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March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 281 days remain until the end of the year. Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England (in Julian calendar ).
From the earliest recorded history, the feast has been celebrated on 25 March, commemorating both the belief that the spring equinox was not only the day of God's act of Creation but also the beginning of Christ's redemption of that same Creation. Christian antiquity held 25 March as the actual day of Jesus' death. [7]
In England, Lady Day was New Year's Day (i.e., the new year began on 25 March) from 1155 [6] until 1752, when the Gregorian calendar was adopted in Great Britain and its Empire and with it the first of January as the official start of the year in England, Wales and Ireland. [6] (Scotland changed its new year's day to 1 January in 1600, but ...
Flag decorations for 25 March in Santorini. The celebration of the Greek Revolution of 1821 (Greek: Εορτασμός της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης του 1821, Eortasmós tis Ellinikís Epanástasis tou 1821), less commonly known as Independence Day, takes place in Greece, Cyprus and Greek diaspora centers on 25 March every year, coinciding with the Feast of the Annunciation.
1894 - Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C. 1911 - In New York City the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers. 1931 - The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape. 1947 - An explosion in a coalmine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
Some families celebrate Holi (March 25) and others are celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day (March 17). ... Plus, Women’s History Month is also in March, helping to celebrate women throughout history ...
Women's History Month. World Music Therapy Day. Zero Discrimination Day. ... American Chocolate Week, National Anonymous Giving Week - March 19 to 25: National Introverts Week - March 20 to 26.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, on Saturday, March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. [1]