Today is Thursday, March 25, the 84th day of 2010. There are 281 days left in the year.
1 _ Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word
31 _ First Easter, according to calendar-maker Dionysius Exiguus
1807 _ British Parliament abolishes slave trade
1896 _ Modern Olympics begin in Athens Greece
1916 _ Women are allowed to attend a boxing match
1954 _ 26th Academy Awards: ``From Here to Eternity", William Holden & Audrey Hepburn win
1960 _ D.H. Lawrence' ``Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York, N.Y.)
1965 _ Martin Luther King Jr. led 25,000 to state capitol in Montgomery, Ala.
1976 _ ``My Fair Lady" opens at St. James Theater, NYC, for 384 performances
1982 _ Wayne Gretzky becomes first NHL to score 200 points in a season