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Major historical anniversaries and events for this day in history and this week for 2025.
 

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Historical Anniversaries this Week

March 11

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic (d. 1983)[81]

 Deaths (450 years ago today): 1575Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (b. 1520)[180]

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     Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentinian businessman (b. 1906)[245]

    March 16

     Events (100 years ago today): 1925 – An earthquake (measuring around 7.0 magnitude) occurs in Dali, China, killing an estimated 5,000 people.[8]

     Births (200 years ago today): 1825Camilo Castelo Branco, Portuguese writer (d. 1890)

     Births (100 years ago today): 1925Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (d. 2014)[132][133]

     Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)[134]

     Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Ervin Kassai, Hungarian basketball player and referee (d. 2012)

     Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist and engineer (d. 2004)

     Births (50 years ago today): 1975Luciano Castro, Argentine actor

     Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Sienna Guillory, English model and actress

     Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Lionel Torres, French archer

     Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)[207]

     Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)

    March 17

     Births (300 years ago today): 1725Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (d. 1806)

     Births (100 years ago today): 1925Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor (d. 2015)

     Births (50 years ago today): 1975Justin Hawkins, English singer-songwriter

     Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (d. 2021)

     Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Test, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2009)

     Deaths (600 years ago today): 1425Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1407)

     Deaths (150 years ago today): 1875Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)



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