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About March 25th is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 281 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. March 25th is Maryland Day for their admission to the United States. Births 1918 - Howard Cosell, sports announcer, journalist 1942 - Aretha Franklin, singer, songwriter, musician 1947 - Elton John, singer, songwriter, pianist 1958 - John Ensign, U.S. Senator (Nevada) 1965 - Sarah Jessica Parker, actress (Sex and the City) 1982 - Danica Patrick, auto racing driver Deaths 1818 - Henry Lee III, American Revolutionary War officer 1982 - Goodman Ace, humorist, comedian 1983 - Bob Waterfield, Hall of Fame quarterback 2006 - Buck Owens, country music singer 2008 - Herb Peterson, McDonald's executive (invented the Egg McMuffin) Events 1911 - New safety regulations are implemented after a public outcry from a fire at the Triangle Shirtwast Company that kills 146 workers. 1968 - NBC airs the final television show of The Monkees. 1971 - The Boston Patriots are renamed the New England Patriots after moving to into a new stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. 2004 - The United States Senate passes the Unborn Victims of Violence Act that recognizes a "child in utero" as a legal victim. 2006 - A gunman enters a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood and opens fire, killing six and wounding two. |
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