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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