EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
March 25
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Day 83 of 2026 | Week 13 | 276 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
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.
Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
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.
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).
WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
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
American jockey
American film and stage actress (Rebecca Washington in "The Practice")
Spanish basketball center (first Spaniard in NBA 1986
American actress (Desperate Housewives
American actor
American actor (Born to Ride; City Limits)
American golfer (PGA Championship 1996)
American actor (Dwayne in "What's Happening!!" and "What's Happening Now!!"; Grady)
tennis star
British rock saxophone player (Spandau Ballet - "True")
American jockey
actor (Arthur Fancy-NYPD Blue)
Cuban athlete (Olympic gold javelin 1980)
Taiwanese politician
English drummer (Gang of Four - "Damaged Goods")
π― yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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