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unusual facts about March 25



1800 in literature

March 25 - Alexis Paulin Paris, editor of medieval French manuscripts (died 1881)


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15° Off Cool

15° Off Cool is a 2007 comedy special by Bill Engvall, which premiered on Comedy Central on Sunday, March 25, 2007.

1895 in Italy

March 25 – Italian troops occupy Adigrat in Ethiopia and use it as a base to support their advance south to Mek'ele.

1923 Copa del Rey

The competition started on March 25, 1923 and concluded on May 13, 1923 with the Final, held at the Les Corts in Barcelona, in which Athletic Bilbao lifted the trophy for the 9th time ever with a 1–0 victory over CD Europa.

1984 World Women's Curling Championship

The 1984 World Women's Curling Championship, the women's world curling championship, was held from March 25-30 at the Perth Ice Arena in Perth, Scotland.

2010–11 Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball season

On March 25, 2010, Tom Pecora was hired from Hofstra, where he coached seven years to a 155–126 record.

Akira Murata

Akira Murata (村田昭 Murata Showa) (b. March 25, 1921 in Higashiyama, Kyoto - February 3, 2006) is the founder of Murata Manufacturing.

Annunciation

When the calendar system of Anno Domini was first introduced by Dionysius Exiguus in AD 525, he assigned the beginning of the new year to March 25 since, according to Catholic theology, the era of grace began with the Incarnation of Christ.

Asanee–Wasan

The Chotikul brothers were born in Loei Province in Northeast Thailand (Asanee: April 9, 1955, Wasan: March 25, 1957) and moved to Bangkok to study.

Boris Markov

Boris Markov (March 7, 1924, village Khitekushkan' (now Tautovskoye Rural Settlement, Alikovsky District, Chuvash Republic) Chuvash AO, USSR - March 25, 1977, Moscow, USSR) - Soviet, Chuvash actor and theater director, People Artist of the Russia, People Artist of the Chuvash Republic, the founder and first director of the Chuvash State Ballet&Opera Theatre.

Carl A. Schenck

Carl Alwyn Schenck (March 25, 1868 – May 17, 1955) was a pioneering forestry educator in North America, known for his contributions as the forester for George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate, and the founder of the Biltmore Forest School, the first practical forestry school in the United States, in 1898, near Asheville, NC.

Christianisation of saints and feasts

Although there have been various folk suggestions regarding the origin of Christmas, the earliest historical source stating December 25 as the date of birth of Jesus was Hippolytus of Rome (170–236), written very early in the 3rd century, based on the assumption that the conception of Jesus took place at the Spring equinox which he placed on March 25, and then added nine months.

Christophe Lutundula

On March 25, 2009 he became President ad interim of the Assembly following the resignation of Vital Kamerhe.

Coastal-class ferry

She was followed by Coastal Inspiration, which left Germany on February 9 and arrived March 25, and the Coastal Celebration, which departed on May 9 and arrived on June 18.

Danny Summers

Danny Summers (born March 25, 1924 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Died - July 15, 1999) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who had an 18 year pro career, 10 of which were in the AHL and enjoyed a 20-year NHL scouting career for the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers and San Jose Sharks.

David Josiah Brewer

On March 25, 1884, Brewer was nominated by President Chester A. Arthur to the United States circuit court for the Eighth Circuit, to a seat vacated by George Washington McCrary.

David Vychodil

David Vychodil (born March 25, 1980 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic) is a Czech professional ice hockey player, currently playing and coaching for Chiefs Leuven in Belgium .

Dmitri Kvartalnov

Dmitri Vyacheslavovich Kvartalnov (Дмитрий Вячеславович Квартальнов; born March 25, 1966 in Voskresensk, Soviet Union) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 112 games in the National Hockey League.

Duilio Spagnolo

The first indication that the latter was not going to come came on March 25, 1947, when he made his American debut, against a top ranked heavyweight, Lee Savold, who proceeded to give Spagnolo his first knockout loss, in round eight at Boston's famed Boston Garden.

Elmer L. Andersen

Elmer Lee Andersen (June 17, 1909 – November 15, 2004) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and the 30th Governor of Minnesota, serving a single term from January 2, 1961, to March 25, 1963, as a Republican.

Free Wheelchair Mission

Schoendorfer received the Above and Beyond Award during Medal of Honor Day on March 25, 2008, at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

Governor of Wisconsin

The longest-serving governor was Tommy Thompson, from January 5, 1987 until February 1, 2001, a total of 14 years and 28 days; the shortest-serving was Arthur MacArthur, Sr., from March 21, 1856 until March 25 of the same year; a total of 5 days.

Hirooki Goto

Goto made his return to CMLL on March 25 and would, for the next month, work for the promotion as a heel, culminating in a match on April 29 at Arena México's 55th anniversary show, where he unsuccessfully challenged Último Guerrero for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship in a Two Out of Three Falls match.

Hiroyuki Nakajima

As of March 25, 2013, Nakajima was batting only .150 with 1 double and 1 RBI in spring training, and John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reported that he may start the 2013 season in the minor leagues.

J. McKenzie Moss

He successfully contested as a Republican the election of John Stockdale Rhea to the 57th United States Congress and served from March 25, 1902, to March 3, 1903.

Jack Kapp

Jack Kapp (June 15, 1901 – March 25, 1949) was a record company executive with Brunswick Records who founded the American Decca Records in 1934 along with British Decca founder Edward Lewis and later American Decca head Milton Rackmil.

Japanese ironclad Kōtetsu

On March 25, 1869, in the Naval Battle of Miyako Bay, Kōtetsu successfully repulsed a surprise night attempt at boarding by the rebel Kaiten (spearheaded by survivors from the Shinsengumi), essentially thanks to the presence of a Gatling gun on board.

Jean Schramme

Jean Schramme (March 25, 1929, Bruges, Belgium – December 14, 1988, Rondonópolis, Brazil) was a Belgian mercenary leader and farmer, owner of an estate of about 15 square kilometres, and boss of about 1000 indigenous workers.

Jeremy Edwardson

Jeremy Edwardson (born March 25, 1979) is an American singer/songwriter, producer/audio engineer, and former lead vocalist of the Seattle-based band, The Myriad.

John Stockdale Rhea

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fifty-seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1901, to March 25, 1902, when he was succeeded by J. McKenzie Moss, who contested his election.

Knut Stenborg

Knut Stenborg (March 25, 1890 in Hjo – October 10, 1946 in Vänersbrog) was a Swedish athlete.

Laurent Nouvion

Laurent Nouvion (born March 25, 1968) is a Monegasque politician and attorney, who is currently the President of the National Council in Monaco.

Lindenwood, Illinois

Ralyn M. Hill (May 6, 1899–March 25, 1977) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the World War I.

Loyd A. Jones

A compromise solution was reached, and on March 25, 1918, architect Harold Van Buskirk was placed in charge of a U.S. Navy camouflage unit, consisting of two major sections: A design section made up of artists, located in Washington D.C., headed by artist Everett L. Warner; and a research section made up largely of scientists, located at the Eastman laboratories in Rochester, New York, under the supervision of Jones (Van Buskirk 1919; Warner 1919).

Manuel del Rosario

Del Rosario was born in Baao, Philippines in 1915, and was ordained a priest on March 25, 1939.

Masumi Kuwata

On January 28, 2009, at age 40, he was accepted into the Graduate School of Sport Sciences of Waseda University, and on March 25, he graduated first on the list of this school.

Molalla High School

The Molalla Union High School building was dedicated in February 1926, and served as the freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior campus until the 5.6 Richter Scotts Mills earthquake on March 25, 1993, rendered the building unsafe for students.

Mortimer Jordan High School

That streak carried over into the 2010 season, and ended at 59 games when Jordan lost to Angelo Rodriguez High School of Fairfield, California in the ESPN RISE/Nike Fastest to First Tournament in Huntington Beach, California on March 25, 2010.

Neville Ranch Raid

On March 25, 1918, while on garrison duty at Candelaria, Captain Leonard Matlock, 8th Cavalry, received information from someone regarding an imminent attack on Neville Ranch.

Nick Polano

Nick Polano (born March 25, 1941 in Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada) was the Detroit Red Wings' head coach when owner Mike Ilitch first bought the team in 1982.

Nicole Speirs

Nicole Marie Speirs (born November 3, 1983 - March 25, 2006) made headlines in the area of Tooele, Utah as a domestic violence murder victim.

Oppenhoff

Franz Oppenhoff, mayor of Aachen, Germany (born August 18, 1902, in Aachen, Germany; died March 25, 1945, in Aachen, Germany)

Peine forte et dure

The most famous case in England was that of Roman Catholic martyr St Margaret Clitherow, who (in order to avoid a trial in which her own children would be obliged to give evidence and could be tortured) was pressed to death on March 25, 1586, after refusing to plead to the charge of having harboured Catholic (then outlawed) priests in her house.

Posadas, Misiones

Father Roque González de Santa Cruz established a town called Anunciación de Itapúa on March 25, 1615, but ten years later the settlement was moved to the other side of the Paraná River to the present location of Encarnación, Paraguay.

Pussy Tebeau

Charles Alston "Pussy" Tebeau (February 22, 1870 – March 25, 1950) was a right fielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Cleveland Spiders during the 1895 season.

San Martino di Taurianova

Domenico Caruso (March 25, 1933) Noted scholar of the Calabrian dialects.

Schuylerville, New York

In the March 25, 1990 issue of The New York Times, writer James Howard Kunstler published a piece entitled "Schuylerville Stands Still".

Silver Peak, Nevada

In the first major act of the power crisis causing an outage, on March 25, 1999, Enron energy traders allegedly rerouted 2,900MW (megawatts) of electricity destined for California to this small Nevada community.

T. V. Kamalaswamy

Visvanatha Pillai Kamalaswamy (January 21, 1911 – March 25, 1998) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress.

Triennial Convention

William Colgate (January 25, 1783 – March 25, 1857) of New York City, founder and president of William Colgate & Company (org. 1806) and a major donor to the American Baptist Seminary of New York City, was grandfathered into the Triennial Convention.

William Colgate

William Colgate (January 25, 1783 – March 25, 1857) was an English manufacturer who founded in 1806 what became the Colgate toothpaste company.