TODAY IS PRECIOUS ({[MARCH 25]})
DO YOU KNOW, ON THIS DATE......
708 | | Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope. |
1634 | | Lord Baltimore founds the Catholic colony of Maryland. |
1655 | | Puritans jail Governor Stone after a military victory over Catholic forces in the colony of Maryland. |
1668 | | The first horse race in America takes place. |
1776 | | The Continental Congress authorizes a medal for General George Washington. |
1807 | | British Parliament abolishes the slave trade. |
1813 | | The frigate USS Essex flies the first U.S. flag in battle in the Pacific. |
1865 | | Confederate forces capture Fort Stedman, during the siege of Petersburg, Va. |
1879 | | Japan invades the kingdom of Liuqiu (Ryukyu) Islands, formerly a vassal of China. |
1905 | | Rebel battle flags that were captured during the American Civil War are returned to the South. |
1911 | | A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, a sweatshop in New York City, claims the lives of 146 workers. |
1915 | | The first submarine disaster occurs when a U.S. F-4 sinks off the Hawaiian coast. |
1919 | | The Paris Peace Commission adopts a plan to protect nations from the influx of foreign labor. |
1931 | | Fifty people are killed in riots that break out in India. Mahatma Gandhi was one of many people assaulted. |
1940 | | The United States agrees to give Britain and France access to all American warplanes. |
1941 | | Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers. |
1953 | | The USS Missouri fires on targets at Kojo, North Korea, the last time her guns fire until the Persian Gulf War of 1992. |
1954 | | RCA manufactures its first color TV set and begins mass production. |
1957 | | The European Common Market Treaty is signed in Rome. The goal is to create a common market for all products–especially coal and steel. |
1965 | | Martin Luther King Jr. leads a group of 25,000 to the state capital in Montgomery, Ala. |
1969 | | John Lennon and Yoko Ono stage a bed-in for peace in Amsterdam. |
1970 | | The Concorde makes its first supersonic flight. |
1975 | | Hue is lost and Da Nang is endangered by North Vietnamese forces. The United States orders a refugee airlift to remove those in danger. |
1981 | | The U.S. Embassy in San Salvador is damaged when gunmen attack, firing rocket propelled grenades and machine guns. |
1986 | | President Ronald Reagan orders emergency aid for the Honduran army. U.S. helicopters take Honduran troops to the Nicaraguan border.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR
1133 | | Henry II, King of England (1154-1189). |
1767 | | Joachim Murat, Napoleon's brother in law who became king of Naples in 1808. |
1797 | | John Winebrenner, U.S. clergyman who founded the Church of God. |
1839 | | William Bell Wait, educator of the blind. |
1867 | | Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mount Rushmore. |
1868 | | Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor. |
1906 | | Alan John Percivale Taylor, English historian. |
1908 | | David Lean, British film director (Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia). |
1925 | | (Mary) Flannery O'Connor, novelist and short story writer. |
1934 | | Gloria Steinem, political activist, editor. |
1942 | | Aretha Franklin, American singer, the "Queen of Soul."
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