Historical Events In March - 25

1918  Howard Cosell, Winston-Salem NC, sportscaster (Monday Night Football) on March - 25.  

1918  On March - 25 claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris at 55  

1919  On this day in history jeanne Cagney, actress (Lion is in the Streets, Quicksand)  

1920  Greek Independence Day on this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history patrick Troughton, actor (Doctor Who)  

1921  On this day in history nancy Kelly, Lowell Mass, actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James)  

1923  British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history british govt grants Trans-Jordan autonomy  

1924  Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriótis as premier on March - 25.  

1924  On March - 25 greek parliament selects admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier  

1924  John Reedman, cricketer (Test for Aust 1894, 17 & 4, 1 for 24), dies on March - 25.  

1925  Greece becomes a republic when King George is deposed on this day in history.  

1931  On March - 25 scottsboro Boys (accused of raping a white woman) arrested in Alabama  

1931  Hal Kemp & his Orch record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis on this day in history.  

1934  1st Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 284 on this day in history.  

1935  1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns on March - 25.  

1936  On March - 25 200" mirror blank leaves for California to be ground  

1937  It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads on March - 25.  

1937  Italy & Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade) on March - 25.  

1937  On this day in history lionel Conacher misses on first Stanley Cup penalty shot  

1937  Washington Daily News is first US newspaper with perfumed advertising page on this day in history.  

1937  John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54 on March - 25.  

1938  1st US bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase on this day in history.  

1939  Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart on March - 25.  

1940  Ion Nonna Otescu, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1941  Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon SC, incorporated on March - 25.  

1942  700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp on this day in history.  

1942  R&B vocalist Aretha Franklin born this day on March - 25.  

1943  Jimmy Durante & Garry Moore premiere on radio on March - 25.  

1943  97% of all Dutch physicians strike againt Nazi registration on March - 25.  

1944  Germany troop executes 335 residents of Rome on this day in history.  

1944  RAF Sergeant Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute on March - 25.  

1945  On this day in history uS 4th Armored division arrives at Hanau & Aschaffenburg  

1945  On March - 25 uS first army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen  

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1133  On this day in history birth of henry II, King of England (1154-89)  

1252  Konradijn Hohenstaufen, [Koenrad van Zwaben], son of Konrad IV was born on March - 25.  

1252  On March - 25 birth of conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)  

1259  On this day in history birth of andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)  

1297  On this day in history birth of andronicus III Palaeologus, Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)  

1297  On this day in history birth of arnost of Pardubice, Archbishop of Prague (d. 1364)  

1345  Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.  

1347  Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (d. 1380) was born on March - 25.  

1223  Afonso II, 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23), dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1345  Death of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1281) on this day in history.  

1458  On this day in history inigo Lopez de Mendoza, Spanish marquis of Santillana/poet, dies  

1510  Georges d'amboise, French archbishop of Narbonne/Rouen, dies at 49 on March - 25.  

1558  Death of Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer on March - 25.  

1561  On this day in history death of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1518)  

1603  Death of Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1526) on this day in history.  

1609  Death of Olaus Martini, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. 1557) on this day in history.