Historical Events on March 25

Martin Luther King Jr.

Here are some historical events that have occurred on March 25:

1306 - Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland.

1634 - The first settlers arrive in Maryland.

1807 - The British Parliament abolishes the slave trade throughout the British Empire, taking effect the following year.

1911 - The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City kills 146 garment workers, leading to widespread reforms in labor and safety laws.

1947 - A coal dust explosion at the Centralia Coal Company's Mine No. 5 in Centralia, Illinois, kills 111 miners.

1957 - The Treaty of Rome establishes the European Economic Community (EEC), now known as the European Union.

1965 - Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. begin their third march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, which would later become known as the "Selma to Montgomery marches."

1971 - The Bangladesh Liberation War begins, leading to the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan.

1995 - WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, is made public by its creator, Ward Cunningham.

2014 - The Boko Haram terrorist group abducts more than 200 girls from a school in Chibok, Nigeria, sparking international outrage and the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.

These are just a few events from history that took place on March 25th.