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1133 Henry II, King of England (1154-89) 1252 Konrad˜n Hohenstaufen, [Koenrad van Zwaben], son of Konrad IV 1594 Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, writer 1723 Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder], Dutch demonstrater 1767 Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15) 1782 Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), daughter of Napoleon 1784 Fran‡ois-Joseph F‚tis, Belgian musicology/composer 1797 John Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God 1800 Paulin Paris, French historian 1808 Jos‚ de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet (Cortes) 1818 Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 1820 Xavier FMG, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of Defense 1823 William Thompson Martin, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 1839 William Bell Wait, US, educated the blind 1867 Arturo Toscanini, Parma Italy, temperamental conductor (NBC) 1867 Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore) 1872 Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument in Argentina) 1873 Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist 1877 Alphonse de Chƒteaubriant, French writer (Instantan‚s aux Pays-Bas) 1881 B‚la Bartok, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra) 1881 Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/writer (At Assault!) 1892 Andy Clyde, Scotland, actor (George-Real McCoys, Cully-Lassie) 1893 Edward Hart, (Rep-D-NJ)/1st chairman of Com on Un-American Activities 1899 Bella Spewack, Hungary, playwright (Kiss Me Kate) 1901 Ed Begley, Hartford Ct, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry) 1903 Frankie Carle, Providence RI, orch leader (Golden Touch) 1905 Binnie Barnes, London, actress (Last of the Mohicans, 3 Musketeers) 1906 Alan J P Taylor, British historian (English history 1914-1915) 1906 Howard Pyle, (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55) 1908 Bridget D'Oyly Carte, British theater & hotel director 1908 David Lean, director (Dr Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter) 1908 Helmut K„utner, German director (Der Hauptmann von K”penick) 1909 Jay Blackton, NYC, orch leader (Inside USA with Chevrolet) 1910 Mario Peragallo, Italian composer 1914 Norman E Borlaug, US agriculture scientist (Nobel 1970) 1921 Nancy Kelly, Lowell Mass, actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James) 1921 Simone Signoret, Weisbaden Germany, (Casque d'Or, Room at the Top) 1922 Eileen Ford, Modeling agency head 1923 Lee Hale, Tacoma Wash, choral director (The Entertainers) 1923 Wim Van Est, [Locomotief/Pletmolen], cyclist 1924 Julia Perry, Lexington Kentucky, composer (Selfish Giant) 1925 Flannery O'Connor, GA, novelist (A Good Man Is Hard to Find) 1926 Laszlo Papp, Hungary, Olympic Boxer (Gold-1948, 1952, 1956) 1927 Leslie Claudius, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56) 1928 James A Lovell Jr, Cleveland Oh, USN/astr (Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13) 1929 Harris W Fawell, (Rep-R-IL, 1985- ) 1929 Kenneth Haigh, Yorkshire England, actor (Search for the Nile) 1931 Bohumil Goli n, Czech, volleyball player (Olympic-bronze-1968) 1934 Gloria Steinem, Toledo Ohio, feminist/publisher (Ms Magazine) 1934 Johnny Burnette, Memphis, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16) 1938 Hoyt Axton, Duncan Okla, actor (Black Stallion, Junkman, Rousters) 1940 Anita Bryant, Barnsdall Okla, Miss America candidate/singer/homophobe 1942 Aretha Franklin, Memphis Tenn, Soul Sister #1/singer (Respect) 1942 Jacqueline Lichtenberg, US, sci-fi author (Star Trek Lives!, Dreamspy) 1942 Paul Michael Glaser, Cambridge Mass, actor (Starsky-Starsky & Hutch) 1943 Pavel Lednev, USSR, pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1980) 1944 Frank Oz, muppetteer (Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show) 1944 Terry L Bruce, (Rep-D-IL, 1985- ) 1946 Bonnie Bedelia, NYC, actress (Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel, New Land) 1947 Claudine Schneider, (Rep-R-RI, 1981- ) 1947 Elton John, [Reginald Kenneth Dwight] England, singer (Rocketman) 1948 Richard Lundy, horse trainer 1949 Nick Lowe, England, rocker (Rockpile-Cruel to be Kind) 1953 Mary Gross, Chicago Ill, actress/comedian (SNL, Club Paradise, Feds) 1956 Sonia M Lannaman, England, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-bronze-1980) 1958 Mar¡a Caridad Colon, Cuba, javelin thrower, (Olympic-gold-1980) 1959 Vince Guerra, jockey 1960 Haywood Nelson, NYC, actor (Haywood-Grady, Dwayne-What's Happening) 1960 Steve Norman, rocker (Spandau Ballet-True) 1964 Alex Solls, jockey 1965 Sarah Jessica Parker, Nelsonville Oh, actress (Square Pegs, LA Story) 1965 Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton, DJ (Hangin' With Hollywood, Z-100) 1967 Debi Thomas, US, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1988) 1989 Chicken Kentucky, 1st partial birth in space (chicken) 2184 Pavel Andreivich Chekov, Leningrad, USSR (Star Trek-character) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 25752 Stephen II, Pope, dies, only 2 days after his election (752) 1223 Afonso II, King of Portugal (1211-23), dies 1697 Hendrik Casimir II, King of Nassau-Dietzstadhouder, dies 1751 Frederik van Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51), dies at 74 1910 K lm n Miksz th, Hungarian author (Szent P‚ter Eserny”je), dies at 63 1918 Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris 1937 John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in hand), dies 1949 Hanns A Rauter, German SS-commandant in Netherland, executed 1951 Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies 1962 Auguste Piccard, Swiss explorer/balloonist dies at 78 1963 David Moore, US feather weight boxer, dies at 29 1965 Viola Gregg Liuzzo, US civil rights activist: murder 1969 Alan Mowbray, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72 1969 Max F Eastman, US critic/essayist (Love & Revolution), dies 1973 Edward Steichen, pioneer of US photography, dies at 93 1975 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arab (1964-75), shot by nephew 1983 Martha Sleeper, actress, dies of a heart attack at 72 1987 Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79), dies at 83 1992 Nancy Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstern-Rhoda), dies at 69 of cancer 1992 No‚mie Perugia, French mezzo soprano, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 25[England] New Year's Day 1155-1752 (OS) [Greece] Independence Day (Proclamation of war of independence) (1821) [Maryland] Maryland Day (1634) [US] Pecan Day [Alaska] Seward Day (1867) [US Virgin Island] Transfer Day (1917) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 251586 [Christian] Commemoration of St Margaret Clitherow, English martyr 1732 [RC] Commemoration of St Lucy Filippini, Italian educator Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 25Global Understanding Day [England, Ireland] ¬ Day/Lady Day [England] New Year's day (12th century-1752) [Medieval England] Annunciation Day (Lady Day), ¬ day [Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time begins [Western Europe] Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow 1 Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word 31 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus 421 Friday 12 hour (Venice asylum) (legend) 708 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope 752 Stephen ends his reign as Catholic Pope (or 26th) 1634 Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland 1655 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satelite) 1668 1st horse race in America takes place 1669 Mount Etna, Sicily destroys Nicolosi & takes 20,000 lives 1776 Continental Congress authorizes a medal for Gen Washington 1807 British Parliament abolishes slave trade 1813 1st US flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex 1820 Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack 1821 Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day) 1847 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland" 1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse 1864 Battle of Paducah, KY (Forrest's raid) 1865 Battle of Bluff Spring, FL 1865 Battle of Fort Stedman, VA - in front of Petersburg 1865 Battle of Mobile, AL (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely) 1865 SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire & sinks, killing 400 1894 Coxey's Army of the unemployed sets out from Massillon, O for Wash 1896 Modern Olympics begin in Athens (4/6 New Style) 1898 Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in NYC 1900 US Socialist Party formed at Indianapolis 1901 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa 1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South 1911 L.D. Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls 1913 Great Dayton Flood 1913 Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (NYC) 1915 1st submarine disaster; US F-4 sinks off Hawaii, 21 lives lost 1916 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #824 Anastasia 1916 Heavyweight Jess Willard & Franc Moran fight to no decision in NYC 1916 Women are allowed to attend a boxing match 1920 Greek Independence Day 1923 British govt grants Trans-Jordan autonomy 1924 Greek parliament selects admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier 1924 Mont Canadiens sweep Calgary Tigers in 2 for Stanley Cup (2nd of 1924) 1931 Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabama 1933 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1587 Kahrstedt 1934 Horton Smith win 1st Master's golf championship 1935 M Laugier discovers asteroid #2677 1936 200" mirror blank leaves for California to be ground 1936 Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in NHL longest game (2h56m30s) 1937 It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads 1937 Italy & Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade) 1937 Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot 1937 Wash Daily News is 1st US newspaper with perfumed advertising page 1938 1st US bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase 1941 Carolina Paprika Mills, Dillon, SC, incorporated 1943 Artsen strike against obligatory report to Artsen chamber 1944 Germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome 1945 US 1st army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen 1945 US 4th Pantzer div arrives at Hanau & Aschaffenburg 1945 US Northern Tractor Flotilla departs to Okinawa 1947 Agreement of Linggadjati signed in Batavia 1947 Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Ill, claims 111 lives 1947 Holy Cross wins NCAA basketball championship 1951 E Purcell & EM Ewen detect 21-cm radiation at Harvard physics lab 1954 Pope Pius XII encyclical "On consecrated virginity" 1954 RCA manufactures 1st color TV set 1955 E Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, USSR 1957 NBA modifies the free-throw rule 1957 Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Mkt) 1958 West German Bondsdag desires German atomic weapons 1959 French pres De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary 1960 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut) 1960 DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (NYC) 1960 Italian govt Tambroni forms 1961 Cincinnati wins NCAA basketball championship 1961 Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona 1961 Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km) 1961 Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered 1962 French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested 1963 KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting 1964 Britain sets memorial for the late Pres John F Kennedy 1964 Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64) 1967 The Turtle's "Happy Together" goes #1 1967 UCLA wins its 3rd national basketball championship in 4 years 1967 Who & Cream make US debut at Murray the K's Easter Show 1968 KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, NV (PBS) begins broadcasting 1969 John & Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam) 1969 Train crash in La Louvire Belgium kills 14 1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH) 1971 Boston Patriots become New England Patriots 1971 C J Van Houten discovers asteroid #1873 Agenor 1972 Bobby Hull becomes the 2nd NHLer to score 600 goals 1972 UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title 1974 Barbra Striesand records the album "Butterfly" 1982 Wayne Gretsky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season 1985 Edwin Meese III becomes US Attorney General 1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-206 1988 Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money 1991 63rd Academy Awards - Dances with Wolves wins 7 Oscars 1992 British scientists find new largest perfect # (2 756839 -1 * 2 756839) Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 2584th day of the year with 281 days left (Numerology = 1) 1878 13øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1963 79øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 2503/25/49 --- I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore --- Jenkins, Gordon 03/25/49 --- A You're Adorable --- Stafford, Jo 03/25/67 --- A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You --- Monkees 03/25/67 --- Somethin' Stupid --- Sinatra, Frank 03/25/72 --- Day Dreaming --- Franklin, Aretha 03/25/72 --- First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, The --- Flack, Roberta 03/25/78 --- Imaginary Lover --- Atlanta Rhythm Section 03/25/78 --- Count On Me --- Jefferson Starship |
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