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This day in history: 25 March

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418 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 25 March.
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2018: Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.

Holidays and observances

Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants (San Marino)

Christian feast days: Feast of the Annunciation

Christian feast days: March 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian Saints' days Ælfwold II of Sherborne

Christian Saints' days Blessed Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas

Christian Saints' days Dismas, the "Good Thief"

Christian Saints' days Hilary Paweł Januszewski

Christian Saints' days Humbert of Maroilles

Christian Saints' days Josaphata Hordashevska

Christian Saints' days Margaret Clitherow

Christian Saints' days Omelyan Kovch (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)

Christian Saints' days Procopius of Sázava

Events

2018Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.

2006Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

2006Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged 2006 Belarusian presidential election, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.

1996The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).

1995WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.

1988The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

1979The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.

1975Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.

1971The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.

1965Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their four-day 50-mile (80 km) march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

1959Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($58,072 in 2025).

1957The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.

1957United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.

1949More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.

1948The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

1947An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.

1941The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.

1932The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens.

1931The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.

1924On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.

1919The Tetiev pogrom occurs in Ukraine, becoming the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust.

1918The Belarusian People's Republic is established.

1917The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.

1914The Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded in Thessaloniki.

1911Andrey Yushchinsky is murdered in Kiev, leading to the Beilis affair.

1911In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.

1905The Greek football club P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras is founded in the city of Rhodes.

1894Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.

1878Last issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne, the first or one of the first anarchist newspapers.

1865American Civil War: In Virginia during the Siege of Petersburg, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union before being repulsed.

1845New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.

1821Greek War of Independence: Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar).

1811Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.

1807The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.

1802The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.

1776American Revolutionary War: American Patriots conduct a Raid on Tybee Island, primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there.

1770Daskalogiannis leads the people of Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the Ottoman rule

1725Bach's chorale cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1", is first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation, coinciding with Palm Sunday.

1708A French fleet anchors nears Fife Ness as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.

1655Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.

Born on this day

2000Ozan Kabak, Turkish footballer

1999Mikey Madison, American actress

1994Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier

1993Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player

1993Sam Johnstone, English footballer

1992Meg Lanning, Australian cricketer

1991Scott Malone, English footballer

1990Alexander Esswein, German footballer

1990Mehmet Ekici, Turkish footballer

1989Aly Michalka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1989Scott Sinclair, English footballer

1988Arthur Zeiler, German rugby player

1988Big Sean, American rapper, singer and songwriter

1988Mitchell Watt, Australian long jumper

1988Ryan Lewis, American music producer

1987Hyun-jin Ryu, South Korean baseball player

1987Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player

1987Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater

1987Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer

1986Kyle Lowry, American basketball player

1986Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player

1986Megan Gibson, American softball player

1986Mickey Paea, Australian rugby league player

1985Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress

1985Diana Rennik, Estonian figure skater

1984Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter and actress

1984Liam Messam, New Zealand rugby player

1983Mickaël Hanany, French high jumper

1982Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer

1982Danica Patrick, American race car driver

1982Jenny Slate, American comedian, actress and author

1981Casey Neistat, American YouTube personality

1980Kathrine Sørland, Norwegian fashion model and television presenter

1979Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, French sprinter

1979Nate Bargatze, American stand-up comedian and actor

1978Gennaro Delvecchio, Italian footballer

1978Teddy Lussi-Modeste, French film director, screenwriter and literature teacher

1977Andrew Lindsay, Scottish rower

1977Natalie Clein, English cellist and educator

1976Francie Bellew, Irish footballer

Died on this day

2026Alexander Kluge, German author, film director and public intellectual (born 1932)

2026Dash Crofts, American musician (born 1938)

2025Tapani Kansa, Finnish singer (born 1949)

2025Terry Manning, American musician and recording engineer (born 1947)

2022Taylor Hawkins, American drummer and singer (born 1972)

2021Beverly Cleary, American author (born 1916)

2020Floyd Cardoz, Indian-born American chef (born 1960)

2019Barrie Hole, Welsh footballer (born 1942)

2017Cuthbert Sebastian, St. Kitts and Nevis politician (born 1921)

2016Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (born 1917)

2015George Fischbeck, American journalist and educator (born 1922)

2014Hank Lauricella, American football player and politician (born 1930)

2014Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (born 1943)

2014Jon Lord, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1956)

2014Lorna Arnold, English historian and author (born 1915)

2014Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (born 1918)

2014Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1946)

2013Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (born 1927)

2013Ben Goldfaden, American basketball player and educator (born 1913)

2013Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (born 1954)

2013Jean Pickering, English runner and long jumper (born 1929)

2013John F. Wiley, American lieutenant, football player, and coach (born 1920)

2013Léonce Bernard, Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (born 1943)

2012Antonio Tabucchi, Italian author and academic (born 1943)

2012Edd Gould, English animator and voice actor, founded Eddsworld (born 1988)

2012Hal E. Chester, American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)

2012John Crosfield, English businessman, founded Crosfield Electronics (born 1915)

2012Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (born 1921)

2009Dan Seals, American musician (born 1948)

2009Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player (born 1933)

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