March 25

This day in history:

• 1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
• 1065 – The Great German Pilgrimage is attacked on Good Friday by Beduin bandits, suffering heavy losses.
• 1306 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).
• 2018 – Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.

Births:

• 1926 – Riz Ortolani, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
• 1964 – Buzz Osborne, American musician
• 1935 – Gabriel Elorde, Filipino boxer (d. 1985)

Deaths:

• 2009 – Dan Seals, American musician (b. 1948)
• 1995 – James Samuel Coleman, American sociologist and academic (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (b. 1921)

Holidays:

• Tolkien Reading Day
• International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (international)
• Independence Day, celebrates the start of Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire, in 1821. (Greece)

Random Article of the day:

Presstitute

⬆️ @SteveThompson

The #presstitute’s last name fits

“Is there a sense of wanting to get back on the horse?” #LesterHolt asked.

“I’m on the horse, where have you been?” #Biden rebuked the #presstitute.

#Holt should ride a #Colt

Next tweet by #Presstitute @[email protected]....

" Fenku deliberately brought in Corona during this time, so that loss of Man-days would be minimal" 😁👎

@[email protected] https://twitter.com/RajatSharmaLive/status/1243015766439424000

Sicko #Presstitute @[email protected], you know what a BOLD MOVE is??

Read.

@[email protected] https://twitter.com/rahulkanwal/status/1240653160303095814