History for March 25 - On-This-Day.com
Howard Cosell 1920, Jim Lovell 1928 - Astronaut, Gene Shalit 1932 - Movie critic
Gloria Steinem 1934 - Feminist author, Aretha Franklin 1942 - Singer, Elton John 1947 - Singer, musician
1900 - The U.S. Socialist Party was formed in Indianapolis.
1911 - In New York City, 146 women were killed in fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City. The owners of the company were indicted on manslaughter charges because some of the employees had been behind locked doors in the factory. The owners were later acquitted and in 1914 they were ordered to pay damages to each of the twenty-three families that had sued.
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