March 25
1634 - Maryland was founded by settlers sent by Lord Baltimore.
1776 - Gen. George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, was awarded the first Congressional Gold Medal by the Continental Congress.
1807 - Britain abolished its slave trade.
1894 - Jacob Sechler Coxey and his "army" of unemployed men began their march from Ohio to Washington, D.C.
1911 - A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York City killed 145 workers.
1931 - In the so-called "Scottsboro Boys" case, nine young black men were taken off a train in Alabama, accused of raping two white women; after years of convictions, death sentences and imprisonment, the nine were eventually vindicated.
1947 - A coal-dust explosion inside the Centralia Coal Co. Mine No. 5 in Washington County, Illinois, claimed 111 lives; 31 men survived.
1957 - The European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome.
1965 - The 25,000-person Alabama Freedom March to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks, led by Martin Luther King Jr., ended its journey from Selma on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot and killed by his nephew who had a history of mental illness.
1988 - Robert E. Chambers Jr. pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in New York City's so-called "preppie murder case".
1992 - Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned to Earth from the Mir space station after a 10-month stay, during which his native country, the Soviet Union, ceased to exist.
1994 - U.S. troops withdrew from Somalia.
1996 - An 81-day standoff by the anti-government Freemen began at a ranch near Jordan, Montana.
1996 - The redesigned $100 bill went into circulation.
1998 - President Bill Clinton acknowledged during his Africa tour that "we did not act quickly enough" to stop the slaughter of 1 million Rwandans four years earlier.
2002 - A powerful earthquake rocked Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, killing as many as 1,000 people.
Birthdays
25 - Rebecca Walker (reality star)
27 - Seychelle Gabriel (actress)
28 - Kiowa Gordon (actor)
29 - Aly Michalka (actress/singer)
29 - Matthew Beard (actor)
32 - Kyle Lowry (basketball player)
33 - Chris Redd (actor/comedian)
34 - Katharine McPhee (actress/singer)
36 - Sean Faris (actor)
36 - Alex Moffat (actor/comedian)
36 - Jenny Slate (actress)
36 - Danica Patrick (race car driver)
39 - Lee Pace (actor)
42 - Domenick Lombardozzi (actor)
44 - Lark Voorhies (actress)
52 - Tom Glavine (baseball player)
53 - Sarah Jessica Parker (actress)
54 - Lisa Gay Hamilton (actress)
54 - Shannon Beador (reality star)
56 - Marcia Cross (actress)
60 - Amy Pascal (actress)
60 - James McDaniel (actor)
65 - Mary Gross (actress/comedian)
70 - Bonnie Bedelia (actress)
71 - Elton John (singer)
75 - Paul Michael Glaser (actor)
76 - Aretha Franklin (singer)
78 - Anita Bryant (singer)
84 - Gloria Steinem (author)
90 - James Lovell (astronaut)
92 - Gene Shalit (movie critic)
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Today in Sports History - March 25
1924 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHL) sweep Calgary Tigers (WCHL) in two games (second of 1924).
1934 - Horton Smith won the first Masters golf tournament at Augusta National in Georgia.
1936 - Detroit Red Wings beat Montréal Maroons 1-0 in NHL longest game (2 hours 56 minutes 30 seconds; 9 periods).
1947 - Holy Cross defeats Oklahoma 58-47 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1961 - Cincinnati defeats Ohio State 70-65 in overtime to win the NCAA Tournament.
1961 - In the third-place game of the NCAA Tournament, St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in four overtimes.
1967 - UCLA defeats Dayton 79-64 to win the NCAA Tournament, its third win in the last four years.
1972 - UCLA defeats Florida 81-76 to win a sixth consecutive national championship.
1972 - Bobby Hull joined Gordie Howe to become only the second National Hockey League player to score 600 career goals.
1982 - Wayne Gretzky becomes first NHL player to score 200 points in a season.
1995 - Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving three years.
1997 - Hartford Whalers announced that they would move from Connecticut following the 1996-97 season. In 1997-98 they became the Carolina Hurricanes.
2008 - The Major League Baseball Season opens, with the Boston Red Sox beating the Oakland Athletics 6-5 in Japan.
2008 - Maryland defeats Nebraska 76-64 in the second round of the NCAA WOmen's Tournament.
2009 - New Mexico defeats Nebraska 54-43 in the first round of the WNIT.
2013 - Nebraska defeated Texas A&M 74-63 to advance to the Sweet 16 in the women's NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history.
1634 - Maryland was founded by settlers sent by Lord Baltimore.
1776 - Gen. George Washington, commander of the Continental Army, was awarded the first Congressional Gold Medal by the Continental Congress.
1807 - Britain abolished its slave trade.
1894 - Jacob Sechler Coxey and his "army" of unemployed men began their march from Ohio to Washington, D.C.
1911 - A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York City killed 145 workers.
1931 - In the so-called "Scottsboro Boys" case, nine young black men were taken off a train in Alabama, accused of raping two white women; after years of convictions, death sentences and imprisonment, the nine were eventually vindicated.
1947 - A coal-dust explosion inside the Centralia Coal Co. Mine No. 5 in Washington County, Illinois, claimed 111 lives; 31 men survived.
1957 - The European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome.
1965 - The 25,000-person Alabama Freedom March to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks, led by Martin Luther King Jr., ended its journey from Selma on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
1975 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot and killed by his nephew who had a history of mental illness.
1988 - Robert E. Chambers Jr. pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in New York City's so-called "preppie murder case".
1992 - Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned to Earth from the Mir space station after a 10-month stay, during which his native country, the Soviet Union, ceased to exist.
1994 - U.S. troops withdrew from Somalia.
1996 - An 81-day standoff by the anti-government Freemen began at a ranch near Jordan, Montana.
1996 - The redesigned $100 bill went into circulation.
1998 - President Bill Clinton acknowledged during his Africa tour that "we did not act quickly enough" to stop the slaughter of 1 million Rwandans four years earlier.
2002 - A powerful earthquake rocked Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, killing as many as 1,000 people.
Birthdays
25 - Rebecca Walker (reality star)
27 - Seychelle Gabriel (actress)
28 - Kiowa Gordon (actor)
29 - Aly Michalka (actress/singer)
29 - Matthew Beard (actor)
32 - Kyle Lowry (basketball player)
33 - Chris Redd (actor/comedian)
34 - Katharine McPhee (actress/singer)
36 - Sean Faris (actor)
36 - Alex Moffat (actor/comedian)
36 - Jenny Slate (actress)
36 - Danica Patrick (race car driver)
39 - Lee Pace (actor)
42 - Domenick Lombardozzi (actor)
44 - Lark Voorhies (actress)
52 - Tom Glavine (baseball player)
53 - Sarah Jessica Parker (actress)
54 - Lisa Gay Hamilton (actress)
54 - Shannon Beador (reality star)
56 - Marcia Cross (actress)
60 - Amy Pascal (actress)
60 - James McDaniel (actor)
65 - Mary Gross (actress/comedian)
70 - Bonnie Bedelia (actress)
71 - Elton John (singer)
75 - Paul Michael Glaser (actor)
76 - Aretha Franklin (singer)
78 - Anita Bryant (singer)
84 - Gloria Steinem (author)
90 - James Lovell (astronaut)
92 - Gene Shalit (movie critic)
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Today in Sports History - March 25
1924 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHL) sweep Calgary Tigers (WCHL) in two games (second of 1924).
1934 - Horton Smith won the first Masters golf tournament at Augusta National in Georgia.
1936 - Detroit Red Wings beat Montréal Maroons 1-0 in NHL longest game (2 hours 56 minutes 30 seconds; 9 periods).
1947 - Holy Cross defeats Oklahoma 58-47 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1961 - Cincinnati defeats Ohio State 70-65 in overtime to win the NCAA Tournament.
1961 - In the third-place game of the NCAA Tournament, St. Joseph's defeats Utah 127-120 in four overtimes.
1967 - UCLA defeats Dayton 79-64 to win the NCAA Tournament, its third win in the last four years.
1972 - UCLA defeats Florida 81-76 to win a sixth consecutive national championship.
1972 - Bobby Hull joined Gordie Howe to become only the second National Hockey League player to score 600 career goals.
1982 - Wayne Gretzky becomes first NHL player to score 200 points in a season.
1995 - Boxer Mike Tyson released from jail after serving three years.
1997 - Hartford Whalers announced that they would move from Connecticut following the 1996-97 season. In 1997-98 they became the Carolina Hurricanes.
2008 - The Major League Baseball Season opens, with the Boston Red Sox beating the Oakland Athletics 6-5 in Japan.
2008 - Maryland defeats Nebraska 76-64 in the second round of the NCAA WOmen's Tournament.
2009 - New Mexico defeats Nebraska 54-43 in the first round of the WNIT.
2013 - Nebraska defeated Texas A&M 74-63 to advance to the Sweet 16 in the women's NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history.
