March 25 birthdays & history

Famous people born on March 25

• 1947Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
• 1942Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1881Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer
• 1934Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center
• 1972Naftali Bennett, Israeli politician, 13th Prime Minister of Israel
• 1914Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1965Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress, producer, and designer
• 1921Simone Signoret, French actress
• 1867Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor
• 1982Jenny Slate, American comedian, actress and author

What happened on March 25

• 708Constantine was selected as one of the last popes of the Byzantine Papacy.
• 1655Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, the largest natural satellite of Saturn.
• 1725Bach's chorale cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern was first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation, which coincided that year with Palm Sunday.
• 1807The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
• 1878Last issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne, the first or one of the first anarchist newspapers.
• 1903The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition anchored in the South Orkney Islands with the intention of establishing the first weather station in Antarctic territory.
• 1905The Greek football club P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras is founded in the city of Rhodes.
• 1914The Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded in Thessaloniki.
• 1918The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
• 1957United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
• 1957The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
• 1995American computer programmer Ward Cunningham established the first wiki site, the WikiWikiWeb.

Also observed on March 25

• Christian Saints' days Ælfwold II of Sherborne
• Christian Saints' days Blessed Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas
• Christian Saints' days Omelyan Kovch (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church)
• Christian Saints' days Dismas, the "Good Thief"
• Christian Saints' days Hilary Paweł Januszewski
• Christian Saints' days Humbert of Maroilles