March 25

March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (85th in Leap years). There are 281 days remaining.

Events:

• 1911 - The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire.
• 1969 - During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold a bed-in for peace in the Amsterdam Hilton (until March 31)
• 1979 The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, was delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center.

Births:

• 1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• 1881 - Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer
• 1920 - Howard Cosell
• 1935 - Gloria Steinem
• 1942 - Aretha Franklin
• 1947 - Elton John
• 1949 - Nick Lowe

Deaths:

Holidays and observances:

Annunciation - this is nine months before Christmas day.

Traditional date of the start of the new year in Britain, until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

March 24 - March 26 - February 25 - April 25 - more historical anniversaries