March 25

Thursday 25, 2004:

Air Holland files for bankruptcy in response to unproven allegations of marijuana abuse by their pilots.

Monday 25, 1996:

The EU's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (BSE).

Saturday 25, 1995:

Ward Cunningham opens the first wiki, the Portland Pattern Repository.

Wednesday 25, 1992:

Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station.

Sunday 25, 1990:

In New York City, a fire at an illegal social club called "Happy Land" kills 87.

Sunday 25, 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.

Tuesday 25, 1975:

Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.

Saturday 25, 1972:

In Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Vicky Leandros wins the seventeenth Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg singing "Après toi" (After you).

Thursday 25, 1971:

Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight of Pakistan Army against East Pakistani civilians.

Tuesday 25, 1969:

During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace in the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).

Thursday 25, 1965:

Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. complete successfully their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery.

Friday 25, 1960:

In London, United Kingdom, Jacqueline Boyer wins the fifth Eurovision Song Contest for France singing "Tom Pillibi".

Monday 25, 1957:

The European Economic Community is established (West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg).

Friday 25, 1955:

United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" as obscene.

Friday 25, 1949:

The extensive deportation campaign was conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The Soviet authorities deported more than 92,000 people from Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.

Tuesday 25, 1947:

A explosion in a coalmine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.

Tuesday 25, 1941:

Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers.

Saturday 25, 1939:

Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli becomes Pope Pius XII.

Wednesday 25, 1931:

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

Tuesday 25, 1924:

Greece proclaims itself a republic.

Monday 25, 1918:

The Belarusian National Republic was established.

Saturday 25, 1911:

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

Monday 25, 1901:

At the five-day "Week of Nice" race in Nice, France, Mercedes wins its first racing victory.

Sunday 25, 1894:

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

Saturday 25, 1865:

American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces capture Fort Stedman from the Union.

Sunday 25, 1821:

Greece declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire, beginning the Greek War of Independence.

Wednesday 25, 1807:

The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing slavery in the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Thursday 25, 1802:

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

Thursday 25, 1655:

Protestants take control of Maryland at the Battle of the Severn.

Saturday 25, 1634:

The first settlers arrive in Maryland (led by Lord Baltimore).

Saturday 25, 1409:

The Council of Pisa opens.

Thursday 25, 1306:

Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland.

Thursday 25, 1300:

Dante descends to the Inferno in The Divine Comedy

Wednesday 25, 708:

Constantine is consecrated Pope.

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