This Day In History

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March 25th

1634
Maryland was founded by settlers sent by the late Lord Baltimore.

1655
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens.

1668
The first horse race in America took place.

1894
Jacob Sechler Coxey and his "army" of unemployed men began their march from Ohio to Washington, DC.

1911
A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. in New York City killed 145 workers.

1913
The Palace Theatre opened in New York City.

1931
The Scottsboro boys were arrested in Alabama.

1934
Horton Smith won the first Masters golf tournament at Augusta National in Georgia.

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, Ala.

1970
The Concorde made its first supersonic flight.

1994
U.S. troops withdrew from Somalia.

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

1996
The redesigned $100 bill went into circulation.

Birthdays
81 Jim Lovell Astronaut
67 Aretha Franklin R&B singer
66 Paul Michael Glaser Actor ("Starsky and Hutch")
62 Elton John Rock singer-musician
61 Bonnie Bedelia Actress
56 Mary Gross Actress, comedian
54 Lee Mazzilli Baseball player
51 James McDaniel Actor
49 Brenda Strong Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
48 Fred Goss Actor
48 John Stockwell Actor, writer, director
47 Marcia Cross Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
45 Lisa Gay Hamilton Actress
44 Sarah Jessica Parker Actress ("Sex in the City")
43 Tom Glavine Baseball player
30 Lee Pace Actor ("Pushing Daisies")
29 Jbailey Cigar Asylum Inmate
27 Sean Faris Actor
27 Danica Patrick Auto racer
25 Katherine McPhee Singer ("American Idol")
22 Jason Castro Singer ("American Idol")

55 Jack Ruby 3/25/1911 - 1/3/1967 Murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald was arrested for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
77 Howard Cosell 3/25/1918 - 4/23/1995 American sports journalist