What Happened on Mar 25

Battle Of Saint-Pierre

The Battle of Saint-Pierre was a military confrontation on March 25, 1776, near the Quebec village of Saint-Pierre, south of Quebec City. This... Read more

Battle of Brentwood

Description: Union Lt. Col. Edward Bloodgood held Brentwood, a station on the Nashville & Decatur Railroad, with 400 men on the morning of March... Read more

Battle of Fort Stedman

Description: In a last-gasp offensive, Gen. Robert E. Lee amassed nearly half of his army in an attempt to break through Grant’s Petersburg... Read more

Montreal Wanderers win Stanley Cup

Kenora went ahead and added Alf Smith and Rat Westwick of Ottawa for the challenge, against the wishes of Mr. Foran. The series was supposed to... Read more

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Women and girl machine operators jumped from the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors in groups of twos and threes into life nets and their bodies spun... Read more

First Action at Jebel Hamrin

The first action we fought at Jebel Hamrin, in the third week of March, 1917, was a sanguinary affair. The Turks held us back on the hills when... Read more

Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup

The 1924 Stanley Cup Final saw the National Hockey League (NHL) champion Montreal Canadiens defeat the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) champion... Read more

'Pylon' Is Published

Pylon is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. Published in 1935, Pylon is set in New Valois, a fictionalized version of New Orleans. It... Read more

Aretha Franklin is Born

Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter and pianist commonly referred to as "The Queen of Soul". Although... Read more

Battle of the Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket (Hube's Pocket)

The Battle of the Kamenets-Podolsky Pocket, also known as Hube's Pocket, was a Wehrmacht attempt on the Eastern Front of World War II to evade... Read more

Deportation of the Jews of Ioannina

While detained, [Dr. Moses Koffinas] learned of German plans to deport Jews, and smuggled a note out to Sabetai Kabelis, a prominent member of the... Read more

Holy Cross Beats Oklahoma in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

The 1947 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more

26th Academy Awards

The 26th Academy Awards honored the best in films of 1953. The second national telecast of the Awards show draws an estimated 43,000,000... Read more

Cincinnati Beats Ohio State in Final Four

The 1961 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 24 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more

UCLA Beats Dayton in Final Four

The 1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more

UCLA Beats Florida State in Final Four

The 1972 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more

NC State Beats Marquette in Final Four

The 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more

Michael Jackson popularizes the moonwalk

The moonwalk or backslide is a dance technique that presents the illusion that the dancer is stepping forward while actually moving backward,... Read more

"The Outsiders" is released

The Outsiders is a 1983 American drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, an adaptation of the 1967 novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton. The... Read more

57th Academy Awards

The 57th Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1985 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Jack... Read more

"Biloxi Blues" Is Released

Biloxi Blues is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Neil Simon is based on his semi-autobiographical 1985 play... Read more

Happy Land Social Club Fire

From the information reported in the media and observations from the CFR staff during an on-site investigation, the ignition scenario for this fire... Read more

63rd Academy Awards

The 63rd Academy Awards were presented March 25, 1991 at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. The show was hosted by Billy Crystal. The prominent... Read more

"The Letter" - Season 3 Episode 21 of Seinfeld First Airs

"The Letter" is the thirty-ninth episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. The episode was the 21st of the third season. It aired on March 25, 1992. Plot... Read more

D2: The Mighty Ducks is released

D2: The Mighty Ducks also known as The Mighty Ducks 2 is the second film in The Mighty Ducks trilogy and the first theatrical sequel to The Mighty... Read more