History of 25 March
- 1990 – A fire in Happy Land, an illegal New York City social club, killed 87 people.
- 1990 – Estonia voted for independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1991 – Iraqi President Saddam Hussein launched a major counter-offensive to recapture key towns from Kurds in northern Iraq.
- 1992 – Soviet cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned to Earth after spending 10 months aboard the orbiting Mir space station.
- 1993 – President de Klerk admitted that South Africa had built six nuclear bombs, but said that they had since been dismantled.
- 1994 – United States troops completed their withdrawal from Somalia.
- 1995 – Boxer Mike Tyson was released from jail after serving 3 years.
- 1996 – An 81-day standoff by the antigovernment Freemen began at a ranch near Jordan, MT.
- 1996 – The U.S. issued a newly redesigned $100 bill for circulation.
- 1998 – A cancer patient was the first known to die under Oregon’s doctor-assisted suicide law.
- 1998 – The FCC nets $578.6 million at auction for licenses for new wireless technology.
- 1998 – Quinn Pletcher was found guilty on charges of extortion. He had threatened to kill Bill Gates unless he was paid $5 million.
- 2002 – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) dismissed complaints against Walt Disney Co.’s ABC network broadcast of a Victoria’s Secret fashion show in November 2001.
- 2004 – The U.S. Senate voted (61-38) on the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (H.R. 1997) to make it a separate crime to harm a fetus during the commission of a violent federal crime.
- 2008 – Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
- 2015 – Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board.
celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Mike Adams, American football player
- 1981 – Ron Hainsey, American ice hockey player
- 1981 – Dirk Hayhurst, American baseball player
- 1981 – Mark Looms, Dutch footballer
- 1981 – Gary Paffett, English racing driver
- 1982 – Corey Hart, American baseball player
- 1982 – Jack Swagger, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler
- 1982 – Epico Colon, Puerto Rican professional wrestler
- 1982 – Jimmy Hempte, Belgian footballer
- 1982 – Dustin McGowan, American baseball player
- 1983 – Luca Ceccarelli, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Riccardo Musetti, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 – T.J. Ford, American basketball player
- 1984 – Benoît Assou-Ekotto, French born Cameroonian international footballer, left-back
- 1984 – Chris Bosh, American basketball player
- 1984 – Adrian D’Souza, Indian field hockey player
- 1984 – Lucy Wangui Kabuu, Kenyan runner
- 1984 – Park Bom, South Korean singer
- 1984 – Philipp Petzschner, German tennis player
- 1985 – Lana, American wrestler and manager
- 1985 – Haruka Ayase, Japanese actress and singer
- 1987 – Ramires, Brazilian footballer
- 1987 – Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1987 – Billy Jones, English footballer
- 1987 – Yuma Asami, Japanese actress and singer
- 1988 – Aiga Grabuste, Latvian heptathlete
- 1988 – Ryan Higgins, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1988 – Matías Martínez, Argentinian footballer
- 1988 – Kardo Ploomipuu, Estonian swimmer
- 1988 – Matt Todd, New Zealand rugby union player
- 1990 – Starlin Castro, American baseball player
- 1990 – Aljur Abrenica, Filipino actor
- 1990 – Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-New Zealand actress
- 1991 – Nick Browne, English cricketer
- 1991 – Dalila Jakupovic, Slovenian tennis player
- 1995 – Enzo Fernandez, French-Spanish footballer