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25 March 2015 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 25 March 2015 was a Wednesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Lay Me Down” by Sam Smith ft. John Legend.
- Top Film of 2015
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2015 was Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 25 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 25 March 2015 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 25 March 2015 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 25 March
- 1979 The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
- 1988 The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
- 1995 WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
- 1996 The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
- 2018 Syrian civil war: Following the completion of the Afrin offensive, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) initiate an insurgency against the Turkish occupation of the Afrin District.
Famous people born on 25 March
- Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer (born 1976)
- Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center (1934–2026)
- Mikey Madison, American actress (born 1999)
- Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (born 1947)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2015 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2015 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 13 February – The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition sign a cross-party, non-partisan agreement to tackle climate change, seek a strong global climate deal, and to end the use of coal for power generation in the UK.
- 10 March – Queen Elizabeth II names the new luxury cruise ship Britannia, the largest ever cruise ship designed for the British holiday market.
- 20 March – A partial solar eclipse occurs, ranging from 85% totality in London and southern England to 98% totality in northern Scotland.
Life in 2015
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.35
Loaf of Bread
£1.42
Average House
£197,807
Weekly Wage
£768.00
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