March 25 in Pop Culture History
421 – The city of Venice was founded.
1655 – Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, was discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
1807 – The Slave Trade Act became law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.
1811 – Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
1911 – The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory burned in New York City, killing 145 workers. The disaster helped bring forth more laws and regulations protecting employees.
1957 – United States Customs seized copies of Allen Ginsberg’s poem ‘Howl’ on grounds of obscenity.
1967 – #1 Hit March 25, 1967 – April 14, 1967: The Turtles – Happy Together
1972 – #1 Hit March 25, 1972 – April 14, 1972: America – A Horse with No Name
1982 – Cagney & Lacey premiered on CBS
1984 – Television Special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever introduced Michael Jackson’s ‘moonwalk’ during his performance of “Billie Jean.”
1989 – #1 Hit March 25, 1989 – March 31, 1989: Mike + The Mechanics – The Living Years
1990 – The Happy Land nightclub fire was an arson fire that killed 87 people in The Bronx, New York City.
1995 – WikiWikiWeb, the world’s first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, was published online by Ward Cunningham.
2001 – Bjork wore her now-famous ‘swan dress’ to the Oscars.
2002 – The Bachelor premiered on ABC
