On this day: 25 March

Selected events and births on 25 March, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 708 – Constantine was selected as one of the last popes of the Byzantine Papacy. Read more: Pope Constantine Byzantine Papacy
• 717 – Byzantine emperor Theodosius III abdicated in favour of Leo the Isaurian after he captured Theodosius's son. Read more: Byzantine Empire Theodosius III Leo III the Isaurian
• 1655 – Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovered Titan, the largest natural satellite of Saturn. Read more: Christiaan Huygens Titan (moon) Moons of Saturn
• 1725 – Bach's chorale cantata Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern was first performed on the Feast of the Annunciation, which coincided that year with Palm Sunday. Read more: Chorale cantata (Bach) Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 Feast of the Annunciation
• 1903 – The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (ship pictured) anchored in the South Orkney Islands with the intention of establishing the first weather station in Antarctic territory. Read more: Scottish National Antarctic Expedition South Orkney Islands Weather station
• 1917 – Following the overthrow of the Russian tsar Nicholas II, Georgia's bishops unilaterally restored the autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Read more: Nicholas II Autocephaly Georgian Orthodox Church
• 1934 – Enrico Fermi published his discovery of neutron-induced radioactivity, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Read more: Enrico Fermi Neutron activation Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1995 – American computer programmer Ward Cunningham established the first wiki site, the WikiWikiWeb. Read more: Ward Cunningham Wiki WikiWikiWeb
• 2006 – Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the presidential vote days earlier, were arrested, including opposition leader Alyaksandr Kazulin. Read more: 2006 Belarusian presidential election Alyaksandr Kazulin

Born on this day

• 1937 – Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza Read more: Tom Monaghan Domino's
• 1941 – Gudmund Hernes, Norwegian sociologist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Education and Research Read more: Gudmund Hernes Ministry of Education and Research (Norway)
• 1949 – Ronnie Flanagan, Northern Irish Chief Constable (Royal Irish Constabulary, Police Service of Northern Ireland) Read more: Ronnie Flanagan Royal Irish Constabulary Police Service of Northern Ireland
• 1952 – Stephen Dorrell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health Read more: Stephen Dorrell Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
• 1953 – Vesna Pusić, Croatian sociologist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia Read more: Vesna Pusić Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia
• 1958 – Åsa Torstensson, Swedish politician, 3rd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure Read more: Åsa Torstensson Minister for Infrastructure (Sweden)
• 1972 – Naftali Bennett, Israeli politician, 13th Prime Minister of Israel Read more: Naftali Bennett Prime Minister of Israel
• 1993 – Jacob Gagan, Australian rugby league player Read more: Jacob Gagan
• 1993 – Sam Johnstone, English footballer Read more: Sam Johnstone
• 1994 – Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier Read more: Justine Dufour-Lapointe
• 1999 – Mikey Madison, American actress Read more: Mikey Madison
• 2000 – Ozan Kabak, Turkish footballer Read more: Ozan Kabak

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