March 25

Events

708 – Pope Constantine succeeds Pope Sisinnius as the 88th pope.

717 – Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy.

1000 – Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.

1199 – Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6.

1306 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).

1409 – The Council of Pisa opens.

1555 – The city of Valencia is founded in present-day Venezuela.

1576 – Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.

1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.

1655 – Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.

1802 – The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.

1807 – The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.

1807 – The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.

1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.

1821 – (Julian calendar) Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821. The date was chosen in the early years of the Greek state so that it falls on the day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, strengthening the ties between the Greek Orthodox Church and the newly founded state.

1865 – American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.

1894 – Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.

1911 – In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.

1917 – The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.

1918 – The Belarusian People's Republic is established.

1924 – On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.

1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.

1941 – The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.

1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.

1948 – The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

1949 – The extensive deportation campaign known as March deportation is conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to force collectivisation by way of terror. The Soviet authorities deport more than 92,000 people from the Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.

1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.

1957 – The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.

1965 – Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

1969 – During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).

1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight by the Pakistan Armed Forces against East Pakistani civilians.

1971 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.

1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.

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.

1988 – The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

1995 – WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.

1996 – The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).

2006 – Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

2006 – Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged Belarusian presidential election, 2006, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.

Births

1259 – Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)

1252 – Conradin, Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)

1297 – Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1341)

1297 – Arnošt of Pardubice, Polish archbishop (d. 1364)

1345 – Blanche of Lancaster (d. 1369)

1347 – Catherine of Siena, Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint (d. 1380)

1404 – John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (d. 1444)

1414 – Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, English noble (d. 1455)

1434 – Eustochia Smeralda Calafato, Italian saint (d. 1485)

1453 – Giuliano de' Medici (d. 1478)

1479 – Vasili III of Russia (d. 1533)

1491 – Marie d'Albret, Countess of Rethel (d. 1549)

1538 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1612)

1541 – Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1587)

1545 – John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (d. 1622)

1593 – Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)

1611 – Evliya Çelebi, Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (d. 1682)

1643 – Louis Moréri, French priest and scholar (d. 1680)

1661 – Paul de Rapin, French soldier and historian (d. 1725)

1699 – Johann Adolph Hasse, German singer-songwriter (d. 1783)

1741 – Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor and educator (d. 1828)

1767 – Joachim Murat, French general (d. 1815)

1782 – Caroline Bonaparte, French daughter of Carlo Buonaparte (d. 1839)

1800 – Ernst Heinrich Karl von Dechen, German geologist and academic (d. 1889)

1808 – José de Espronceda, Spanish poet and author (d. 1842)

1824 – Clinton L. Merriam, American banker and politician (d. 1900)

1840 – Myles Keogh, Irish-American colonel (d. 1876)

1863 – Simon Flexner, American physician and academic (d. 1946)

1867 – Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (d. 1941)

1867 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor (d. 1957)

1868 – Bill Lockwood, English cricketer (d. 1932)

1871 – Louis Perrée, French fencer (d. 1924)

1872 – Horatio Nelson Jackson, American race car driver and physician (d. 1955)

1873 – Rudolf Rocker, German-American author and activist (d. 1958)

1876 – Irving Baxter, American jumper and pole vaulter (d. 1957)

1877 – Walter Little, Canadian politician (d. 1961)

1878 – František Janda-Suk, Czech discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1955)

1879 – Amedee Reyburn, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1920)

1881 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1945)

1881 – Patrick Henry Bruce, American painter and educator (d. 1936)

1881 – Mary Webb, English author and poet (d. 1927)

1893 – Johannes Villemson, Estonian runner (d. 1971)

1895 – Siegfried Handloser, German general and physician (d. 1954)

1897 – Leslie Averill, New Zealand doctor and soldier (d. 1981)

1899 – François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (d. 1994)

1901 – Ed Begley, American actor (d. 1970)

1903 – Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (d. 1998)

1903 – Frankie Carle, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)

1903 – Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Ukrainian-American theologian and scholar (d. 1990)

1905 – Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, German colonel (d. 1944)

1906 – Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (d. 1994)

1906 – A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and academic (d. 1990)

1908 – David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)

1910 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (d. 2014)

1910 – Benzion Netanyahu, Polish-Israeli historian and academic (d. 2012)

1912 – Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (d. 2005)

1912 – Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971)

1913 – Reo Stakis, Cypriot-Scottish businessman, founded Stakis Hotels (d. 2001)

1914 – Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)

1916 – S. M. Pandit, Indian painter and educator (d. 1993)

1918 – Howard Cosell, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1995)

1920 – Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1978)

1920 – Patrick Troughton, English actor (d. 1987)

1921 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)

1921 – Simone Signoret, French actress (d. 1985)

1922 – Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (d. 2014)

1923 – Bonnie Guitar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1923 – Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (d. 2003)

1924 – Roberts Blossom, American actor (d. 2011)

1924 – Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress

1925 – Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1964)

1925 – Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton, English physician and philosopher (d. 2010)

1926 – Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2014)

1926 – László Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)

1926 – Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet and politician (d. 1999)

1926 – Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic

1927 – P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry (d. 2013)

1928 – Jim Lovell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

1928 – Gunnar Nielsen, Danish runner and typographer (d. 1985)

1929 – Cecil Taylor, American pianist and composer

1930 – David Burge, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)

1930 – Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer and explorer (d. 1982)

1930 – Rudy Minarcin, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)

1931 – Humphrey Burton, English radio and television host

1932 – Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (d. 1993)

1932 – Wes Santee, American runner (d. 2010)

1934 – Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)

1934 – Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (d. 2002)

1934 – Karlheinz Schreiber, German-Canadian businessman

1934 – Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center

1935 – Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer (d. 1985)

1936 – Carl Kaufmann, American-German sprinter (d. 2008)

1937 – Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza

1938 – Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)

1938 – Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter

1938 – Fritz d'Orey, Brazilian race car driver

1939 – Toni Cade Bambara, American author, academic, and activist (d. 1995)

1939 – D. C. Fontana, American screenwriter and producer

1941 – Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research

1942 – Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist

1942 – Richard O'Brien, English actor and screenwriter

1942 – Kim Woodburn, English television host

1943 – Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and director

1945 – Leila Diniz, Brazilian actress (d. 1972)

1946 – Cliff Balsom, English footballer

1946 – Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (d. 2010)

1946 – Stephen Hunter, American author and critic

1946 – Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist (d. 1991)

1947 – Richard Cork, English historian and critic

1947 – Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor

1948 – Bonnie Bedelia, American actress

1949 – Ronnie Flanagan, Northern Irish Chief Constable (Royal Irish Constabulary, Police Service of Northern Ireland)

1950 – Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1995)

1950 – Ronnie McDowell, American singer-songwriter

1950 – David Paquette, American-New Zealand pianist

1951 – Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese wrestler (d. 2000)

1952 – Stephen Dorrell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health

1952 – Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, Mayor of Bogotá

1953 – Robert Fox, English producer and manager

1953 – Vesna Pusić, Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia

1953 – Haroon Rasheed, Pakistani cricketer and coach

1954 – Thom Loverro, American journalist and author

1955 – Daniel Boulud, French chef and author

1955 – Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player, coach, and manager

1957 – Christina Boxer, English runner and journalist

1957 – Jonathan Michie, English economist and academic

1957 – Aleksandr Puchkov, Russian hurdler

1957 – Jim Uhls, American screenwriter and producer

1958 – Susie Bright, American journalist, author, and critic

1958 – Sisy Chen, Taiwanese journalist and politician

1958 – María Caridad Colón, Cuban javelin thrower and shot putter

1958 – John Ensign, American physician and politician

1958 – Ray Tanner, American baseball player and coach

1958 – Åsa Torstensson, Swedish politician, 3rd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure

1960 – Steve Norman, English saxophonist, songwriter, and producer

1960 – Brenda Strong, American actress

1961 – Mark Brooks, American golfer

1962 – Marcia Cross, American actress

1962 – David Nuttall, English lawyer and politician

1963 – Karen Bruce, English dancer and choreographer

1963 – Velle Kadalipp, Estonian architect

1963 – Andrew O'Connor, British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer

1964 – René Meulensteen, Dutch footballer and coach

1964 – Ken Wregget, Canadian ice hockey player

1965 – Avery Johnson, American basketball player and coach

1965 – Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgarian high jumper

1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress, producer, and designer

1966 – Tom Glavine, American baseball player and sportscaster

1967 – Matthew Barney, American sculptor and photographer

1967 – Doug Stanhope, American comedian and actor

1967 – Debi Thomas, American figure skater and physician

1968 – Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress

1969 – George Chlitsios, Greek conductor and composer

1969 – Dale Davis, American basketball player

1969 – Jeffrey Walker, English singer-songwriter and bass player

1970 – Magnus Larsson, Swedish golfer

1971 – Stacy Dragila, American pole vaulter and coach

1971 – Cammi Granato, American ice hockey player and sportscaster

1971 – Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player and coach

1972 – Giniel de Villiers, South African race car driver

1972 – Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)

1973 – Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier

1973 – Anders Fridén, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

1973 – Bob Sura, American basketball player

1974 – Serge Betsen, Cameroonian-French rugby player

1974 – Lark Voorhies, American actress and singer

1975 – Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player

1975 – Melanie Blatt, English singer-songwriter and actress

1976 – Francie Bellew, Irish footballer

1976 – Lars Figura, German sprinter

1976 – Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer

1976 – Rima Wakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player

1977 – Natalie Clein, English cellist and educator

1977 – Andrew Lindsay, Scottish rower

1978 – Gennaro Delvecchio, Italian footballer

1979 – Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, French sprinter

1980 – Kathrine Sørland, Norwegian fashion model and television presenter

1981 – Danica Patrick, American race car driver

1982 – Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer

1983 – Mickaël Hanany, French high jumper

1984 – Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter and actress

1984 – Liam Messam, New Zealand rugby player

1985 – Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress

1985 – Diana Rennik, Estonian figure skater

1986 – Marco Belinelli, Italian basketball player

1986 – Megan Gibson, American softball player

1986 – Kyle Lowry, American basketball player

1986 – Mickey Paea, Australian rugby league player

1987 – Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player

1987 – Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer

1987 – Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater

1988 – Mitchell Watt, Australian long jumper

1988 – Arthur Zeiler, German rugby player

1989 – Aly Michalka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1989 – Scott Sinclair, English footballer

1990 – Mehmet Ekici, Turkish footballer

1990 – Alexander Esswein, German footballer

1993 – Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player

1993 – Sam Johnstone, English footballer

1994 – Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier

Deaths

1000 – Barjawan, chief minister of the Fatimid Caliphate

1005 – King Kenneth III of Scotland (in battle)

1189 – Frederick, Duke of Bohemia

1223 – Afonso II of Portugal (b. 1185)

1351 – Kō no Moronao, Japanese samurai

1351 – Kō no Moroyasu, Japanese samurai

1392 – Hosokawa Yoriyuki, Japanese samurai

1458 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1398)

1558 – Marcos de Niza, French friar and explorer (b. 1495)

1603 – Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese daimyo (b. 1526)

1609 – Olaus Martini, Swedish archbishop (b. 1557)

1620 – Johannes Nucius, German composer and theorist (b. 1556)

1625 – Giambattista Marino, Italian poet and author (b. 1569)

1677 – Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and etcher (b. 1607)

1712 – Nehemiah Grew, English anatomist and physiologist (b. 1641)

1732 – Lucy Filippini, Italian saint (b. 1672)

1736 – Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect, designed Easton Neston and Christ Church (b. 1661)

1738 – Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harp player and composer (b. 1670)

1751 – Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)

1801 – Novalis, German poet and author (b. 1772)

1818 – Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)

1860 – James Braid, Scottish-English surgeon (b. 1795)

1873 – Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (b. 1810)

1907 – Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (b. 1836)

1908 – Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)

1914 – Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer and poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)

1917 – Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic (b. 1832)

1918 – Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)

1918 – Peter Martin, Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1875)

1927 – Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1843)

1931 – Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1890)

1931 – Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (b. 1862)

1932 – Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (b.1845)

1942 – William Carr, American rower (b. 1876)

1951 – Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)

1956 – Lou Moore, American race car driver (b. 1904)

1956 – Robert Newton, English actor (b. 1905)

1957 – Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902)

1958 – Tom Brown, American trombonist (b. 1888)

1964 – Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1885)

1969 – Billy Cotton, English singer, drummer, and bandleader (b. 1899)

1969 – Max Eastman, American poet and activist (b. 1883)

1973 – Jakob Sildnik, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1883)

1973 – Edward Steichen, Luxembourgian-American photographer, painter, and curator (b. 1879)

1975 – Juan Gaudino, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1893)

1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1906)

1975 – Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1894)

1976 – Josef Albers, German-American painter and educator (b. 1888)

1979 – Robert Madgwick, Australian colonel and academic (b. 1905)

1979 – Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna (b. 1914)

1980 – Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and psychologist (b. 1901)

1980 – Walter Susskind, Czech-English conductor and educator (b. 1913)

1982 – Goodman Ace, American comedian and writer (b. 1899)

1983 – Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach (b. 1920)

1986 – Gloria Blondell, American actress (b. 1910)

1987 – A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1906)

1988 – Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet (b. 1930)

1991 – Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop (b. 1905)

1992 – Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (b. 1922)

1994 – Angelines Fernández, Spanish-Mexican actress (b. 1922)

1994 – Bernard Kangro, Estonian poet and journalist (b. 1910)

1994 – Max Petitpierre, Swiss jurist and politician (b. 1899)

1995 – James Samuel Coleman, American sociologist and academic (b. 1926)

1995 – John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer (b. 1914)

1996 – John Snagge, English journalist (b. 1904)

1998 – Max Green, Australian lawyer (b. 1952)

1998 – Steven Schiff, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)

1999 – Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936)

2000 – Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)

2001 – Brian Trubshaw, English cricketer and pilot (b. 1924)

2002 – Kenneth Wolstenholme, English journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920)

2005 – Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1911)

2006 – Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer (b. 1950)

2006 – Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)

2007 – Andranik Margaryan, Armenian engineer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1951)

2008 – Ben Carnevale, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)

2008 – Thierry Gilardi, French journalist and sportscaster (b. 1958)

2008 – Abby Mann, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)

2008 – Herb Peterson, American businessman, created the McMuffin (b. 1919)

2009 – Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player (b. 1933)

2009 – Kosuke Koyama, Japanese-American theologian and academic (b. 1929)

2009 – Dan Seals, American musician (b. 1948)

2009 – Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, Turkish politician and member of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1954)

2012 – Len E. Blaylock, American businessman and politician (b. 1918)

2012 – Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (b. 1921)

2012 – Hal E. Chester, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921)

2012 – John Crosfield, English businessman, founded Crosfield Electronics (b. 1915)

2012 – Edd Gould, English animator and voice actor, founded Eddsworld (b. 1988)

2012 – Antonio Tabucchi, Italian author and academic (b. 1943)

2013 – Léonce Bernard, Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (b. 1943)

2013 – Ben Goldfaden, American basketball player and educator (b. 1913)

2013 – Anthony Lewis, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)

2013 – Jean Pickering, English runner and long jumper (b. 1929)

2013 – Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (b. 1954)

2013 – John F. Wiley, American lieutenant, football player, and coach (b. 1920)

2014 – Lorna Arnold, English historian and author (b. 1915)

2014 – Hank Lauricella, American football player and politician (b. 1930)

2014 – Jon Lord, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1956)

2014 – Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)

2014 – Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (b. 1943)

2014 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (b. 1918)

2015 – George Fischbeck, American journalist and educator (b. 1922)

2016 – Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (b. 1917)

Holidays and observances

Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants (San Marino)

Christian feast days:

Ælfwold II (Bishop of Sherborne)

Barontius and Desiderius

Blessed Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas

Omelyan Kovch (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)

Dismas, the "Good Thief"

Humbert of Maroilles

Quirinus of Tegernsee

March 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Cultural Workers Day (Russia)

Earliest day on which Seward's Day can fall, while March 31 is the latest; celebrated on the last Monday in March. (Alaska)

Empress Menen's Birthday (Rastafari)

EU Talent Day (European Union)

Feast of the Annunciation (Christianity), and its related observances:

Historic start of the new year (Lady Day) in England, Wales, Ireland, and the future United States until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752. (The year 1751 began on 25 March; the year 1752 began on 1 January.) It is one of the four Quarter days in Ireland and England.

International Day of the Unborn Child (international)

Mother's Day (Slovenia)

Vårfrudagen or Våffeldagen, "Waffle Day" (Sweden)

Freedom Day (Belarus)

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (international)

International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members (United Nations General Assembly)

Maryland Day (Maryland, United States))

Revolution Day, celebrates the declaration of the start of Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, in 1821. (Greece)

Struggle for Human Rights Day (Slovakia)

Tolkien Reading Day

Pisan New Year