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March 25, 2002 Earthquake kills at least 1,000 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan March 25, 2001 73rd Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Gladiator wins Best Picture, Russell Crowe and Julia Roberts win lead acting awards March 25, 1997 "Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 240 performances March 25, 1997 Indians trade Lofton and Embree to Braves for Grissom and Justice March 25, 1996 68th Academy Awards - "Braveheart," Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win March 25, 1996 Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 AUs of Earth March 25, 1996 Freedom Shoemakers on Maryport's Solway Estate closes March 25, 1996 Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS) March 25, 1996 Ice Pairs Championship at Edmonton won by Eltsova and Bushkov (RUS) March 25, 1996 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA) March 25, 1996 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA) March 25, 1996 U.S. issues newly-redesigned $100 bill March 25, 1995 Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years March 25, 1994 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3 km (4:09.32) March 25, 1994 Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 m (1:12.37) March 25, 1993 "Candida" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances March 25, 1992 Imran Khan scores 72 and takes 1-43 off 6 2 overs in last ODI March 25, 1992 Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs to win World Cup March 25, 1992 Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands March 25, 1991 63rd Academy Awards - "Dance with Wolves," Kathy Bates and J Irons win March 25, 1991 Allan Border takes 5-68 vs. WI at Bourda (!), Georgetown March 25, 1990 "Lettice and Lovage" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 284 performances March 25, 1990 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins March 25, 1990 Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87 March 25, 1990 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic March 25, 1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago March 25, 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan March 25, 1988 NASA launches space vehicle S-206 March 25, 1988 Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money March 25, 1987 Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified March 25, 1986 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA) March 25, 1986 Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes March 25, 1986 Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump March 25, 1985 57th Academy Awards - "Amadeus," F Murray Abraham and Sally Field win March 25, 1985 Edwin Meese III becomes U.S. Attorney General March 25, 1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open March 25, 1983 Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 m ladies (39.69 sec) March 25, 1983 Pavel Pegov skates world record 1000m (1:12.58) March 25, 1982 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season March 25, 1979 Major riot at Bourda prevents day's play in WSC Supertest March 25, 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sahara National Pro-Am Golf Tournament March 25, 1976 "My Fair Lady" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 384 performances March 25, 1976 "Rex" opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater New York City for 48 performances March 25, 1976 Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties March 25, 1975 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arab (1964-75), shot by nephew March 25, 1974 Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly" March 25, 1973 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season and Little Night Music win March 25, 1973 Carol Mann wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic March 25, 1973 Majid Khan and Mushtaq Mohammad both out for 99 in Test vs. Eng March 25, 1972 "Selling of the President" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 5 performances March 25, 1972 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76 March 25, 1972 America's LP "America" goes #1 March 25, 1972 Bobby Hull becomes the 2nd NHLer to score 600 goals March 25, 1972 UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title March 25, 1971 Boston Patriots become New England Patriots March 25, 1971 European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers March 25, 1971 Tom Jones, "She's a Lady," goes gold March 25, 1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH) March 25, 1969 Andes Pact signed in Peru March 25, 1969 John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam) March 25, 1969 Pakistan General Agha Mohammed Jagja Khan succeeds Ayub Chan as president March 25, 1968 KLVX TV channel 10 in Las Vegas, Nevada (PBS) begins broadcasting March 25, 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 25, 1967 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64 March 25, 1967 The Turtle's "Happy Together" goes #1 March 25, 1967 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. March 25, 1967 Who and Cream make U.S. debut at Murray the K's Easter Show March 25, 1966 U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional March 25, 1966 Beatles pose with mutilated dolls and butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday and Today" album, It is later pulled March 25, 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama March 25, 1965 West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution March 25, 1964 Britain sets memorial for the late President John F. Kennedy March 25, 1964 Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64) March 25, 1963 KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting March 25, 1962 "Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 65 performances March 25, 1962 French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested March 25, 1961 "13 Daughters" closes at 54th St. Theater New York City after 28 performances March 25, 1961 "Gypsy" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 702 performances March 25, 1961 23rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Cin beats Ohio State 70-65 (OT) March 25, 1961 Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona March 25, 1961 Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km) March 25, 1961 Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered March 25, 1961 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes March 25, 1960 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut) March 25, 1960 DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York City) March 25, 1960 Ford Frick voids Indians-Red Sox deal as Sam White retires March 25, 1960 Italian government Tambroni forms March 25, 1959 Bill White traded to St. Louis for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate March 25, 1959 French President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary March 25, 1958 Sugar Ray Robinson is 1st boxing champ to win 5 times March 25, 1958 West German parliament desires German atomic weapons March 25, 1957 NBA modifies the free-throw rule March 25, 1957 Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Market) March 25, 1955 East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, U.S.S.R. March 25, 1954 26th Academy Awards - "From Here to Eternity," Holden and A Hepburn win March 25, 1954 Pope Pius XII encyclical "Sacra virginitas" (On consecrated virginity) March 25, 1954 RCA manufactures 1st color TV set, a 12-inch screen for $1,000 March 25, 1951 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win March 25, 1951 E Purcell and EM Ewen detect 21-cm radiation at Harvard physics lab March 25, 1949 SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied March 25, 1947 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47 March 25, 1947 Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia March 25, 1947 Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111 March 25, 1947 Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (vs. NZ, Christchurch) March 25, 1946 1st performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto" March 25, 1945 U.S. 1st army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen March 25, 1945 U.S. 4th Armored div arrives at Hanau and Aschaffenburg March 25, 1945 U.S. Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa March 25, 1944 RAF Sgt Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute March 25, 1943 97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt nazi registration March 25, 1943 Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiere on radio March 25, 1942 700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp March 25, 1941 Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon South Carolina, incorporated March 25, 1939 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart March 25, 1938 1st U.S. bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase March 25, 1937 It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads March 25, 1937 Italy and Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade) March 25, 1937 Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot March 25, 1937 Washington Daily News is 1st U.S. newspaper with perfumed advertising page March 25, 1936 200" mirror blank leaves for California to be ground March 25, 1936 Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in NHL longest game (2h56m30s) March 25, 1935 1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns March 25, 1934 1st Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 284 March 25, 1931 Hal Kemp and his Orch record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis March 25, 1931 Scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabama March 25, 1924 Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier March 25, 1924 Stanley Cup: Mont Canadiens (NHL) sweep Calgary Tigers (WCHL) in 2 March 25, 1923 British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy March 25, 1920 Greek Independence Day March 25, 1916 Heavyweight Jess Willard and Franc Moran fight to no decision in New York City March 25, 1916 Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for boxing title March 25, 1916 Women are allowed to attend a boxing match March 25, 1915 1st submarine disaster; a U.S. F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21 March 25, 1915 German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea March 25, 1913 Great Dayton Flood March 25, 1913 Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City) starring Ed Wynn March 25, 1911 L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory catches fire 145 die, all but 13 girls March 25, 1910 Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ March 25, 1907 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup March 25, 1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South March 25, 1902 Irving W. Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine March 25, 1901 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa March 25, 1900 U.S. Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis March 25, 1898 Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in New York City March 25, 1896 Modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece March 25, 1895 Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) March 25, 1894 Coxey's Army of the unemployed sets out from Massillon Oh for Wash March 25, 1889 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town vs. England March 25, 1888 Socialist leader Domela Nieuwenhuis elected to Dutch 2nd chamber March 25, 1882 1st demonstration of pancake making (Department store in New York City) March 25, 1876 Glasgow 1st soccer match Scotland-Wales (4-0) March 25, 1865 Battle of Bluff Spring, Florida March 25, 1865 Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia - in front of Petersburg March 25, 1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely) March 25, 1865 SS General Lyon at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400 March 25, 1864 Battle of Paducah, Kentucky (Forrest's raid) March 25, 1863 1st Army Medal of Honor awarded March 25, 1863 Skirmish at Brentwood Tennessee March 25, 1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse March 25, 1856 A. 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Burnside patents Burnside carbine March 25, 1852 Friedrich Hebbel's "Agnes Bernauer," premieres in Munich March 25, 1847 Pope Pius IX encyclical "On aid for Ireland" March 25, 1821 Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day) March 25, 1820 Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack March 25, 1817 Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians March 25, 1814 Netherlands Bank established March 25, 1813 1st U.S. flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex March 25, 1807 1st railway passenger service began in England March 25, 1807 British Parliament abolishes slave trade March 25, 1807 George Canning becomes British minister of Foreign affairs March 25, 1802 France, Netherlands, Spain and England signs Peace of Amiens March 25, 1776 Continental Congress authorized a medal for George Washington March 25, 1774 English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill March 25, 1753 Voltaire leaves the court of Frederik II of Prussia March 25, 1700 England, France and Netherlands ratify 2nd Extermination treaty March 25, 1669 Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000 March 25, 1668 1st horse race in America takes place March 25, 1655 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite) March 25, 1647 Cape of Good Hope: tour ship Haerlem stranded in Tafel Bay March 25, 1634 Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland March 25, 1609 Henry Hudson embarks on an exploration for Dutch East India Co. March 25, 1598 Cornelis de Houtman's fleet departs for East-Indies March 25, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore N Amer March 25, 1581 Portugese Cortes calls Philip II king of Portugal March 25, 1571 Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland March 25, 1409 Council of Pisa opens March 25, 1306 Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland March 25, 1133 William the Conqueror orders 1st Domesday Survey of England March 25, 708 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope March 25, 421 Friday at 12 PM - city of Venice founded March 25, 31 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus March 25, 1 Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word |