stedman from the Union.

Sunday 25, 1821:
Greece declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence.

Wednesday 25, 1807:
The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing slavery in the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Thursday 25, 1802:
The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and United Kingdom.

Thursday 25, 1655:
Protestants take control of Maryland at the Battle of the Severn.

Saturday 25, 1634:
The first settlers arrive in Maryland (led by Lord Baltimore).

Saturday 25, 1409:
The Council of Pisa opens.

Thursday 25, 1306:
Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland.

Thursday 25, 1300:
Dante descends to the Inferno in The Divine Comedy

Wednesday 25, 708:
Constantine is consecrated Pope.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/25-march/on-this-day.html


People born on March 25

1989:
Alyson Michalka, American actress (b: March 25, 1989) (Biography of Alyson Michalka)

1982:
Danica Patrick, American race car driver (b: March 25, 1982) (Biography of Danica Patrick)

1976:
Juvenile, American rapper (b: March 25, 1976) (Biography of Juvenile (rapper))
Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer (b: March 25, 1976) (Biography of Wladimir Klitschko)

1974:
Lark Voorhies, American actress (b: March 25, 1974) (Biography of Lark Voorhies)

1971:
Cammi Granato, American hockey player (b: March 25, 1971) (Biography of Cammi Granato)

1969:
Dale Davis, American basketball player (b: March 25, 1969) (Biography of Dale Davis)

1967:
Debi Thomas, American figure skater (b: March 25, 1967) (Biography of Debi Thomas)
Matthew Barney, Media artist (b: March 25, 1967) (Biography of Matthew Barney)

1966:
Tom Glavine, baseball player (b: March 25, 1966) (Biography of Tom Glavine)

1965:
Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress (b: March 25, 1965) (Biography of Sarah Jessica Parker)

1964:
Lisa Gay Hamilton, American actress (b: March 25, 1964) (Biography of Lisa Gay Hamilton)

1962:
Marcia Cross, American actress (b: March 25, 1962) (Biography of Marcia Cross)

1960:
Idy Chan Yuk-Lin, Hong Kong actress (b: March 25, 1960) (Biography of Idy Chan)

1956:
Matthew Garber, British actor (b: March 25, 1956) (Biography of Matthew Garber)

1952:
Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician and politician (b: March 25, 1952) (Biography of Antanas Mockus)

1947:
Sir Elton John, English musician (b: March 25, 1947) (Biography of Elton John)

1946:
Maurice Krafft, French vulcanologist (b: March 25, 1946) (Biography of Maurice Krafft)
Bonnie Bedelia, American actress (b: March 25, 1946) (Biography of Bonnie Bedelia)

1943:
Paul Michael Glaser, American actor (b: March 25, 1943) (Biography of Paul Michael Glaser)

1942:
Aretha Franklin, American singer (b: March 25, 1942) (Biography of Aretha Franklin)
Richard O'Brien, actor and writer (b: March 25, 1942) (Biography of Richard O'Brien)

1940:
Anita Bryant, American entertainer and activist (b: March 25, 1940) (Biography of Anita Bryant)

1939:
Toni Cade Bambara, American author (b: March 25, 1939 ; d: December 9, 1995) (Biography of Toni Cade Bambara)

1938:
Hoyt Axton, American musician and actor (b: March 25, 1938 ; d: October 26, 1999) (Biography of Hoyt Axton)

1934:
Gloria Steinem, American author (b: March 25, 1934) (Biography of Gloria Steinem)

1932:
Gene Shalit, American film critic (b: March 25, 1932) (Biography of Gene Shalit)

1929:
Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b: March 25, 1929 ; d: April 30, 2003) (Biography of Wim van Est)

1928:
Jim Lovell, astronaut (b: March 25, 1928) (Biography of Jim Lovell)

1925:
Flannery O'Connor, American author (b: March 25, 1925 ; d: August 3, 1964) (Biography of Flannery O'Connor)

1921:
Simone Signoret, French actress (b: March 25, 1921 ; d: September 30, 1985) (Biography of Simone Signoret)

1920:
Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner (b: March 25, 1920 ; d: October 19, 1992) (Biography of Arthur Wint)
Patrick Troughton, British actor (b: March 25, 1920 ; d: March 28, 1987) (Biography of Patrick Troughton)

1918:
Howard Cosell, American attorney, lecturer, and sports journalist (b: March 25, 1918 ; d: April 23, 1995) (Biography of Howard Cosell)

1914:
Norman Borlaug, American agricultural scientist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: March 25, 1914) (Biography of Norman Borlaug)

1911:
Jack Ruby, American killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (b: March 25, 1911 ; d: January 3, 1967) (Biography of Jack Ruby)

1908:
Helmut Käutner, German actor and film director (b: March 25, 1908) (Biography of Helmut Kautner)
David Lean, English film director (b: March 25, 1908 ; d: April 16, 1991) (Biography of David Lean)

1901:
Ed Begley, American actor (b: March 25, 1901 ; d: April 28, 1970) (Biography of Ed Begley)

1886:
Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (b: March 25, 1886 ; d: July 7, 1972) (Biography of Patriarch Athenagoras)

1884:
Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b: March 25, 1884 ; d: February 6, 1950) (Biography of Georges Imbert)

1881:
Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (b: March 25, 1881 ; d: September 26, 1945) (Biography of Béla Bartók)
Mary Gladys Webb, English writer (b: March 25, 1881) (Biography of Mary Gladys Webb)

1873:
Rudolf Rocker, German anarchist (b: March 25, 1873) (Biography of Rudolf Rocker)

1868:
William Lockwood, English cricketer (b: March 25, 1868 ; d: April 26, 1932) (Biography of William Lockwood)

1867:
Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor, (b: March 25, 1867 ; d: January 16, 1957) (Biography of Arturo Toscanini)

1863:
Simon Flexner, pathologist (b: March 25, 1863) (Biography of Simon Flexner)

1767:
Joachim Murat, French marshal and King of Naples (b: March 25, 1767 ; d: October 13, 1815) (Biography of Joachim Murat)

1699:
Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b: March 25, 1699 ; d: December 23, 1793) (Biography of Johann Adolph Hasse)

1661:
Paul de Rapin, French historian (b: March 25, 1661) (Biography of Paul de Rapin)

1643:
Louis Moréri, French encylopedist (b: March 25, 1643 ; d: July 10, 1680) (Biography of Louis Moréri)

1593:
Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b: March 25, 1593 ; d: March 16, 1649) (Biography of Jean de Brébeuf)

1541:
Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b: March 25, 1541 ; d: October 19, 1587) (Biography of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany)

1539:
Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b: March 25, 1539 ; d: February 12, 1612) (Biography of Christopher Clavius)

1479:
Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (b: March 25, 1479 ; d: December 3, 1533) (Biography of Vasili III)

1404:
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b: March 25, 1404 ; d: May 27, 1444) (Biography of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset)

1252:
Conradin (b: March 25, 1252 ; d: October 29, 1268) (Biography of Conradin)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/25-march/births.html

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People who died on March 25

2002:
Kenneth Wolstenholme, English sports commentator (b: July 17, 1920 ; d: March 25, 2002) (Biography of Kenneth Wolstenholme)

2000:
Helen Martin (d: March 25, 2000) (Biography of Helen Martin)

1999:
Cal Ripken, Sr. (d: March 25, 1999) (Biography of Cal Ripken, Sr.)

1995:
James Coleman (sociologist) (d: March 25, 1995) (Biography of James Coleman (sociologist))
Kre?imir ?osi?, Croatian basketball player (b: November 26, 1948 ; d: March 25, 1995) (Biography of Kre?imir ?osi?)

1992:
Nancy Walker (d: March 25, 1992) (Biography of Nancy Walker)

1991:
Marcel Lefebvre (d: March 25, 1991) (Biography of Marcel Lefebvre)

1988:
Robert Joffrey (d: March 25, 1988) (Biography of Robert Joffrey)

1980:
Roland Barthes, French critic and writer (b: November 12, 1915 ; d: March 25, 1980) (Biography of Roland Barthes)
Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (b: December 5, 1901 ; d: March 25, 1980) (Biography of Milton H. Erickson)
Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (b: May 1, 1913 ; d: March 25, 1980) (Biography of Walter Susskind)

1975:
Faisal of Saudi Arabia (d: March 25, 1975) (Biography of Faisal of Saudi Arabia)

1969:
Max Eastman, American writer (b: January 4, 1883 ; d: March 25, 1969) (Biography of Max Eastman)

1958:
Tom Brown, American musician (b: June 3, 1888 ; d: March 25, 1958) (Biography of Tom Brown (trombonist))

1957:
Max Ophüls, German-born director (b: May 6, 1902 ; d: March 25, 1957) (Biography of Max Ophüls)

1951:
Eddie Collins, baseball player (b: May 2, 1887 ; d: March 25, 1951) (Biography of Eddie Collins)

1918:
Claude Debussy, French composer (b: August 22, 1862 ; d: March 25, 1918) (Biography of Claude Debussy)

1914:
Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 8, 1830 ; d: March 25, 1914) (Biography of Frédéric Mistral)

1860:
James Braid (physician) (d: March 25, 1860) (Biography of James Braid (physician))

1801:
Novalis, German writer (b: May 2, 1772 ; d: March 25, 1801) (Biography of Novalis)

1751:
King Frederick I of Sweden (b: April 23, 1676 ; d: March 25, 1751) (Biography of Frederick I of Sweden)

1738:
Turlough O'Carolan (d: March 25, 1738) (Biography of Turlough O'Carolan)

1736:
Nicholas Hawksmoor (d: March 25, 1736) (Biography of Nicholas Hawksmoor)

1712:
Nehemiah Grew (d: March 25, 1712) (Biography of Nehemiah Grew)

1625:
Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (b: October 18, 1569 ; d: March 25, 1625) (Biography of Giambattista Marini)

1620:
Johannes Nucius (d: March 25, 1620) (Biography of Johannes Nucius)

1609:
Olaus Martini (d: March 25, 1609) (Biography of Olaus Martini)

1603:
Ikoma Chikamasa (d: March 25, 1603) (Biography of Ikoma Chikamasa)

1558:
Marcos de Niza (d: March 25, 1558) (Biography of Marcos de Niza)

1458:
Marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (b: August 19, 1398 ; d: March 25, 1458) (Biography of Iñigo López de Mendoza)

1233:
King Afonso II of Portugal (b: April 23, 1185 ; d: March 25, 1233) (Biography of Afonso II of Portugal)

1005:
Kenneth III of Scotland (d: March 25, 1005) (Biography of Kenneth III of Scotland)

752:
Pope Stephen II (d: March 25, 752) (Biography of Pope Stephen II)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/25-march/deaths.html