Today in History for March 1925

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 22 of 22

2nd - Dutch Socialists demand drastic disarmament
2nd - Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage
2nd - Nationwide road numbering system & US shield marker adopted
2nd - SDAP-Second-Faction of parliament demands drastic disarmament
4th - Pres Coolidge's inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations
4th - Swain's Island (near American Samoa) annexed by US
6th - Belgium annexes Eupen, Malmö dy & Sankt Vith
7th - American Negro Congress organizes
9th - Pink's War, the first RAF operation conducted independently of the Army or Navy, begins.
10th - Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran
12th - British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement
13th - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games
13th - Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution
18th - (8) 60-MPH tornadoes speed Mo, In, Il, Ky, & Tn kills 689
19th - Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop
21st - Edinburgh's Murreyfield Stadium officially opens
21st - Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar
23rd - Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution
24th - KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions
30th - Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians
30th - Stanley Cup: Vict Cougars (WCHL) beat Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1
31st - WOWO-AM, Ft Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 57 of 57

1st - Al Rosen, Spartanburg SC, 3rd baseman (AL MVP 1953)/NY Yankee pres
3rd - Enzo Stuarti, Italy, singer (Yesterday)
3rd - Richard Vernon, England, actor (Servant, Gandhi, Hard Days Night)
4th - Paul Mauriat, French musician (d. 2006)
6th - Wes Montgomery, American musician (d. 1968)
7th - Rene Gagnon, US Marine shown in photograph of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1979)
8th - Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer
8th - Francisco Rabal, Aguilas Spain, actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra)
8th - Petrus Steenkamp, Dutch politician (KVP/CDA)
10th - Ed van der Elsken, movie photographer (Een liefdesgeschiedenis)
10th - M J J A [Sef] Imkamp, Dutch politician (D66)
10th - Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
11th - James Miskin, QC/recorder of London
12th - Georges Delerue, composer
12th - Harry [Maxwell] Harrison, UK, sci-fi author (Deathworld Trilogy), (d. 2012)
12th - Leo Esaki, [Esaki Reona], Japan, physicist (Tunnel effect-Nobel 1973)
12th - Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55)
12th - William G Whitehurst, (Rep-R-Va)
13th - Anthony Milner, composer
13th - Bertha Tickey, Dinuba California, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1973)
13th - Roy Haynes, US jazz drummer (Trio Music with Chick Corea)
14th - John Barrington Wain, England, novelist/poet (Hurry on Down)
14th - Francis A. Marzen, American Catholic prelate (d. 2004)
15th - Bert Bolin, Swedish meteorologist
16th - Cornell Borchers, Germany, actress (Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul)
16th - Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill (d. 2004)
17th - G M Hughes, British zoologist
17th - Jerome Lejeune, physiologist
17th - Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian film and stage actor
18th - Peter Graves [Aurness], Minneapolis Mn, actor (James Phelps-Mission Impossible)
19th - Brent Scowcroft, Ogden Utah, Lt Gen (USAF)/National Security Council
20th - James Pickles, judge
20th - John D Erlichman, Politician (Nixon aide, Watergate)
21st - John E Grotberg, (Rep-R-IL, 1985-86)
21st - Peter Brook, London, director (1776)/TV writer
21st - Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (d. 1964)
22nd - Colin Spedding, CEO (Council of Science & Technology Institutes)
23rd - Cees de Ruyter, European champion billiards player
23rd - David McNee, commissioner (Metropolitan Police)
23rd - David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008)
24th - Duncan Wood, TV director/producer
24th - Puig Aubert, French rugby league footballer (d. 1994)
25th - Flannery O'Connor, GA, novelist (A Good Man is Hard to Find)
26th - Claudio Spies, composer
26th - Lord Graham of Edmonton, House of Lords (chief opposition whip)
26th - Baron Hooson [Hugh Emlyn], British politician and peer (MP for Montgomeryshire 1962-79), (d. 2012)
26th - Maqsood Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56)
26th - Pierre Boulez, Montbrison France, composer/conductor (Visage Nuptial)
27th - Lord Plumb, MEP
27th - R P Cohan, choreographer
27th - Robert Cohan, artistic director (Contemporary Dance Trust)
28th - Innokenti Smoktunovsky, actor (Bely Prazdnik, Zakoldovannye)
29th - Emlen Tunnell, NFL safety (Giants, Packers)
29th - Lord Justice Beldam
30th - Ivo Malek, composer
30th - John Wells, MP
31st - Jean Coutu, French Canadian actor (d. 1999)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 11 of 11

4th - Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70
4th - James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
4th - John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (b. 1860)
11th - Andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78
12th - Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58
13th - Lucille Ricksen, American actress (b. 1909)
14th - Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65
20th - George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66
23rd - Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76
27th - Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist, dies at 92
30th - Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at 64