Effemeride del 25 Marzo

è successo un 25 Marzo

1911 : Fire in a shirt factory in New York On March 25, 1911, a fire occurred in a textile factory in New York. 146 young workers were killed. The factory lacked emergency exits and doors to the stairs were locked.
1947 : Explosion in a coal mine On 25 March 1947, an explosion at a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois, USA, trapped 100 miners before sending them a deadly gas through the tunnels.
1957 : Treaty of Rome On 25 March 1957, France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands signed the Treaty of Rome establishing the European Economic Community (EEC).
1965 : End of Freedom March On March 25, 1965, in Montgomery, Alabama, 25000 civil rights supporters ended the Freedom March, which began four days earlier at Selma, under the protection of the U.S. Federal Army. The governor of Alabama, Wallace, refused to receive their petition.
1975 : King Faisal of Saudi Arabia assassinated by his nephew On March 25, 1975, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is assassinated by his nephew who was later beheaded in public for his act.

National Day in Greece
March 25 is a national holiday in Greece to commemorate the independence gained against the Ottoman Empire in 1921.

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Joachim Murat, Maresciallo di Francia (1767)
Arturo Toscanini, Conduttore italiano (1867)
Béla Bartók, Compositore ungherese (1881)
Jacques Audiberti, Scrittore francese (1899)
Jean Sablon, Cantante francese (1906)
David Lean, Regista inglese (1908)
Jean Vilar, Uomo di teatro francese (1912)
Norman Borlaug, American agronomo, umanitarie, Nobel per la pace (1914)
Simone Signoret, Attrice francese (1921)
Eileen Ford, Dirigente di una agenzia di modelli (1922)
Jim Lovell, Astronauta americano (1928)
Aretha Franklin, Cantante americana (1942)
Paul Michael Glaser, Attore e regista americano (1943)
Maurice Krafft, Vulcanologo francese (1946)
Elton John, Cantante inglese (1947)
Bernard de La Villardière, Giornalista francese (1958)
Marcia Cross, Attrice americana (1962)
Sarah Jessica Parker, Attrice americana (1965)
Debi Thomas, Pattinatore americana (1967)
Lark Voorhies, Attrice americana (1974)
Liam Messam, Giocatore di rugby della Nuova Zelanda (1984)

Frédéric Mistral, Scrittore francese, premio Nobel (1914)
Claude Debussy, Compositore francese (1918)
Max Ophüls, Regista tedesco (1957)
Roland Barthes, Filosofo francese (1980)
Thierry Gilardi, Commentatore di calcio francese (2008)

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