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Top Historical Events Of March 25, In A Chronological Order. by hansome01(m): 8:41am On Mar 25, 2016
History is not just the mother of arts, it extends to all disciplines and spheres of life including the sciences. I bring to you, top events of March 25 in a chronological order as compiled by Okebe Philips , political analyst/strategist.

31 1st Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus.

421 Friday at 12 PM - city of Venice founded.

708 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope.

1133 William the Conqueror orders 1st Domesday Survey of England.

1306 Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland.

1634 Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland.

1655 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite).

1668 1st horse race in America takes place.

1776 Continental Congress authorized a medal for George Washington.

1807 George Canning becomes British minister of Foreign affairs.

1807 1st railway passenger service began in England.

1807 British Parliament abolishes slave trade.

1813 1st U.S. flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex.

1817 Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians.

1821 Greece gains independence from Turkey (National Day).

1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse.

1896 Modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece.

1915 1st submarine disaster; a U.S. F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21.

1920 Greek Independence Day.

1955 East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, U.S.S.R.

1957 Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community, known as the Common Market.

1960 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut).

1961 Elvis Presley performs live on the USS Arizona.

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

1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

1995 Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving 3 years.

2002 Earthquake kills at least 1,000 100 miles north of Kabul, Afghanistan.

2008 160 square mile part of the Antarctic ice shelf disintegrates.

2010 Somali troops demolish 500 homes near the airport in Mogadishu.

2012 U.S. President Barack Obama begins a three-day visit to South Korea, as tensions rise over North Korea's proposed missile tests.

2013 President of China, Xi Jinping addresses leaders in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, vowing to strengthen ties with Africa.

2014 U.S. Girl Scout Katie Francis breaks the record for selling cookies for the organization's annual fundraiser, selling 18,107 boxes over a seven-week period.

2015 Clues in the crash of a Germanwings flight during clear weather Tuesday suggest that the co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cabin before deliberately downing the jet in the French Alps; investigations of the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, are ongoing as at the time.

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Re: Top Historical Events Of March 25, In A Chronological Order. by fashoo2010(m): 8:42am On Mar 25, 2016
Wow... March 25 is really a special day

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