March 25 - Play & Learn

Play & Learn

This Day In History

421

Venice is founded at twelve o'clock noon, according to legend.

1306

Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland.

1634

The first settlers arrive in Maryland.

1655

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.

1807

The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger carrying railway in the world.

1882

First demonstration of pancake making takes place in a New York City department store.

1913

The Palace Theatre, the home of vaudeville, opens in New York City.

1958

Canada's Avro Arrow makes its first flight.

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.

Famous Birthdays

1347

Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (d. 1380).

1593

Saint Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)

1867

Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor, (d. 1957)

Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor (d. 1941)

1881

Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (d. 1945)

1914

Norman Borlaug, American agriculturalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2009)

1920

Patrick Troughton, English actor (d. 1987)

1928

Jim Lovell, American astronaut

1947

Elton John, English singer and songwriter