THIS DAY IN HISTORY 25/03

This day in #history 25/03

MARCH 25TH

421 – Friday at 12 PM – city of Venice founded

1655 – Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan (Saturn’s largest satellite

1807 – British Parliament abolishes slave trade

1820 – Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack

1821 – Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day)

1851 – Yosemite Valley discovered in California

1895 – Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

1918 – The Belarusian People’s Republic is established.

1920 – Greek Independence Day

1923 – British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy

1924 – Greek parliament selects admiral Paul Koundouriotis as premier

1957 – Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community (Common Mkt)

1964 – Britain sets memorial for the late President John F Kennedy

1964 – Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64)

1965 – Martin Luther King Jr led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Al

2013 – Golfer Tiger Woods returns to his world number one ranking

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1947 – Elton John, [Reginald Kenneth Dwight], England, singer (Rocketman)

1965 – Sarah Jessica Parker, Nelsonville Ohio, American actress (Square Pegs, Sex and the City)

FAMOUS DEATHS

2012 – Larry Stevenson [Richard], American skateboard innovator, dies from pneumonia and Alzheimer’s disease at 81

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