March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 281 days remain until the end of the year.
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.919 – Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII .1000 – Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government. 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 – Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence . The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar ).1845 – New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army .[1] 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.[2] 1911 – Andrey Yushchinsky was murdered in Kiev, leading to the Beilis affair . 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 – More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.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 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos .1973 – Ireland gets a new newspaper called Sunday World .1975 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.1979 – The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia 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 2006 Belarusian presidential election, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested. Births 1252 – Conradin , Duke of Swabia (d. 1268)1259 – Andronikos II Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)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)1510 – Guillaume Postel , French linguist (d. 1581)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)1546 – Giacomo Castelvetro, Italian writer (d. 1616)1593 – Jean de Brébeuf , French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)1611 – Evliya Çelebi , Ottoman Turk traveller and writer (d. 1682)1636 – Henric Piccardt, Dutch lawyer (d. 1712)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 and composer (d. 1783)1741 – Jean-Antoine Houdon , French sculptor and educator (d. 1828)1745 – John Barry , American naval officer and father of the American navy (d. 1803)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)1874 – Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (d. 1957)[3] 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)1885 – Jimmy Seed , English international footballer, inside forward and manager (d. 1966)[4] 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) 1904 – Pete Johnson , American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist (d. 1967)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)1915 – Dorothy Squires , Welsh singer (d. 1998)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) 1920 – Usha Mehta , Gandhian and freedom fighter of India (d. 2000) 1921 – Nancy Kelly , American actress (d. 1995)1921 – Simone Signoret , French actress (d. 1985) 1921 – Alexandra of Yugoslavia, the last Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)[5] 1922 – Eileen Ford , American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (d. 2014)1923 – Bonnie Guitar , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2019)1923 – Wim van Est , Dutch cyclist (d. 2003) 1924 – Roberts Blossom , American actor (d. 2011)1924 – Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (d. 2019) 1925 – Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (d. 1964)1925 – Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton , English physician and philosopher (d. 2010) 1925 – Kishori Sinha, Indian politician, social activist and advocate (d. 2016) 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 astronaut1928 – Gunnar Nielsen, Danish runner and typographer (d. 1985) 1928 – Hans Steinbrenner, German sculptor (d. 2008) 1929 – Cecil Taylor , American pianist and composer (d. 2018)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 host1932 – 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 (d. 2019) 1941 – Gudmund Hernes , Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research1942 – Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2018 )1942 – Richard O'Brien , English actor and screenwriter 1942 – Kim Woodburn , English television host 1943 – Paul Michael Glaser , American actor and director1945 – Leila Diniz, Brazilian actress (d. 1972)1946 – Cliff Balsom, English footballer1946 – 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 critic1947 – Elton John , English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor 1948 – Bonnie Bedelia , American actress1948 – Michael Stanley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1949 – Ronnie Flanagan , Northern Irish Chief Constable (Royal Irish Constabulary , Police Service of Northern Ireland )1949 – Sue Klebold, American activist 1950 – Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1995)1950 – Ronnie McDowell , American singer-songwriter 1950 – David Paquette, American-New Zealander 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 manager1953 – Vesna Pusić, Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia 1953 – Haroon Rasheed, Pakistani cricketer and coach 1954 – Thom Loverro , American journalist and author1955 – Daniel Boulud , French chef and author1955 – Lee Mazzilli , American baseball player, coach, and manager 1957 – Christina Boxer, English runner and journalist1957 – Jonathan Michie , English economist and academic 1957 – Aleksandr Puchkov , Russian hurdler 1957 – Jim Uhls, American screenwriter and producer 1958 – Lorna Brown, Canadian artist, curator, and writer 1958 – Susie Bright , American journalist, author, and critic1958 – 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 producer1960 – Peter O'Brien, Australian actor 1960 – Brenda Strong , American actress 1961 – Mark Brooks , American golfer1962 – Marcia Cross , American actress1962 – David Nuttall, English lawyer and politician 1963 – Karen Bruce, English dancer and choreographer1963 – Velle Kadalipp, Estonian architect 1963 – Andrew O'Connor, British actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer 1964 – René Meulensteen , Dutch footballer and coach1964 – Ken Wregget , Canadian ice hockey player 1964 – Norm Duke , American bowler 1965 – Avery Johnson , American basketball player and coach1965 – Stefka Kostadinova , Bulgarian high jumper 1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker , American actress, producer, and designer 1966 – Tom Glavine , American baseball player and sportscaster1966 – Humberto Gonzalez, Mexican boxer 1966 – Jeff Healey , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008) 1966 – Anton Rogan , Northern Irish footballer 1967 – Matthew Barney , American sculptor and photographer1967 – Doug Stanhope, American comedian and actor 1967 – Debi Thomas , American figure skater and physician 1969 – George Chlitsios, Greek conductor and composer1969 – Dale Davis , American basketball player 1969 – Cathy Dennis , English singer-songwriter, record producer and actress 1969 – Jeffrey Walker, English singer-songwriter and bass player 1970 – Magnus Larsson , Swedish golfer1971 – Stacy Dragila , American pole vaulter and coach1971 – Cammi Granato , American ice hockey player and sportscaster 1971 – Sheryl Swoopes , American basketball player and coach 1972 – Giniel de Villiers, South African race car driver1972 – Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (d. 2007) 1973 – Michaela Dorfmeister , Austrian skier1973 – Anders Fridén , Swedish singer-songwriter and producer 1973 – Bob Sura , American basketball player 1974 – Serge Betsen , Cameroonian-French rugby player1974 – Lark Voorhies , American actress and singer 1975 – Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player1975 – Melanie Blatt , English singer-songwriter and actress 1975 – Erika Heynatz , Papua New Guinean-Australian model and actress 1976 – Francie Bellew, Irish footballer1976 – Lars Figura , German sprinter 1976 – Wladimir Klitschko , Ukrainian boxer 1976 – Rima Wakarua , New Zealand-Italian rugby player 1977 – Natalie Clein , English cellist and educator1977 – Andrew Lindsay, Scottish rower 1978 – Gennaro Delvecchio , Italian footballer1979 – Muriel Hurtis-Houairi , French sprinter1980 – Kathrine Sørland , Norwegian fashion model and television presenter1982 – Danica Patrick , American race car driver1982 – Álvaro Saborío , Costa Rican footballer 1982 – Jenny Slate, American comedian, actress and author[6] 1983 – Mickaël Hanany, French high jumper1984 – Katharine McPhee , American singer-songwriter and actress1984 – Liam Messam , New Zealand rugby player 1985 – Carmen Rasmusen , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress1985 – Diana Rennik , Estonian figure skater 1986 – Marco Belinelli , Italian basketball player1986 – Megan Gibson, American softball player 1986 – Kyle Lowry , American basketball player 1986 – Mickey Paea , Australian rugby league player 1987 – Jacob Bagersted, Danish handball player1987 – Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer 1987 – Nobunari Oda , Japanese figure skater 1988 – Big Sean, American rapper, singer and songwriter[7] 1988 – Mitchell Watt, Australian long jumper 1988 – Arthur Zeiler, German rugby player 1989 – Aly Michalka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist1989 – Scott Sinclair , English footballer 1990 – Mehmet Ekici, Turkish footballer1990 – Alexander Esswein, German footballer 1991 – Scott Malone, English footballer, left-back[8] 1993 – Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player1993 – Sam Johnstone, English footballer 1994 – Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skierDeaths 908 – Li Kening, Chinese general940 – Taira no Masakado , Japanese samurai990 – Nicodemus of Mammola, Italian monk and saint[9] 1005 – Kenneth III , king of Scotland1051 – Hugh IV, French nobleman1189 – Frederick, duke of Bohemia1223 – Alfonso II , king of Portugal (b. 1185)1351 – Kō no Moronao, Japanese samurai1351 – Kō no Moroyasu, Japanese samurai 1392 – Hosokawa Yoriyuki , Japanese samurai1458 – 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 daimyō (b. 1526)1609 – Olaus Martini , Swedish archbishop (b. 1557)1609 – Isabelle de Limeuil, French noble (b. 1535) 1620 – Johannes Nucius , German composer and theorist (b. 1556)1625 – Giambattista Marino , Italian poet and author (b. 1569)1658 – Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, German nobleman (b. 1607)1677 – Wenceslaus Hollar, Czech-English painter and etcher (b. 1607)1701 – Jean Regnault de Segrais, French poet and novelist (b. 1624)1712 – Nehemiah Grew , English anatomist and physiologist (b. 1641)1732 – Lucy Filippini, Italian teacher and saint (b. 1672)[10] 1736 – Nicholas Hawksmoor , English architect, designed Easton Neston and Christ Church (b. 1661)1738 – Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harp player and composer (b. 1670)1801 – Novalis , German poet and author (b. 1772)1818 – Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (b. 1745)1857 – William Colgate , English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive (b. 1783)1860 – James Braid, Scottish-English surgeon (b. 1795)1869 – Edward Bates , American politician and lawyer (b. 1793)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)[11] 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)1965 – Viola Liuzzo , American civil rights activist (b. 1925)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)1976 – Benjamin Miessner, American radio engineer and inventor (b. 1890)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) 2006 – Richard Fleischer , American film director (b. 1916) 2006 – Buck Owens , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929) 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 – 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)2017 – Cuthbert Sebastian , St. Kitts and Nevis politician (b. 1921)2018 – Zell Miller , American author and politician (b. 1932)2019 – Scott Walker , American-born British singer-songwriter (b. 1943)[12] Holidays and observances Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants (San Marino) Christian feast days : Feast of the Annunciation (Christianity), and its related observances (if March 25 falls in Holy Week or Easter Week, the feast is moved to the Monday after the 2nd Sunday of Easter). Also known as Lady Day . March 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Christian Saints' days 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) Freedom Day (Belarus) [13] Independence Day, celebrates the start of Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire , in 1821. (Greece) International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (international)[14] International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members (United Nations General Assembly )[14] International Day of the Unborn Child (international ) Maryland Day (Maryland , United States )Medal of Honor Day (United States ) Mother's Day (Slovenia)New Year's Day (Lady Day ) in England, Wales, Ireland, and the future United States from 1155 through 1751 , until Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 moved it to 1 January (and adopted the Gregorian calendar. (The year 1751 began on 25 March; the year 1752 began on 1 January.)NZ Army Day Quarter day (first of four) in Ireland and England .Struggle for Human Rights Day (Slovakia ) Tolkien Reading Day Vårfrudagen or Våffeldagen , "Waffle Day" (Sweden, Norway & Denmark)References ^ Corbett, D. A. (1980). 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