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TODAY IN HISTORY

March 25

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Day 83 of 2026 | Week 13 | 276 days until Christmas πŸŽ…

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2018

Syrian 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.

2
2006

Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

3
2006

Protesters 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.

4
1996

The 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).

5
1995

WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.

6
1988

The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

7
1979

The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.

8
1975

Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.

9
1971

The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.

10
1965

Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile (80Β km) march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1964 Alex Solls

American jockey

1964 LisaGay Hamilton

American film and stage actress (Rebecca Washington in "The Practice")

1962 Fernando MartΓ­n

Spanish basketball center (first Spaniard in NBA 1986

1962 Marcia Cross

American actress (Desperate Housewives

1961 Fred Goss

American actor

1961 John Stockwell

American actor (Born to Ride; City Limits)

1961 Mark Brooks

American golfer (PGA Championship 1996)

1960 Haywood Nelson

American actor (Dwayne in "What's Happening!!" and "What's Happening Now!!"; Grady)

1960 Robert Green

tennis star

1960 Steve Norman

British rock saxophone player (Spandau Ballet - "True")

1959 Vince Guerra

American jockey

1958 James McDaniel

actor (Arthur Fancy-NYPD Blue)

1958 Maria Caridad ColΓ³n

Cuban athlete (Olympic gold javelin 1980)

1958 Sisy Chen

Taiwanese politician

1956 Hugo Burnham

English drummer (Gang of Four - "Damaged Goods")

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