What are the important events that happened on March 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 25: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 25 is the 85^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 281 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 12, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,522,080 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontapentagon’ day.

Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 310 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,112 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 25 Historical Events

• 1584 –
  Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
• 1941 –
  The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
• 1943 –
  Start of the American amphibious landings in the Philippines a turning point in the Pacific War.
• 1957 –
  The European Economic Community is established (West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg).
• 1965 –
  Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
• 1969 –
  During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
• 1979 –
  The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
• 1990 –
  The Happy Land fire was an arson fire that kills 87 people trapped inside an illegal nightclub in the New York City borough of The Bronx.
• 1996 –
  An 81-day-long standoff between the anti-government group Montana Freemen and law enforcement near Jordan, Montana, begins.
• 1996 –
  The European Union’s Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).

Who were born on March 25?

• 1259 –
  Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1332)
• 1643 –
  Louis Moréri, French encyclopedist (d. 1680)
• 1921 –
  Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Queen of Yugoslavia (d. 1993)
• 1934 –
  Johnny Burnette, American singer (d. 1964)
• 1937 –
  Tom Monaghan, American fast-food industry entrepreneur
• 1941 –
  Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian politician
• 1952 –
  Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician
• 1956 –
  Matthew Garber, English actor (d. 1977)
• 1976 –
  Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
• 1989 –
  Aly Michalka, American actress and singer

Who died on March 25?

• 1736 –
  Nicholas Hawksmoor, British architect
• 1873 –
  Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter (b. 1810)
• 1908 –
  Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)
• 1917 –
  Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (b. 1861)
• 1975 –
  King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. 1906)
• 1983 –
  Bob Waterfield, American football player (b. 1920)
• 1994 –
  Max Petitpierre, Swiss politician and jurist (b. 1899)
• 1996 –
  John Snagge, British radio personality (b. 1904)
• 1998 –
  Max Green, Australian lawyer (b. 1952)
• 1998 –
  Steve Schiff, United States Congressman (b. 1947)