March 25

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on March 25. From 1900 until now. March 25 is under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Elton John (1947), Sarah Jessica Parker (1965) and Simone Signoret (1921). Several movies were released around March 25 over the years, such as Patterns in 1956 directed by Fielder Cook and The Devil and Miss Jones in 1941 directed by Sam Wood.
But much more happened on March 25 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Maryland Day.
Saint Pelagius
International Waffle Day in Sweden.
Freedom Day in Belarus
Greek Independence Day.
As the day falls close to the vernal equinox, similar to the way Christmas falls near the winter solstice, both days are regarded as one of the Quarter Days to Christians in the British Isles. (see below)
Traditional date of the start of the new year in England and Wales, until the Calendar Act of 1752 (called Lady Day - see below).
Traditional date of the death (circa 33), of Jesus, central figure in Christianity (b. circa 1 BC in traditional dating)
In Christianity, March 25 is typically celebrated as the day of the Annunciation so long as it does not coincide with a Sunday or during Holy Week. (see below)
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Lady Day) - this date is nine months before Christmas Day, and is based on the traditional date in Catholicism of a 1 BC - Annunciation of the Virgin Mary and conception of Jesus.
One of the four Irish Quarter days in the Irish calendar.
Saint Dysmas, the 'Good Murderer'
Saint Harold
Saint Humbert
The date of the passing of Sauron in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Many fans celebrate this day by throwing parties.
Saint Izaak
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Events

2019 Seven people are moderately injured after a rocket attack destroys a home in Mishmeret, Israel. The Israel Defense Forces claim that Hamas is responsible for any attack from Gaza. (BBC)
2018 Somali Civil War (2009–present): A car bomb claimed by Al-Shabab kills five people including the driver and wounds around ten others outside Somalia's Parliament, Interior Ministry, and Presidential Palace buildings in Mogadishu. (ABC)
2017 Four people are killed in twin bombings in Sylhet, Bangladesh. (BBC)
2016 Aftermath of the 2016 Brussels bombings: Six suspects are arrested in the Brussels Schaerbeek district. (BBC) (CNN)Belgian officials confirm 24-year-old suicide bomber Najim Laachraoui, who also used the pseudonym Soufiane Kayawas, was suspected of being the bomb-maker who supplied suicide vests for the November 13, 2015, Paris attacks. (NBC News)
2015 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): The Afghan National Army kills twenty-nine insurgents and injures twenty-one others in a series of operations in Daikundi, Ghazni, and Parwan provinces during the past 24 hours. (Tolonews)
2014 A Girl Scout in Oklahoma City is reported as having sold 18,107 boxes of cookies, breaking the previous record of 18,000. (KRON)
2013 2012–13 Central African Republic conflict:: Seleka chief Michel Djotodia declares himself President of the Central African Republic and promises to retain power-sharing government as part of peace deal and put end to looting. (Al Jazeera)South Africa's President Jacob Zuma says that thirteen of the country's soldiers were killed in the Central African Republic as rebels seized the capital, Bangui. (BBC)
2012 Syrian uprising:
2011 Arab Spring
2010 A car bomb killed at least 6 people and wounded more than 40 others in a Colombia's Buenaventura city notorious for cocaine trafficking. (Pravda.ru)
2009 Sweden's Parliament will abolish the 50-öre coin on September 30, 2010. (Riksbanken)
2008 Liechtenstein recognizes Kosovo as an independent state. (Government of Liechtenstein)
2007 John Holmes, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, warns that the situation in Darfur could collapse if aid workers are prevented from doing their work. (Reuters via CNN)
2006 Seven people die in the Capitol Hill Massacre in Seattle, Washington.
2005 Several Imax cinemas in the US (in Texas, Georgia and the Carolinas) have chosen not to show the film "Volcanoes of the Deep Sea" in light of its reference to the theory of evolution. (BBC)
2004 In France, the government of prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin suffers a stunning and unprecedented defeat in regional elections.
2003 SARS: Ontario declares a public health emergency. Anyone who was at Scarborough Grace Hospital in the past 10 days is to be isolated at home.
1999 Enron energy traders allegedly route 2,900 megawatts of electricity destined for California to the town of Silver Peak, Nevada, population 200.
1997 Barrymore, opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 240 performances
1996 68th Academy Awards - Braveheart, Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win
1995 Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving three years.
1994 Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 metre (1:12.37).
1993 Candida opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 45 performances
1992 Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands
1991 63rd Academy Awards: Dance with Wolves, Jeremy Irons and Kathy Bates win.
1990 Lettice & Lovage opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 284 performances
1988 Les Miserables, opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan
1987 US Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified.
1986 Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump
1985 57th Academy Awards - Amadeus, F Murray Abraham and Sally Field win
1983 Pavel Pegov skates world record 1000 metre (1:12.58).
1982 Wayne Gretzky becomes first NHL player to score 200 points in a season.
1981 (to March 26) Bowers and Ruddy Galleries auctions part of the Garrett coin collection.
1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sahara National Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
1976 My Fair Lady opens at St. James Theater NYC for 384 performances
1975 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), shot to death by nephew at age 68.
1974 Barbra Streisand records the album Butterfly
1973 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season and Little Night Music win.
1972 Selling of the President closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 5 performances
1971 Boston Patriots become New England Patriots.
1970 Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH).
1969 Andes Pact signed in Peru.
1968 KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, NV (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Beatles pose with mutilated dolls and butchered meat for the cover of the Yesterday and Today album, It is later pulled
1965 West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution.
1964 Britain sets memorial for the late President John F Kennedy
1963 KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1962 Family Affair closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 65 performances
1961 13 Daughters closes at 54th St. Theater NYC after 28 performances
1960 Ford Frick voids Cleveland Indians-Boston Red Sox deal as Sam White retires.
1959 Bill White traded to Saint Louis Cardinals for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate.
1958 West German parliament desires German atomic weapons.
1957 NBA modifies the free-throw rule.
1954 26th Academy Awards: From Here to Eternity, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn win.
1953 26 – ''Lari Massacre'' in Kenya: Mau Mau rebels kill up to 150 Kikuyu natives.
1951 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win.
1949 SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied
1948 The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
1947 Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia.
1945 US first army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen.
1944 Germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome
1943 Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiere on radio
1942 700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp.
1941 Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon SC, incorporated
1939 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart.
1937 Washington Daily News is first US newspaper with perfumed advertising page.
1936 200 mirror blank leaves for California to be ground
1931 Hal Kemp and his orchestra record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis
1924 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHL) sweep Calgary Tigers (WCHL) in two games (second of 1924).
1923 British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy.
1920 Greek Independence Day.
1917 The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
1916 Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for boxing title
1915 The U.S. submarine F-4 sinks off Hawaii 21 are killed.
1914 The Greek multisport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded.
1913 Great Dayton Flood.
1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls
1907 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup
1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South.
1902 Irving W Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine.
1901 55 die as Rock Island train derails near Marshalltown, Iowa.
1900 US Socialist Party is formed at Indianapolis.
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László Papp: Hungarian boxer (d. 2003).
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A J P Taylor: English historian, (Born 1906).
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King Faisal: of Saudi Arabia (Born 1906).
Milton H Erickson: American psychiatrist (Born 1901).
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Henry R LaBouisse: headed UNICEF (1965-79), dies at age 83.
David Miles Bensuan-Butt: economist, dies at age 79.
Peter Herbert Penwarden: priest, dies at age 73.
Warren E Burger: chief justice of US (1969-86), dies.
James Gardner: designer, dies at age 87.
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Peter Martin: Australian rules footballer (Born 1875).
Elizabeth Storrs Mead: American educator (Born 1832).
Renato Cellini: Italian conductor (Bornc.
Juan Gaudino: Argentine racing driver (Born 1893).
Kresimir Cosic: Croatian basketball player (Born 1948).
Steve Schiff: United States Congressman (Born 1947).
Brian Trubshaw: British Concorde test pilot (Born 1924).
Ben Carnevale: American basketball coach (Born 1915).
Gabor Ocskay: Hungarian hockey player (Born 1975).
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Max Green: Australian lawyer (Born 1952).
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