March 25th
Today in America's Present Past
1593 | Jesuit explore of the Great Lakes Jean de Brebeuf was born.
1776 | War of Independence: Continental Congress authorizes a gold medal for George Washington for his defeat of the British at Boston.
1828 | Hamilton’s mistress Maria Reynolds died.
1840 | Adventurer Myles Keogh was born.
1851 | First known “New Worlders” explore Yosemite Valley with Indian guides.
1863 | Civil War: Secretary of War Stanton awards the first Medal of Honor.
1864 | Civil War: Battle of Paducah, Kentucky.
1865 | Civil War: Battle of Bluff Spring, Florida.
1865 | Civil War: Battle of Mobile, Alabama.
1867 | Sculptor John Gutzon Borglum was born.
1882 | The first “pancake-making” demonstration was held at a New York City, New York department store.
1898 | Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association is formed.
1898 | Writer O’ Henry (William Sydney Porter) sentenced to prison.
1900 | U.S. Socialist Party forms in Indianapolis, Indiana.
1911 | Nightclub owner Jack Ruby was born.
1925 | Novelist Mary Flannery O’Connor was born.
1934 | Activist Gloria Steinem was born.
1937 | Entrepreneur Tom Monaghan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1942 | Entertainer Aretha Franklin was born.
1943 | The Durante-Moore Show debuted on radio.
1961 | Actor Fred Goss was born in Orchard Lake, Michigan.
1965 | Actress Sarah Jessica Parker was born.
1965 | Civil Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 25,000 protestors to the state capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
1980 | Poet James Wright died.
2009 | Historian John Hope Franklin died.
2012 | Journalist Priscilla Buckley died.
2021 | Author Beverly Cleary died.
2021 | Author Larry McMurtry died.