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Birthday March 25, 1867 Arturo Toscanini, Italy, conductor |
Birthday March 25, 1867 Gutzon Borglum, sculpted Mt. Rushmore |
Birthday March 25, 1881 Bela Bart¢k, Hungary - composer - pianist |
Birthday March 25, 1899 Bella Spewack, Hungary - playwright |
Birthday March 25, 1908 Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte, Brit theater & hotel director |
Birthday March 25, 1908 David Lean, director (Dr. Zhivago & Ryan's Daughter) |
Birthday March 25, 1920 Howard Cosell, sportscaster |
Birthday March 25, 1921 Simone Signoret, (Casque d'Or & Room at the Top)--Weisbaden Germany |
Birthday March 25, 1921 Nancy Kelly, Lowell Mass |
Birthday March 25, 1928 James A. Lovell Jr, astronaut (Gemini 7 & 12 & Apollo 8 & 13) |
Birthday March 25, 1934 Gloria Steinhem, feminist - Toledo Oh |
Birthday March 25, 1940 Anita Bryant, Oklahoma Miss America candidate |
Birthday March 25, 1942 Aretha Franklin, Memphis Tenn Soul Sister #1 |
Birthday March 25, 1947 Elton John, singer - England |
Birthday March 25, 1948 Bonnie Bedelia, NY |
Birthday March 25, 1953 Mary Gross, Chicago Ill (SNL) |
Birthday March 25, 1982 Star driver Danica Patrick born |
History March 25, 1634 Maryland founded as a Catholic colony |
History March 25, 1634 The settlement of Maryland |
History March 25, 1655 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan - (Saturn's largest satelite) |
History March 25, 1753 Annunciation Day |
History March 25, 1774 Parliament passes the Boston Port Act |
History March 25, 1821 Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day) |
History March 25, 1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes the 1st photograph of a solar eclipse |
History March 25, 1865 Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia |
History March 25, 1879 Cheyenne Chief Little Wolf surrenders |
History March 25, 1911 Fire kills 145 at Triangle Shirtwaist factory |
History March 25, 1913 Great Dayton Flood |
History March 25, 1918 Belarusian Peoples' Republic established |
History March 25, 1920 Greek Independence Day |
History March 25, 1932 Verdict is announced in Scottsboro case |
History March 25, 1933 USS Sequoia becomes presidential yacht |
History March 25, 1941 Yugoslavia joins the Axis |
History March 25, 1946 Soviets announce withdrawal from Iran |
History March 25, 1951 E Purcell & EM Ewen detect 21-cm radiation at Harvard physics lab |
History March 25, 1954 RCA manufactures 1st COLOR TV set |
History March 25, 1955 U.S. Customs seizes Howl |
History March 25, 1955 E Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power - USSR |
History March 25, 1957 Common Market founded |
History March 25, 1958 Sugar Ray defeats Basilio for middleweight title |
History March 25, 1960 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut) |
History March 25, 1967 Martin Luther King leads march against the war |
History March 25, 1968 Johnson meets with the Wise Men |
History March 25, 1975 King Faisal assassinated |
History March 25, 1983 The Motown family stages a bittersweet reunion performance |
History March 25, 1994 Last U.S. troops depart Somalia |
History March 25, 2001 Icelandic pop singer Bjork makes splash at the Oscars |