March 25
(Redirected from 25 March)
March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 281 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 752 – Pope-elect Stephen
- 1223 – Afonso II of Portugal (b. 1185)
- 1345 – Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (b. 1281)
- 1558 - Marcos de Niza, French friar and explorer (b. 1495)
- 1583 - Juan de Garay, Spanish conquistador (b. 1528)
- 1620 – Johannes Nucius, German composer (b. 1556)
- 1732 - Lucy Filippini, Italian saint (b. 1672)
- 1751 – Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1676)
- 1801 – Novalis, German poet (b. 1772)
- 1818 - Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)
- 1860 - James Braid, Scottish surgeon and physician (b. 1795)
- 1862 – John Peisley, first Australian born bushranger, hanged (b. 1835)
- 1873 – Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter (b. 1810)
1901 – 2000
- 1914 – Frédéric Mistral, French poet (b. 1830)
- 1917 – Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (b. 1861)
- 1918 – Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
- 1919 - Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor and artist (b. 1881)
- 1931 - Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (b. 1862)
- 1932 - Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (b. 1845)
- 1945 – Franz Oppenhoff, German jurist and Mayor of Aachen (b. 1902)
- 1957 - Max Ophüls, German director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
- 1967 - Renato Cellini, Italian conductor (b. 1913)
- 1969 - Max Eastman, American poet (b. 1883)
- 1973 – Edward Steichen, Luxembourg-American photographer (b. 1879)
- 1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. 1906)
- 1975 – Juan Gaudino, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
- 1979 - Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1914)
- 1980 – Roland Barthes, French literary critic and writer (b. 1915)
- 1980 – Walter Susskind, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
- 1988 - Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer and director (b. 1931)
- 1991 - Marcel Lefebvre, French archbishop (b. 1905)
- 1992 - Nancy Walker, American actress (b. 1922)
- 1994 - Max Petitpierre, Swiss politician (b. 1899)
- 1999 – Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball manager (b. 1936)
From 2001
- 2002 – Kenneth Wolstenholme, British football commentator (b. 1920)
- 2005 – Paul Henning, American TV and movie producer (b. 1911)
- 2006 – Buck Owens, American singer and TV personality (b. 1926)
- 2007 – Andranik Margaryan, Armenian politician (b. 1951)
- 2008 – Abby Mann, American movie writer and producer (b. 1927)
- 2009 – Yukio Endo, Japanese gymnast (b. 1937)
- 2010 – Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist (b. 1916)
- 2012 – Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer (b. 1943)
- 2014 - Nanda, Indian actress (b. 1939)
- 2014 - Ralph Wilson, American businessman (b. 1918)
- 2014 - Jerry Roberts, British World War II code breaker (b. 1920)
- 2014 - Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi, Iranian historian and writer (b. 1924)
- 2014 - Jonathan Schell, American writer, journalist and activist (b. 1943)
- 2014 - Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player (b. 1946)
- 2015 - George Fischbeck, American weatherman (b. 1922)
- 2015 - Ivo Garrani, Italian actor (b. 1924)
- 2015 - Dick Bond, American politician (b. 1921)
- 2015 - Bill Slayback, American baseball player (b. 1948)
- 2015 - Ron Suart, English footballer (b. 1920)
- 2016 - Abu Ala al-Afri, Iraqi militant (b. 1958)
- 2016 - Clodomir Santos de Morais, Brazilian sociologist (b. 1928)
- 2016 - Paolo Poli, Italian actor (b. 1929)
- 2016 - Imre Pozsgay, Hungarian politician (b. 1933)
- 2016 - David Snellgrove, British Tibetologist (b. 1920)
- 2017 - Teodor Oizerman, Soviet-Russian philosopher (b. 1914)
- 2017 - Cuthbert Sebastian, Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (b. 1921)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 - Ed Begley, American actor (d. 1970)
- 1905 - Pote Sarasin, Thai politician (d. 2000)
- 1908 – David Lean, British movie director (d. 1991)
- 1910 – Magda Olivero, Italian operatic soprano (d. 2014)
- 1911 – Jack Ruby, assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald (d. 1967)
- 1914 – Norman Borlaug, American agronomist (d. 2009)
- 1920 – Patrick Troughton, English actor (d. 1987)
- 1920 – Paul Scott, British novelist (d. 1987)
- 1921 – Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)
- 1921 – Simone Signoret, French actress (d. 1985)
- 1921 - Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1922 - Eileen Ford, American model agency executive (d. 2014)
- 1924 - Machiko Kyo, Japanese actress
- 1926 – Laszlo Papp, Hungarian boxer (d. 2003)
- 1926 - Riz Ortolani, Italian composer (d. 2014)
- 1926 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (d. 1999)
- 1926 - Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic
- 1927 - P. Shanmugam, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Puducherry
- 1928 – Roald Aas, Norwegian speed skater (d. 2012)
- 1928 – Jim Lovell, American astronaut
- 1930 - Carlo Mauri, Italian mountaineer (d. 1982)
- 1931 – Paul Motian, American jazz drummer and composer (d. 2011)
- 1932 - Roger Wilkins, American civil rights activist and journalist (d. 2017)
- 1934 – Gloria Steinem, American feminist and publisher
- 1934 – Karlheinz Schreiber, German-Canadian industrialist, lobbyist and arms dealer
- 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
- 1940 - Mina, Italian singer
- 1940 - Anita Bryant, American singer
- 1940 - Anker Buch, Danish violinist (d. 2014)
- 1942 – Aretha Franklin, American singer (d. 2018)
- 1942 – Richard O'Brien, English actor, writer and composer
- 1942 – Kim Woodburn, English television personality
- 1946 - Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher (d. 2010)
- 1947 – Elton John, English singer and songwriter
1951 – 1975
- 1951 - Maizie Williams, Montserratian-English performer (Boney M.)
- 1952 - Stephen Dorrell, English politician
- 1952 - Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician, philosopher and politician, Mayor of Bogota
- 1955 - Lee Mazzilli, American baseball player, coach and manager
- 1955 - Jim Shannon, Northern Irish politician
- 1957 - Christina Boxer, English runner
- 1957 - Aleksandr Puchkov, Russian hurdler
- 1958 - John Ensign, American politician
- 1958 - James McDaniel, American actor and director
- 1960 - Steve Norman, English saxophonist, songwriter and producer (Spandau Ballet)
- 1960 - Brenda Strong, American actress
- 1962 - David Nuttall, English politician
- 1962 – Marcia Cross, American actress
- 1963 - Karen Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
- 1964 - Mike Henry, American voice actor, writer and producer
- 1964 - René Meulensteen, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1965 - Avery Johnson, American basketball coach
- 1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress
- 1965 – Frank Ordenewitz, German footballer
- 1966 - Frank Ferrer, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
- 1966 – Jeff Healey, Canadian guitarist (d. 2008)
- 1967 – Debi Thomas, American figure skater
- 1969 - Cathy Dennis, English singer-songwriter, producer and actress
- 1970 - Magnus Larsson, Swedish golfer
- 1971 - Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player
- 1972 – Yuichi Yoshimoto, Japanese footballer
- 1972 - Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
- 1973 - Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier
- 1973 - Anders Fridén, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
- 1974 - Kseniya Rappoport, Russian actress
- 1975 – Melanie Blatt, British singer
From 1976
- 1976 – Reema Vakarua, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
- 1976 - Cha Tae-hyun, South Korean actor and singer
- 1976 - GiGi Leung, Hong Kong actress and singer
- 1976 – Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
- 1979 – Muriel Hurtis-Houari, French athlete
- 1981 - Casey Neistadt, American YouTube personality and filmmaker
- 1982 – Danica Patrick, American racecar driver
- 1984 – Katharine McPhee, American singer and actress
- 1985 - Carmen Rasmussen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1987 – Jason Castro, American singer
- 1987 – Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater
- 1987 – Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player
- 1987 – Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer
- 1988 – Erik Knudsen, Canadian actor
- 1988 - Ryan Lewis, American DJ and producer
- 1989 – Scott Sinclair, English footballer
- 1989 – Alyson Michalka, American actress
- 1991 – Seychelle Gabriel, American actress
- 1991 - Samia Yusuf Omar, Somali sprinter (d. 2012)
- 2005 - Zack Raines,Great Canadian