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March 25

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Treaty of Rome

69 years ago

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1947

Elton John

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Afonso II of Portugal

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Famous births27

1259 · 767 yrs

Andronikos II Palaiologos

Andronikos II Palaiologos (Byzantine Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνὸς Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiológos; 25 March 1259 – 13 February 1332), Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328.

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RoyaltyDied aged 72

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1297 · 729 yrs

Andronikos III Palaiologos

Andronikos III Palaiologos (Greek: Ἀνδρόνικος Δούκας Ἄγγελος Κομνηνός Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiológos; 25 March 1297 – 15 June 1341), commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341.

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1347 · 679 yrs

Catherine of Siena

Caterina di Jacopo di Benincasa, TOSD (25 March 1347 – 29 April 1380), known as Catherine of Siena, was an Italian Catholic mystic and diplomat who engaged in papal and Italian politics through extensive letter-writing and advocacy.

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1479 · 547 yrs

Vasili III of Moscow

Vasili III Ivanovich (Russian: Василий III Иванович; Christian name: Gavriil; monastic name: Varlaam; 25 March 1479 – 3 December 1533) was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1505 until his death in 1533. He was the second son of Ivan III by his second wife Sophia Paleologue.

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1767 · 259 yrs

Joachim Murat

Joachim Murat (English: myoo-RAH, French:; 25 March 1767 – 13 October 1815) was a Marshal of the Empire, regarded as the foremost cavalry commander of the Napoleonic Wars, who reigned as King of Naples as Joachim-Napoleon (Italian: Gioacchino Napoleone) from 1808 to 1815.

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1812 · 214 yrs

Alexander Herzen

Alexander Ivanovich Herzen (Russian: Александр Иванович Герцен, romanized: Aleksandr Ivanovich Gertsen; 6 April 1812 – 21 January 1870) was a Russian writer and thinker known as the precursor of Russian socialism and one of the main precursors of agrarian populism (being an ideological ancestor of the Narodniki,…

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LiteratureDied aged 57

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1867 · 159 yrs

Arturo Toscanini

Arturo Toscanini (Italian:; March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. One of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, Toscanini was renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his eidetic memory.

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1881 · 145 yrs

Béla Bartók

Béla Viktor János Bartók (Hungarian:; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers.

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1908 · 118 yrs

David Lean

Sir David Lean (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English filmmaker and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of British cinema.

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1911 · 115 yrs

Jack Ruby

Jack Leon Ruby (born Jacob Rubenstein; c. March 25, 1911 – January 3, 1967) was an American nightclub owner.

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1914 · 112 yrs

Norman Borlaug

Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution.

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1921 · 105 yrs

Simone Signoret

Simone Signoret (French:; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress.

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1223 · 803 yrs

Afonso II of Portugal

Afonso II (Afonso Sanches; 23 April 1185 – 25 March 1223), also called Afonso the Fat (Afonso o Gordo) and Afonso the Leper (Afonso o Gafo), was King of Portugal from 1211 until 1223. Afonso was the third monarch of Portugal.

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1751 · 275 yrs

Frederick I of Sweden

Frederick I (Swedish: Fredrik I; 28 April 1676 – 5 April 1751) was King of Sweden from 1720 until his death, having been prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and was also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730.

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RoyaltyDied aged 74

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1801 · 225 yrs

Novalis

Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), better known by his pen name Novalis (German:), was a German aristocrat and polymath, who was a poet, novelist, philosopher and mystic. He is regarded as an influential figure in Jena Romanticism.

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LiteratureDied aged 28

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1914 · 112 yrs

Frédéric Mistral

Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral (French:; Occitan: Josèp Estève Frederic Mistral, 8 September 1830 – 25 March 1914) was an Occitan writer and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language.

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1918 · 108 yrs

Claude Debussy

Achille Claude Debussy (French:; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term.

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MusicDied aged 55

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1931 · 95 yrs

Ida B. Wells

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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1975 · 51 yrs

King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (14 April 1906 – 25 March 1975) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 until his assassination in 1975. Before his ascension, he served as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964, and he was briefly regent to his half-brother King Saud in 1964.

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2012 · 14 yrs

Antonio Tabucchi

Antonio Tabucchi (Italian:; 24 September 1943 – 25 March 2012) was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy.

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2020 · 6 yrs

Floyd Cardoz

Floyd Cardoz (October 2, 1960 – March 25, 2020) was an Indian-American chef. He owned the New York City eatery Paowalla and was executive chef at Tabla, as well as victor on Top Chef Masters Season 3 in 2011.

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Events5

1802 · 224 yrs

Treaty of Amiens

The Treaty of Amiens (French: la paix d'Amiens, lit. 'the peace of Amiens') temporarily ended hostilities between France, the Spanish Empire, and the United Kingdom at the end of the War of the Second Coalition.

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Politics

1957 · 69 yrs

Treaty of Rome

The Treaty of Rome, or EEC Treaty (officially the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community), brought about the creation of the European Economic Community (EEC), the best known of the European Communities (EC).

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Politics

1991 · 35 yrs

63rd Academy Awards

The 63rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 25, 1991, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m.

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Culture

1996 · 30 yrs

68th Academy Awards

The 68th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1995 in the United States and took place on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m.

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Culture

2001 · 25 yrs

73rd Academy Awards

The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best of 2000 in film and took place on March 25, 2001, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m.

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