TODAY IN HISTORY - MARCH 25TH

1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.

1867 – Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore (d. 1941) is born.

1894 – Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.

1911 – In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.

1918 – Howard Cosell, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1995) is born.

1922 – Eileen Ford, American businesswoman, co-founded Ford Models (d. 2014) is born.

1928 – Jim Lovell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut is born.

1931 – The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.

1937 – Tom Monaghan, American businessman, founded Domino's Pizza is born.

1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.

1947 – Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor is born.

1948 – The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

1957 – United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.

1965 – Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.

1969 – During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).

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.

1988 – Robert Joffrey, American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the Joffrey Ballet (b. 1930) dies.

1995 – WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.

1999 – Cal Ripken, Sr., American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1936) dies.

2006 – Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

2008 – Herb Peterson, American businessman, created the McMuffin (b. 1919) dies.

2014 – Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (b. 1918) dies.