March 25, 2002 Earthquake kills at least 1,000 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan
March 25, 2001 73rd Academy Awards-Oscar Ceremony, Steve Martin hosts, Gladiator wins Best Picture, Russell Crowe and Julia Roberts win lead acting awards
March 25, 1997 "Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 240 performances
March 25, 1996 68th Academy Awards - "Braveheart," Nicholas Cage and Susan Sarandon win
March 25, 1996 Comet C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) approaches within 0.1018 AUs of Earth
March 25, 1996 Freedom Shoemakers on Maryport's Solway Estate closes
March 25, 1996 Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk and Platov (RUS)
March 25, 1996 U.S. issues newly-redesigned $100 bill
March 25, 1995 Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years
March 25, 1994 Gunda Niemann skates ladies world record 3 km (4:09.32)
March 25, 1994 Yasunori Miyabe skates world record 1000 m (1:12.37)
March 25, 1993 "Candida" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 45 performances
March 25, 1992 Imran Khan scores 72 and takes 1-43 off 6 2 overs in last ODI
March 25, 1992 Pakistan defeats England by 22 runs to win World Cup
March 25, 1992 Russian manned space craft TM-14, lands
March 25, 1990 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins
March 25, 1990 Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87
March 25, 1990 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
March 25, 1989 "Les Miserables," opens at Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
March 25, 1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Japan
March 25, 1986 Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes 1st skater to land a quadruple jump
March 25, 1985 57th Academy Awards - "Amadeus," F Murray Abraham and Sally Field win
March 25, 1985 Edwin Meese III becomes U.S. Attorney General
March 25, 1979 Major riot at Bourda prevents day's play in WSC Supertest
March 25, 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sahara National Pro-Am Golf Tournament
March 25, 1976 "My Fair Lady" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 384 performances
March 25, 1976 "Rex" opens at Lunt-Fontaine Theater New York City for 48 performances
March 25, 1976 Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties
March 25, 1975 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arab (1964-75), shot by nephew
March 25, 1972 "Selling of the President" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 5 performances
March 25, 1972 34th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Florida 81-76
March 25, 1972 America's LP "America" goes #1
March 25, 1971 Tom Jones, "She's a Lady," goes gold
March 25, 1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)
March 25, 1969 Andes Pact signed in Peru
March 25, 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
March 25, 1967 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64
March 25, 1966 U.S. Supreme Court rules the poll tax unconstitutional
March 25, 1966 Beatles pose with mutilated dolls and butchered meat for the cover of the "Yesterday and Today" album, It is later pulled
March 25, 1964 Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64)
March 25, 1963 KWHY TV channel 22 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting
March 25, 1962 "Family Affair" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City after 65 performances
March 25, 1962 French OAS-leader ex-general Jouhaud arrested
March 25, 1961 3rd place game is one of the wildest contests in NCAA Tournament history as St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in 4 overtimes
March 25, 1960 Italian government Tambroni forms
March 25, 1959 Bill White traded to St. Louis for pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate
March 25, 1957 NBA modifies the free-throw rule
March 25, 1957 Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Market)
March 25, 1955 East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, U.S.S.R.
March 25, 1954 26th Academy Awards - "From Here to Eternity," Holden and A Hepburn win
March 25, 1951 5th Tony Awards: Guys and Dolls and Rose Tattoo win
March 25, 1949 SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied
March 25, 1947 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47
March 25, 1946 1st performance of Igor Stravinsky's "Ebony Concerto"
March 25, 1945 U.S. Northern Tractor Flotilla departs Ulithi to Okinawa
March 25, 1944 RAF Sgt Nickolas Alkemade survives a jump from his Lancaster bomber from 18,000 feet without a parachute
March 25, 1943 Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore premiere on radio
March 25, 1942 700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp
March 25, 1941 Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon South Carolina, incorporated
March 25, 1939 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart
March 25, 1938 1st U.S. bred horse (Battleship) to win Grand National Steeplechase
March 25, 1937 Lionel Conacher misses on 1st Stanley Cup penalty shot
March 25, 1937 Washington Daily News is 1st U.S. newspaper with perfumed advertising page
March 25, 1936 200" mirror blank leaves for California to be ground
March 25, 1935 1st Belgium government of Van Zealand resigns
March 25, 1934 1st Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 284
March 25, 1931 Hal Kemp and his Orch record Whistles, with Skinnay Ennis
March 25, 1924 Greek parliament selects Admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier
March 25, 1923 British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy
March 25, 1920 Greek Independence Day
March 25, 1916 Heavyweight Jess Willard and Franc Moran fight to no decision in New York City
March 25, 1916 Jess Willard fights Frank Moran to no decision in 10 for boxing title
March 25, 1916 Women are allowed to attend a boxing match
March 25, 1915 1st submarine disaster; a U.S. F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21
March 25, 1913 Great Dayton Flood
March 25, 1913 Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, opens (New York City) starring Ed Wynn
March 25, 1911 L D Swamikannu publishes "Manual of Indian Chronology" in Bombay
March 25, 1910 Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ
March 25, 1907 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup
March 25, 1905 Rebel battle flags captured during war are returned to South
March 25, 1902 Irving W. Colburn patents sheet glass drawing machine
March 25, 1901 55 die as Rock Island train derailed near Marshalltown Iowa
March 25, 1900 U.S. Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis