Page 7: Historical Events In March - 25

1945  US 1st army breaks out bridgehead near Remagen   

1946  The XHJD-1, the inaugural twin engined helicopter, made a hovering flight. Designed for the Navy by the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation.   

1946  1st performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto"   

1947  Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia   

1947  In this year, Coal mine explosion in Centralia IL, claims 111 lives   

1947  Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v New Zealand, Christchurch)   

1947  Singer/songwriter/pianist Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) born this day   

1947  9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Okla 58-47   

1948  Warren Hymer, actor (Show Them No Mercy), dies at 42   

1949  SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied.   

1949  Hanns A Rauter, German SS-commandant in Netherland, executed at 54   

1951  Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies at 63   

1954  26th Academy Awards "From Here to Eternity", William Holden and Audrey Hepburn win.   

1954  RCA manufactures inaugural color TV set (12½" screen at $1000)   

1954  26th Academy Awards: "From Here to Eternity", William Holden and Audrey Hepburn win   

1955  East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, USSR   

1956  George Luther Foote, composer, dies at 70.   

1957  NBA modifies the free-throw rule   

1957  Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Market).   

1957  Treaty of Rome signed by six nations, to establish the European Economic Community   

1957  Fud Livingston, composer, dies at 50.   

1958  Sugar Ray Robinson is inaugural boxing champion to win 5 times.   

1958  West German parliament desires German atomic weapons   

1958  Emerson Whithorne, composer, dies at 73.   

1959  French President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary.   

1959  Billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56   

1960  DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York NY).   

1960  Italian government Tambroni forms.   

1960  The inaugural guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut)   

1961  Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona   

1961  Explorer 10 launched into elongated Earth orbit (177/181000 km)   

1961  Sputnik 10 carries a dog into Earth orbit; later recovered   

1962  French OAS-leader ex-General Jouhaud arrested.   

1962  Auguste Piccard, Swiss explorer/balloonist, dies at 78.   

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1133  On March - 25 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  Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268) was born on March - 25.   

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

1297  On March - 25 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  On this day in history birth of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (d. 1369)   

1347  Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (d. 1380) was born on this day in history.   

1223  Afonso II, 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23), dies at 36 on March - 25.   

1345  On March - 25 death of henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1281)   

1458  On March - 25 inigo Lopez de Mendoza, Spanish marquis of Santillana/poet, dies   

1510  Georges d'amboise, French archbishop of Narbonne/Rouen, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1558  On March - 25 death of marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer   

1561  Death of Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German philosopher and encyclopedist (b. 1518) on March - 25.   

1603  On this day in history death of ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1526)   

1609  On this day in history death of olaus Martini, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. 1557)