25 March

Notable Births

Ozan Kabak

b. 2000

Turkish footballer (born 2000)

Mikey Madison

b. 1999

American actress (born 1999)

Justine Dufour-Lapointe

b. 1994

Canadian freestyle skier

Jacob Gagan

b. 1993

Australian rugby league footballer (born 1993)

Sam Johnstone

b. 1993

English footballer (born 1993)

Meg Lanning

b. 1992

Australian cricketer (born 1992)

Mehmet Ekici

b. 1990

Turkish footballer

Alexander Esswein

b. 1990

German footballer (born 1990)

Aly Michalka

b. 1989

American actress and singer (born 1989)

Scott Sinclair

b. 1989

English footballer (born 1989)

Big Sean

b. 1988

American rapper (born 1988)

Ryan Lewis

b. 1988

American musician (born 1988)

Mitchell Watt

b. 1988

Australian track and field athlete

Victor Obinna

b. 1987

Nigerian footballer (born 1987)

Nobunari Oda

b. 1987

Japanese figure skater (born 1987)

Hyun-jin Ryu

b. 1987

Korean baseball player (born 1987)

Marco Belinelli

b. 1986

Italian basketball player (born 1986)

Megan Gibson-Loftin

b. 1986

Kyle Lowry

b. 1986

American basketball player (born 1986)

Mickey Paea

b. 1986

Tonga international rugby league footballer

Notable Deaths

Tapani Kansa

d. 2025

Finnish singer (1949–2025)

Terry Manning

d. 2025

American musician and recording engineer (1947–2025)

Taylor Hawkins

d. 2022

American drummer (1972–2022)

Beverly Cleary

d. 2021

American writer (1916–2021)

Floyd Cardoz

d. 2020

Indian-American chef (1960–2020)

Barrie Hole

d. 2019

Welsh footballer (1942–2019)

Cuthbert Sebastian

d. 2017

British Colonial governor

Shannon Bolin

d. 2016

American actress and singer (1917–2016)

George Fischbeck

d. 2015

American weather presenter (1922–2015)

Lorna Arnold

d. 2014

British military historian (1915–2014)

Hank Lauricella

d. 2014

American politician

Sonny Ruberto

d. 2014

American baseball player (1946–2014)

Jonathan Schell

d. 2014

American author and advocate against nuclear weapons (1943–2014)

Ralph Wilson

d. 2014

American football executive (1918–2014)

Ben Goldfaden

d. 2013

American basketball player (1913–2013)

Anthony Lewis

d. 2013

American journalist (1927–2013)

John F. Wiley

d. 2013

American football player and coach (1920–2013)

John Crosfield

d. 2012

English inventor and entrepreneur

Edd Gould

d. 2012

British animator (1988–2012)

Antonio Tabucchi

d. 2012

Italian writer and academic (1943–2012)

On This Day in History

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2018

Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.

Syrian civil war

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2006

Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Capitol Hill massacre

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.

Belarus

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).

European Union

1995

WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.

WikiWikiWeb

1988

The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

Candle demonstration in Bratislava

1979

The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.

Space Shuttle

1975

Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.

Faisal of Saudi Arabia

1971

The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.

Army of the Republic of Vietnam

1965

Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their four-day 50-mile (80 km) march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

Civil rights movement

1959

Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($58,072 in 2025).

Chain Island