How Many Days Until March 25?

This day in history: March 25

1. 1948

   Meteorologists at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, United States, issued the world's first tornado forecast after noticing conditions similar to another tornado that had struck five days earlier.

2. 1949

   The Soviet Union began mass deportations of more than 90,000 "undesirable" people from the Baltic states to Siberia.

3. 1975

   King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot and killed by his nephew Faisal bin Musaid.

4. 1995

   American computer programmer Ward Cunningham established the first wiki site, the WikiWikiWeb.

5. 2006

   A gunman in Seattle, Washington, U.S., entered a rave afterparty and opened fire, killing six and wounding two, before committing suicide.

6. 2006

   Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the presidential vote days earlier, were arrested, including opposition leader Alyaksandr Kazulin.

7. 2008

   Invasion of Anjouan began as Comoros and African Union forces launched an assault to remove Mohamed Bacar from power in Anjouan.

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