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What Happened On March 25

Q: What happened on March 25?

1878: Last issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne, the first or one of the first anarchist newspapers. 1948: Meteorologists at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, United States, issued the world's first tornado forecast after noticing conditions similar to another tornado that had struck five days earlier. 708: Constantine was selected as one of the last popes of the Byzantine Papacy. 1410: The Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty launched the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri. 1894: Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C. 1845: New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army. 1807: The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world. 1770: Daskalogiannis leads the people of Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the Ottoman rule 1584: Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia. 1410: The Yongle Emperor of Ming China launches the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri.

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1878 First ever
Last issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne, the first or one of the first anarchist newspapers.
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1948 First ever
Meteorologists at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, United States, issued the world's first tornado forecast after noticing conditions similar to another tornado that had struck five days earlier.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
708 Oddly true
Constantine was selected as one of the last popes of the Byzantine Papacy.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1410 First ever
The Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty launched the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1894 First ever
Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1845 First ever
New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1807 First ever
The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1770 First ever
Daskalogiannis leads the people of Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the Ottoman rule
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1584 Oddly true
Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1410 First ever
The Yongle Emperor of Ming China launches the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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2018Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District. Wikipedia →
2006Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Wikipedia →
2006Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged 2006 Belarusian presidential election, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested. Wikipedia →
1996The 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). Wikipedia →
1995WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham. Wikipedia →
1988The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Wikipedia →
1979The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch. Wikipedia →
1975Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew. Wikipedia →
1971The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos. Wikipedia →
1965Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their four-day 50-mile (80 km) march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Wikipedia →
1959Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($58,072 in 2025). Wikipedia →
1957United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds. Wikipedia →
1957The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members. Wikipedia →
1949More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia. Wikipedia →
1948The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Wikipedia →
1947An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111. Wikipedia →
1941The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact. Wikipedia →
1932The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is unveiled in Athens. Wikipedia →
1931The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape. Wikipedia →
1924On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic. Wikipedia →
1919The Tetiev pogrom occurs in Ukraine, becoming the prototype of mass murder during the Holocaust. Wikipedia →
1918The Belarusian People's Republic is established. Wikipedia →
1917The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811. Wikipedia →
1914The Greek multi-sport club Aris Thessaloniki is founded in Thessaloniki. Wikipedia →
1911In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers. Wikipedia →
1911Andrey Yushchinsky is murdered in Kiev, leading to the Beilis affair. Wikipedia →
1905The Greek football club P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras is founded in the city of Rhodes. Wikipedia →
1894Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C. Wikipedia →
1878Last issue of the Bulletin de la Fédération jurassienne, the first or one of the first anarchist newspapers. Wikipedia →
1865American Civil War: In Virginia during the Siege of Petersburg, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union before being repulsed. Wikipedia →
1845New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army. Wikipedia →
1821Greek War of Independence: Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar). Wikipedia →
1811Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism. Wikipedia →
1807The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world. Wikipedia →
1802The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom. Wikipedia →
1776American Revolutionary War: American Patriots conduct a Raid on Tybee Island, primarily seeking to capture runaway slaves who sought refuge with British forces stationed there. Wikipedia →
1770Daskalogiannis leads the people of Sfakia in the first Greek uprising against the Ottoman rule Wikipedia →
1725Bach's chorale cantata "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1", is first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation, coinciding with Palm Sunday. Wikipedia →
1708A French fleet anchors nears Fife Ness as part of the planned French invasion of Britain. Wikipedia →
1655Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens. Wikipedia →
1584Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia. Wikipedia →
1576Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London. Wikipedia →
1519Hernán Cortés, entering province of Tabasco, defeats Tabascan Indians. Wikipedia →
1410The Yongle Emperor of Ming China launches the first of his military campaigns against the Mongols, resulting in the fall of the Mongol khan Bunyashiri. Wikipedia →
1409The Council of Pisa convenes, in an attempt to heal the Western Schism. Wikipedia →
1306Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland). Wikipedia →
1221Coronation of Robert of Courtenay as Emperor of the Latin Empire. Wikipedia →
1065The Great German Pilgrimage is attacked on Good Friday by Beduin bandits, suffering heavy losses. Wikipedia →
1000Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government. Wikipedia →
919Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII. Wikipedia →
717Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter a monastery, allowing Leo III to take the throne and begin the Isaurian dynasty. Wikipedia →
708Election of Pope Constantine following the death of Pope Sisinnius. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967. Wikipedia →
421Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. Wikipedia →
410The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending the Southern Yan dynasty. Wikipedia →

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