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What happened in history on this day: March 25?
On March 25 in ...
- 1776 - The Continental Congress votes in favor of presenting General George Washington with a gold medal of honor for the siege of Boston on March 4 and 5, 1776.
- 1813 - First US flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex.
- 1856 - US General Ambrose Burnside patents Burnside carbine.
- 1863 - First US Army Medal of Honor is awarded.
- 1863 - Skirmish at Brentwood, Tennessee.
- 1864 - Battle of Paducah, Kentucky (Forrest's raid).
- 1865 - SS General Lyon ship at Cape Hatteras catches fire and sinks, killing 400.
- 1865 - Battle of Bluff Spring, Florida.
- 1865 - Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia: in front of Petersburg.
- 1865 - Battle of Mobile, Alabama (Spanish Fort, Fort Morgan, Fort Blakely).
- 1894 - Coxey's Army of the unemployed sets out from Massillon, Ohio for Washington DC.
- 1900 - US Socialist Party is formed at Indianapolis, Indiana.
- 1901 - 55 die as Rock Island train derails near Marshalltown, Iowa, USA.
- 1905 - Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to Southern states.
- 1911 - The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burns down, killing 145 workers.
- 1913 - Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City, New York) starring Ed Wynn.
- 1915 - First US submarine disaster; a US F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21.
- 1937 - Washington Daily News is first US newspaper with perfumed advertising page.
- 1945 - US first army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen.
- 1945 - US 4th Armored division arrives at Hanau and Aschaffenburg.
- 1945 - US Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa.
- 1947 - Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111 lives.
- 1951 - 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win.
- 1954 - 26th Academy Awards: From Here to Eternity, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn win.
- 1954 - Radio Corporation of America (RCA) begins commercial production of TV sets equipped to receive programs in color (12.5-inch diagonal screen, cost US$1000).
- 1960 - First guided missile launched from nuclear powered submarine (Halibut).
- 1961 - Explorer 10 is launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181,000 km).
- 1964 - U.S. Treasury runs out of silver dollar coins for releasing to circulation, other than 2.8 million kept for their numismatic value.
- 1965 - Martin Luther King Junior leads 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1965 - Viola Gregg Liuzzo, US civil rights activist, is murdered.
- 1966 - US Supreme court rules "poll tax" unconstitutional.
- 1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1973 - 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season and Little Night Music win.
- 1979 - The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter (Columbia) is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
- 1981 - (to March 26) Bowers and Ruddy Galleries auctions part of the Garrett coin collection. Some highlights:
- 1804 Draped Bust dollar, Class III: US$400,000;
- 1787 Brasher gold doubloon: US$625,000.
- 1983 - During the anniversary show Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever Michael Jackson thrills the audience by dancing and singing while performing his hit song Billie Jean. The highlight of his act is his signature move: the moonwalk, which he performs in public for the first time.
- 1985 - The 57th Academy Awards ceremony is held in Los Angeles, California. Amadeus wins Best Picture, F Murray Abraham wins Best Actor, and Sally Field wins Best Actress.
- 1986 - Walt Disney World welcomes the 500 millionth guest to enter a Disney park, Don McGrath.
- 1986 - The 58th Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, California, with Out of Africa winning Best Picture, William Hurt Best Actor, and Geraldine Page Best Actress.
- 1986 - US Supreme Court rules Air Force could ban wearing of yarmulkes.
- 1987 - US Supreme Court rules women/minorities may get jobs if less qualified.
- 1990 - 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins.
- 1990 - In New York City, a fire due to arson at an illegal social club called "Happy Land" kills 87.
- 1991 - 63rd Academy Awards: Dances with Wolves, Jeremy Irons and Kathy Bates win.
- 1996 - 68th Academy Awards:
- Best Picture: Braveheart,
- Best Actor: Nicholas Cage,
- Best Actress: Susan Sarandon,
- Honorary Award: Chuck Jones for his cartoon creations,
- Best Short: Nick Park for A Close Shave,
- Special Achievement Award: John Lasseter for CGI techniques for Toy Story.
- 1996 - Redesigned large portrait $100 US Federal Reserve notes are released to circulation.
- 1996 - An armed standoff between antigovernment Freemen in Jordan, Montana, and US federal officers begins. The standoff lasts 81 days.
- 1999 - Enron energy traders allegedly route 2,900 megawatts of electricity destined for California to the town of Silver Peak, Nevada, population 200.
- 2006 - An estimated 500,000 people take to the streets in downtown Los Angeles to protest a proposed federal crackdown on illegal immigration.
- 2006 - Seven people die in the Capitol Hill Massacre in Seattle, Washington.
- 2011 - Utah Governor Gary Herbert signs House Bill 317, the "Utah Legal Tender Act", recognizing gold and silver coins issued by the federal government as legal tender in Utah.
Births on March 25
- 1875 - Birth of Spencer Charters in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Three Faces West).
- 1901 - Birth of Ed Begley in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Charlie Chan on radio, Alan Young Show, Myrt and Marge, The Fat Man, Richard Diamond Private Detective, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Justice, Kraft TV Theatre, Burke's Law, Gunsmoke, Mr Koppel - Leave it to Larry, Alcoa Hour, Sweet Bird of Youth (Oscar award)).
- 1903 - Birth of Frankie Carle in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; bandleader/pianist ("Golden Touch", "Sunrise Serenade", "Oh! What It Seemed To Be").
- 1909 - Birth of Jay Blackton in New York City, New York, USA; conductor/arranger (Guys and Dolls).
- 1921 - Birth of Nancy Kelly in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James).
- 1922 - Birth of Bruno VeSota in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers).
- 1923 - Birth of Lee Hale in Tacoma, Washington, USA; choral director (The Entertainers).
- 1924 - Birth of Julia A Perry in Lexington, Kentucky, USA; composer (Cask of Amontillado, Selfish Giant).
- 1925 - Birth of Flannery O'Connor in Georgia, USA; novelist (A Good Man Is Hard to Find).
- 1928 - Birth of James A Lovell Junior in Cleveland, Ohio; US Navy/astronaut (Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13).
- 1934 - Birth of Gloria Steinem in Toledo, Ohio, USA; feminist/publisher (Ms Magazine).
- 1934 - Birth of Johnny Burnette in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; rockabilly pioneer ("Dreamin'", "You're 16", "Trains Kept A-Rollin", The Rock and Roll Trio).
- 1938 - Birth of Hoyt Axton in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA; singer/songwriter ("Greenback Dollar", "Never Been to Spain", "Joy To The World"), actor (Bonanza TV show, I Dream of Jeannie, McCloud, Diff'rent Strokes, Murder She Wrote, WKRP, Black Stallion, Junkman, Rousters).
- 1940 - Birth of Anita Bryant in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, USA; Miss Oklahoma, Miss America (1958)/singer (George Gobel Show).
- 1942 - Birth of Aretha Franklin in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; singer ("Respect").
- 1943 - Birth of Paul Michael Glaser in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Starsky - Starsky and Hutch).
- 1946 - Birth of Bonnie Bedelia [Culkin] in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel, New Land).
- 1948 - Birth of Michael Stanley in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; rocker (Michael Stanley Band).
- 1953 - Birth of Mary Gross in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress/comedian (Saturday Night Live, Club Paradise, Feds, Sabrina the Teenage Witch).
- 1958 - Birth of James McDaniel in Washington DC, USA; actor (Arthur Fancy - NYPD Blue).
- 1960 - Birth of Haywood Nelson in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Haywood - Grady, Dwayne - What's Happening).
- 1961 - Birth of John Stockwell in Galveston, Texas, USA; actor (Born to Ride, City Limits).
- 1961 - Birth of Mark David Brooks in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open).
- 1964 - Birth of Eric Woods in California, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Xerox British Columbia Open).
- 1965 - Birth of Sarah Jessica Parker in Nelsonville, Ohio, USA; actress (Square Pegs, Los Angeles Story, Sex and the City, A Year in the Life).
- 1966 - Birth of Tom Glavine in Concord, Massachusetts, USA; pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Cy Young 1991).
- 1969 - Birth of Dan Wilson in Arlington Height, Illinois, USA; catcher (Seattle Mariners).
- 1969 - Birth of Scott Sanders in Hannibal, Missouri, USA; pitcher (San Diego Padres).
- 1971 - Birth of Sheryl Swoopes in Lubbock, Texas, USA; WNBA forward (Houston Comets, Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Howard Battle in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA; infielder (Philadelphia Phillies).
Deaths on March 25
- 1892 - Death of Charles Kennedy Burt in Brooklyn, New York, USA; chief engraver for US Treasury Department for 20 years.
- 1931 - Death of Ida Wells, African-American lynching crusader.
- 1965 - Viola Gregg Liuzzo, US civil rights activist, is murdered.
- 1968 - Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood.
- 1969 - Max F Eastman, US critic/essayist (Love and Revolution), dies at age 86.
- 1973 - Edward Steichen, pioneer of American photography, dies at age 92.
- 1976 - Death of Josef Albers in New Haven, Connecticut, USA; painter and poet; taught at Bauhaus (1923+), Black Mountain College in North Carolina, and at Yale University.
- 1995 - Warren E Burger, chief justice of US (1969-86), dies.
- 2022 - Death of Kathryn Hays at age 87 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; actor (Kim Sullivan Hughes - As the World Turns TV show).
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