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What happened in history on this day: March 25?
On March 25 in ...
- 1776 - The Continental Congress votes in favor of presenting General George Washington with a gold medal of honor for the siege of Boston on March 4 and 5, 1776.
- 1863 - Skirmish at Brentwood, Tennessee.
- 1864 - Battle of Paducah, Kentucky (Forrest's raid).
- 1865 - Battle of Bluff Spring, Florida.
- 1865 - Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia: in front of Petersburg.
- 1865 - Battle of Mobile, Alabama (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely).
- 1900 - US Socialist Party is formed at Indianapolis, Indiana.
- 1901 - 55 die as Rock Island train derails near Marshalltown, Iowa, USA.
- 1905 - Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to Southern states.
- 1911 - The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burns down, killing 145 workers.
- 1913 - Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City, New York) starring Ed Wynn.
- 1915 - First US submarine disaster; a US F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21.
- 1937 - Washington Daily News is first US newspaper with perfumed advertising page.
- 1945 - US first army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen.
- 1945 - US 4th Armored division arrives at Hanau and Aschaffenburg.
- 1945 - US Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa.
- 1947 - Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111 lives.
- 1951 - 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win.
- 1951 - E Purcell and EM Ewen detect 21-cm radiation at Harvard physics lab.
- 1954 - 26th Academy Awards: From Here to Eternity, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn win.
- 1954 - RCA manufactures first color TV set (12.5-inch screen at US$1,000).
- 1960 - First guided missile launched from nuclear powered submarine (Halibut).
- 1961 - Explorer 10 is launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km).
- 1964 - U.S. Treasury runs out of silver dollar coins for releasing to circulation, other than 2.8 million kept for their numismatic value.
- 1965 - Martin Luther King Jr leads 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1965 - Viola Gregg Liuzzo, US civil rights activist, is murdered.
- 1966 - US Supreme court rules "poll tax" unconstitutional.
- 1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1973 - 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season and Little Night Music win.
- 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.
- 1981 - (to March 26) Bowers and Ruddy Galleries auctions part of the Garrett coin collection. Some highlights:
- 1804 Draped Bust dollar, Class III: US$400,000;
- 1787 Brasher gold doubloon: US$625,000.
- 1983 - During the anniversary show Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Michael Jackson thrills the audience by dancing and singing while performing his hit song Billie Jean. The highlight of his act is his signature move: the moonwalk, which he performs in public for the first time.
- 1985 - The 57th Academy Awards ceremony is held in Los Angeles, California. Amadeus wins Best Picture, F Murray Abraham wins Best Actor, and Sally Field wins Best Actress.
- 1986 - Walt Disney World welcomes the 500 millionth guest to enter a Disney park, Don McGrath.
- 1986 - The 58th Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, California, with Out of Africa winning Best Picture, William Hurt Best Actor, and Geraldine Page Best Actress.
- 1986 - US Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes.
- 1987 - US Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified.
- 1990 - 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins.
- 1990 - In New York City, a fire due to arson at an illegal social club called "Happy Land" kills 87.
- 1991 - 63rd Academy Awards: Dance with Wolves, Jeremy Irons and Kathy Bates win.
- 1996 - 68th Academy Awards: Braveheart, Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win.
- 1996 - US issues newly-redesigned $100 bill.
- 1996 - An armed standoff between antigovernment Freemen in Jordan, Montana, and US federal officers begins. The standoff lasts 81 days.
- 1999 - Enron energy traders allegedly route 2,900 megawatts of electricity destined for California to the town of Silver Peak, Nevada, population 200.
- 2006 - An estimated 500,000 people take to the streets in downtown Los Angeles to protest a proposed federal crackdown on illegal immigration.
- 2006 - Seven people die in the Capitol Hill Massacre in Seattle, Washington.
- 2011 - Utah Governor Gary Herbert signs House Bill 317, the "Utah Legal Tender Act", recognizing gold and silver coins issued by the federal government as legal tender in Utah.
Births on March 25
- 1901 - Birth of Ed Begley in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Mr Koppel - Leave it to Larry).
- 1903 - Birth of Frankie Carle in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; orchestra leader (Golden Touch).
- 1909 - Birth of Jay Blackton in New York City, New York, USA; conductor/arranger (Guys and Dolls).
- 1918 - Birth of Howard Cosell in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; sportscaster (Monday Night Football) (dies 1995).
- 1921 - Birth of Nancy Kelly in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James).
- 1922 - Birth of Bruno VeSota in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers).
- 1923 - Birth of Lee Hale in Tacoma, Washington, USA; choral director (The Entertainers).
- 1924 - Birth of Julia A Perry in Lexington, Kentucky, USA; composer (Cask of Amontillado, Selfish Giant).
- 1925 - Birth of Flannery O'Connor in Georgia, USA; novelist (A Good Man Is Hard to Find).
- 1928 - Birth of James A Lovell Jr in Cleveland, Ohio; US Navy/astronaut (Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13).
- 1934 - Birth of Gloria Steinem in Toledo, Ohio, USA; feminist/publisher (Ms Magazine).
- 1934 - Birth of Johnny Burnette in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; guitarist ("Trains Kept A-Rollin", "You're 16").
- 1938 - Birth of Hoyt Axton in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Black Stallion, Junkman, Rousters).
- 1940 - Birth of Anita Bryant in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, USA; Miss Oklahoma, Miss America (1958)/singer (George Gobel Show).
- 1942 - Birth of Aretha Franklin in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; singer ("Respect").
- 1946 - Birth of Bonnie Bedelia [Culkin] in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel, New Land).
- 1948 - Birth of Michael Stanley in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; rocker (Michael Stanley Band).
- 1953 - Birth of Mary Gross in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Club Paradise, Feds).
- 1958 - Birth of James McDaniel in Washington DC, USA; actor (Arthur Fancy - NYPD Blue).
- 1960 - Birth of Haywood Nelson in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Haywood - Grady, Dwayne - What's Happening).
- 1960 - Birth of Robert Green in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; tennis star.
- 1961 - Birth of John Stockwell in Galveston, Texas, USA; actor (Born to Ride, City Limits).
- 1961 - Birth of Mark David Brooks in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open).
- 1964 - Birth of Eric Woods in California, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Xerox British Columbia Open).
- 1965 - Birth of Sarah Jessica Parker in Nelsonville, Ohio, USA; actress (Square Pegs, Los Angeles Story).
- 1966 - Birth of Tom Glavine in Concord, Massachusetts, USA; pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Cy Young 1991).
- 1969 - Birth of Dan Wilson in Arlington Height, Illinois, USA; catcher (Seattle Mariners).
- 1969 - Birth of Scott Sanders in Hannibal, Missouri, USA; pitcher (San Diego Padres).
- 1971 - Birth of Sheryl Swoopes in Lubbock, Texas, USA; WNBA forward (Houston Comets, Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Howard Battle in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA; infielder (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1980 - Birth of Natasha Yi; Korean-American actress and model.
- 1982 - Birth of Danica Patrick; American race car driver.
- 1982 - Birth of Sean Faris; American actor.
- 1984 - Birth of Katharine McPhee, American Idol finalist.
- 1985 - Birth of Carmen Rasmussen; American singer.
- 1987 - Birth of Jason Castro; American singer.
- 1989 - Birth of Alyson Michalka, American actress/singer.
Deaths on March 25
- 1931 - Death of Ida Wells, African-American lynching crusader.
- 1965 - Viola Gregg Liuzzo, US civil rights activist, is murdered.
- 1968 - Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood.
- 1969 - Max F Eastman, US critic/essayist (Love and Revolution), dies at age 86.
- 1973 - Edward Steichen, pioneer of American photography, dies at age 92.
- 1976 - Death of Josef Albers in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; painter and poet; taught at Bauhaus (1923+), Black Mountain College in North Carolina, and at Yale University.
- 1980 - Death of James Wright, American poet (born 1927).
- 1995 - Warren E Burger, chief justice of US (1969-86), dies.
- 2006 - Death of Buck Owens, American musician (born 1929).
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