Today in history Sat. 03/25
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LONDON (Reuters) - Here are some notable events from this date in history:
1409 - The Council of Pisa, formed to try to solve the schism in the Catholic
church between the two popes Gregory and Benedict, held its first meeting at
Pisa.
1807 - The slave trade in England was abolished.
1867 - Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor and musical director, born. Famed
for his temper in rehearsals, he was director of La Scala and the Metropolitan
opera houses. He also conducted the NBC symphony orchestra.
1871 - Gutzon Borglum, U.S. sculptor famed for his presidential sculptures on
Mount Rushmore, born.
1881 - Bela Bartok, Hungarian composer and pianist, born. His knowledge of
western musical techniques allied to the inspiration he derived from Hungarian
peasant songs enabled him to become a unique musical force.
1900 - In the United States the first Socialist Party was formed when the
Socialist Labor Party merged with the Social-Democratic Party. Their first
convention was held in Indianapolis in 1904.
1911 - 146 mostly young Jewish and Italian immigrant women died when New York's
worst industrial fire swept through a factory owned by the Triangle Shirtwaist
Co.
1914 - Frederic Mistral, French poet and winner of the 1904 Nobel Prize for
Literature, died. He helped in the 19th century revival of Provencal language
and worked for some 20 years on a Provencal-French dictionary.
1918 - Claude Debussy, French composer, died. His music, described as ``musical
Impressionism,'' explored original avenues of expression.
1942 - Singer Aretha Franklin, the ``Queen of Soul,'' born.
1947 - Elton John, English singer, songwriter and pianist, born.
1949 - Laurence Olivier's ``Hamlet'' won five Oscars and was the first British
film to win an Academy award.
1995 - Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was freed from an Indiana
prison three years after his conviction for rape.
1996 - Abel Goodman, the world's first patient to receive a permanent electric
heart, died in Britain. He received the implant at the John Radcliffe Hospital
in Oxford in the first operation of its kind.
1999 - Forty people were killed in a fire which trapped at least 30 vehicles in
the tunnel under Mont Blanc, western Europe's highest mountain.
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