March 25
1634 - Maryland was founded by English settlers sent by the late Lord Baltimore.
1807 - Britain abolished its slave trade.
1894 - Jacob Sechler Coxey and his "army" of unemployed men began their march from Ohio to Washington, D.C. to demand help from the federal government.
1911 - A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York City killed 145 workers.
1913 - The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.
1915 - The U.S. Navy lost its first commissioned submarine as the USS F-4 sank off Hawaii, claiming the lives of all 21 crew members.
1931 - In the so-called “Scottsboro Boys” case, nine young Black men were taken off a train in Alabama, accused of raping two white women; after years of convictions, death sentences and imprisonment, the nine were eventually vindicated.
1947 - A coal-dust explosion inside the Centralia Coal Co. Mine No. 5 in Washington County, Illinois, claimed 111 lives; 31 men survived.
1957 - The European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome.
1965 - The 25,000-person Alabama Freedom March to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks, led by Martin Luther King Jr., ended its journey from Selma on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was fatally shot and killed by his nephew, who had a history of mental illness.
1987 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Johnson v. Transportation Agency, ruled 6-3 that an employer could promote a woman over an arguably more-qualified man to help get women into higher-ranking jobs.
1988 - Robert E. Chambers Jr. pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in New York City's so-called "preppie murder case."
1990 - Eighty-seven people, most of them Honduran and Dominican immigrants, were killed when fire raced through an illegal social club in New York City. (An arsonist set the fire after being thrown out of the club following an argument with his girlfriend; Julio Gonzalez died in prison in 2016.)
1992 - Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned to Earth from the Mir space station after a 10-month stay, during which his native country, the Soviet Union, ceased to exist.
1994 - American troops withdrew from Somalia.
1996 - An 81-day standoff by the antigovernment Freemen began at a ranch near Jordan, Montana.
1996 - The newly redesigned $100 bill went into circulation.
2002 - A powerful earthquake rocked Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, killing as many as 1,000 people.
2012 - Pope Benedict XVI, on his first trip to Latin America, urged Mexicans to wield their faith against drug violence, poverty and other ills, celebrating Mass before a sea of worshippers in Silao.
2017 - A scuffle broke out at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Southern California where supporters of President Donald Trump were marching when counter-protesters doused organizers with pepper spray.
2020 - The Senate unanimously passed a $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic; the largest economic relief bill in U.S. history included direct payments to most Americans, expanded unemployment benefits and $367 billion for small businesses to keep making payroll while workers were forced to stay home.
2021 - Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that included restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run.
Birthdays
23 - Mikey Madison (actress)
30 - Elizabeth Lail (actress)
31 - Seychelle Gabriel (actress)
32 - Kiowa Gordon (actor)
33 - Aly Michalka (actress/singer)
33 - Matthew Beard (acto)
35 - Jason Castro (singer)
37 - Chris Redd (actor/comedian)
38 - Katharine McPhee (actress/singer)
40 - Danica Patrick (race car driver)
40 - Jenny SLate (actress)
40 - Alex Moffat (actor/comedian)
40 - Sean Faris (actor)
43 - Lee Pace (actor)
46 - Domenick Lombardozzi (actor)
47 - Melanie Blatt (snger)
51 - Laz Alonso (actor)
55 - Debi Thomas (figure skater)
56 - Tom Glavine (baseball player)
57 - Sarah Jessica Parker (actress)
58 - Lisa Gay Hamilton (actress)
60 - Marcia Cross (actress)
61 - Fred Goss (actor)
62 - Brenda Strong (actress)
64 - James McDaniel (actor)
69 - Mary Gross (actress/comedian)
74 - Bonnie Bedelia (actress)
75 - Elton John (singer)
79 - Paul Michael Glaser (actor)
82 - Anita Bryant (singer)
88 - Gloria Steinem (author)
94 - James Lovell (astronaut)
96 - Gene Shalit (film critic)
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Today in Sports History - March 25
1934 - Horton Smith won the inaugural Masters golf tournament at Augusta National in Georgia.
1936 - The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Maroons in the longest hockey game to date. The game lasted for 2 hours and 56 minutes.
1947 - Holy Cross defeats Oklahoma 58-47 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1958 - Sugar Ray Robinson regained his middleweight title for the fifth time when he defeated Carmen Basilio in a 12-round decision.
1961 - In one of the wildest games in NCAA Tournament history, St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in quadruple overtime in the now-defunct third-place game of the NCAA Tournament.
1967 - UCLA defeats Dayton 79-64 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1972 - UCLA defeats Florida 81-76 to win the NCAA Tournament for the sixth consecutive season.
1972 - Bobby Hull joined Gordie Howe to become only the second National Hockey League player to score 600 career goals.
1982 - Wayne Gretzky became the first player in the NHL to score 200 points in a season.
1995 - Boxer Mike Tyson was released from jail after serving 3 years.
1997 - Hartford Whalers announced that they would move from Connecticut following the 1996-97 season. In 1997-98 they became the Carolina Hurricanes.
2013 - Tiger Woods reclaims his world #1 ranking in golf.
1634 - Maryland was founded by English settlers sent by the late Lord Baltimore.
1807 - Britain abolished its slave trade.
1894 - Jacob Sechler Coxey and his "army" of unemployed men began their march from Ohio to Washington, D.C. to demand help from the federal government.
1911 - A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York City killed 145 workers.
1913 - The home of vaudeville, the Palace Theatre, opened in New York City.
1915 - The U.S. Navy lost its first commissioned submarine as the USS F-4 sank off Hawaii, claiming the lives of all 21 crew members.
1931 - In the so-called “Scottsboro Boys” case, nine young Black men were taken off a train in Alabama, accused of raping two white women; after years of convictions, death sentences and imprisonment, the nine were eventually vindicated.
1947 - A coal-dust explosion inside the Centralia Coal Co. Mine No. 5 in Washington County, Illinois, claimed 111 lives; 31 men survived.
1957 - The European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome.
1965 - The 25,000-person Alabama Freedom March to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks, led by Martin Luther King Jr., ended its journey from Selma on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was fatally shot and killed by his nephew, who had a history of mental illness.
1987 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Johnson v. Transportation Agency, ruled 6-3 that an employer could promote a woman over an arguably more-qualified man to help get women into higher-ranking jobs.
1988 - Robert E. Chambers Jr. pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in New York City's so-called "preppie murder case."
1990 - Eighty-seven people, most of them Honduran and Dominican immigrants, were killed when fire raced through an illegal social club in New York City. (An arsonist set the fire after being thrown out of the club following an argument with his girlfriend; Julio Gonzalez died in prison in 2016.)
1992 - Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned to Earth from the Mir space station after a 10-month stay, during which his native country, the Soviet Union, ceased to exist.
1994 - American troops withdrew from Somalia.
1996 - An 81-day standoff by the antigovernment Freemen began at a ranch near Jordan, Montana.
1996 - The newly redesigned $100 bill went into circulation.
2002 - A powerful earthquake rocked Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, killing as many as 1,000 people.
2012 - Pope Benedict XVI, on his first trip to Latin America, urged Mexicans to wield their faith against drug violence, poverty and other ills, celebrating Mass before a sea of worshippers in Silao.
2017 - A scuffle broke out at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Southern California where supporters of President Donald Trump were marching when counter-protesters doused organizers with pepper spray.
2020 - The Senate unanimously passed a $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic; the largest economic relief bill in U.S. history included direct payments to most Americans, expanded unemployment benefits and $367 billion for small businesses to keep making payroll while workers were forced to stay home.
2021 - Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that included restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run.
Birthdays
23 - Mikey Madison (actress)
30 - Elizabeth Lail (actress)
31 - Seychelle Gabriel (actress)
32 - Kiowa Gordon (actor)
33 - Aly Michalka (actress/singer)
33 - Matthew Beard (acto)
35 - Jason Castro (singer)
37 - Chris Redd (actor/comedian)
38 - Katharine McPhee (actress/singer)
40 - Danica Patrick (race car driver)
40 - Jenny SLate (actress)
40 - Alex Moffat (actor/comedian)
40 - Sean Faris (actor)
43 - Lee Pace (actor)
46 - Domenick Lombardozzi (actor)
47 - Melanie Blatt (snger)
51 - Laz Alonso (actor)
55 - Debi Thomas (figure skater)
56 - Tom Glavine (baseball player)
57 - Sarah Jessica Parker (actress)
58 - Lisa Gay Hamilton (actress)
60 - Marcia Cross (actress)
61 - Fred Goss (actor)
62 - Brenda Strong (actress)
64 - James McDaniel (actor)
69 - Mary Gross (actress/comedian)
74 - Bonnie Bedelia (actress)
75 - Elton John (singer)
79 - Paul Michael Glaser (actor)
82 - Anita Bryant (singer)
88 - Gloria Steinem (author)
94 - James Lovell (astronaut)
96 - Gene Shalit (film critic)
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Today in Sports History - March 25
1934 - Horton Smith won the inaugural Masters golf tournament at Augusta National in Georgia.
1936 - The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Montreal Maroons in the longest hockey game to date. The game lasted for 2 hours and 56 minutes.
1947 - Holy Cross defeats Oklahoma 58-47 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1958 - Sugar Ray Robinson regained his middleweight title for the fifth time when he defeated Carmen Basilio in a 12-round decision.
1961 - In one of the wildest games in NCAA Tournament history, St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in quadruple overtime in the now-defunct third-place game of the NCAA Tournament.
1967 - UCLA defeats Dayton 79-64 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1972 - UCLA defeats Florida 81-76 to win the NCAA Tournament for the sixth consecutive season.
1972 - Bobby Hull joined Gordie Howe to become only the second National Hockey League player to score 600 career goals.
1982 - Wayne Gretzky became the first player in the NHL to score 200 points in a season.
1995 - Boxer Mike Tyson was released from jail after serving 3 years.
1997 - Hartford Whalers announced that they would move from Connecticut following the 1996-97 season. In 1997-98 they became the Carolina Hurricanes.
2013 - Tiger Woods reclaims his world #1 ranking in golf.
