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Stage actress Barbara Brown, 1922.

President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan in The Gaming Room (Billiard Room) in The Residence During An Interview with Barbara Walters, 1986.

March 25, 2006 -- Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

March 25, 1845 -- New Zealand Legislative Council pass the first Militia Act constituting the New Zealand Army

March 25, 1708 -- A French fleet anchors nears Fife Ness as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.

President Gerald R. Ford with Barbara Walters Prior to an Interview at the New York Hilton in New York City

March 25, 1655 -- Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.

March 25, 1519 -- Hernando Cortes, entering province of Tabasco, defeats Tabascan Indians.

Until the British Calendar Act of 1751 went into effect, Britain and her colonies celebrated the start of the year on March 25 (following the “Old Style”). It was only after the Act’s passage that January 1 became the start of the legal year.

March 25, 1306 -- Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).

March 25, 1000 -- Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.

March 25, 919 -- Romanos Lekapenos seizes the Boukoleon Palace in Constantinople and becomes regent of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII.

Barbara Walters during her freshman year at Sarah Lawrence College, 1949.

March 25, 708 -- Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to visit Constantinople until 1967.

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One of the craziest weather phenomena I've ever seen in the Northeast... one year ago today. March 25, 2025. It was in the 30s and SNOWING in Boston at the same time it was 80 degrees in New York City. A backdoor cold front so sharp and extreme that it was unprecedented in New England's historical record.

March 25, 421 -- Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto

Bedouin Mother, Saudi Arabia 1948

March 25, 1979 -- The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.

March 25, 1948 -- The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

March 25, 1941 -- The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.