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Events on March 25

• 1807 The British Parliament passes the Slave Trade Act, abolishing the slave trade.
• 1852 Following a dispute in the Prussian Landtag, the liberal Georg von Vincke and the conservative Otto von Bismarck engage in a pistol duel, although both opponents remain unharmed.
• 1939 In the German Reich, the “youth service obligation” is introduced, allowing membership of children and adolescents in the Hitler Youth to be enforced by police even against their parents' wishes.
• 1953 The Bundestag passes the Federal Expellee Law, under which expellees, homeland expellees, refugees from the Soviet occupation zone, late resettlers and their surviving dependants are entitled to benefits.
• 1958 The Bundestag decides to equip the Bundeswehr with delivery systems for nuclear weapons within the framework of NATO. Thereupon, the protest movement Fight Against Atomic Death, founded in 1957, organizes mass demonstrations against the planned armament.
• 1961 The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 10 with the dog Swjosdotschka aboard as the final test before the first crewed spaceflight. The flight and return of the landing capsule proceed successfully.
• 1988 The Literary Quartet begins on ZDF with Marcel Reich-Ranicki as part of the culture magazine aspekte.
• 1994 In Lübeck, the first arson attack on a synagogue since 1938 is carried out. No one is injured in the antisemitic attack. The four perpetrators are apprehended shortly thereafter.
• 1995 The American programmer Ward Cunningham puts the first wiki online on the website c2.com, WardsWiki.
• 2001 The Schengen Agreement enters into force for Denmark, Finland and Sweden as well as the non-EU states of Iceland and Norway, guaranteeing free movement of goods and people across borders.
• 2007 During Germany's presidency of the Council of the EU, the 27 heads of state and government of the EU sign the Berlin Declaration at the Zeughaus in Berlin, emphasizing the need for a European community of values.
• 2025 The German-language Wikipedia reaches the milestone of three million articles with the newly written article on the topic of Grand Prix of Europe.

Born on March 25

• 1860 Friedrich Naumann, German theologian, politician, social reformer and publicist
• 1881 Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer
• 1911 Jack Ruby, American nightclub owner and murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald
• 1921 Simone Signoret, French film actress
• 1930 Ben Wagin, German artist
• 1940 Mina, Italian singer
• 1960 Markus Maria Profitlich, German comedian, actor and voice actor
• 1980 Hanno Koffler, German actor
• 1990 Alexander Esswein, German footballer
• 2000 Jadon Sancho, English footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „25. März“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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