In History – Jennifer Aniston files for divorce from Brad Pitt
TODAY IN HISTORY - March 25th:
1937 - It is revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads
1954 - 26th Academy Awards - "From Here to Eternity" best film, William Holden & Audrey Hepburn best actor/actress
1991 - 63rd Academy Awards - "Dance with Wolves", Kathy Bates & Jeremy Irons win
1996 - 68th Academy Awards - "Braveheart", Nicholas Cage & Susan Sarandon win
2001 - 73rd Academy Awards - "Gladiator", Russell Crowe & Julia Roberts win
2005 - American actress Jennifer Aniston(36) files for divorce from actor and film producer Brad Pitt (41) due to irreconcilable differences after 4 and a half years of marriage. Speculation began on the relationship between Pitt and Angelina Jolie (who admitted they fell in love on the set while filming "Mr. & Mrs. Smith". After 9 years as a couple, they married in 2014 and have 6 children (3 adopted / 3 biological).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY:
1942 - Aretha Franklin, Soul Sister #1/singer (Respect), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1965 - Sarah Jessica Parker, Nelsonville Ohio, American actress (Square Pegs, Sex and the City)
2003 - Actress-model Liv Tyler (25) weds rock band vocalist Royston Langdon (30) at a private villa in St James, Barbados
GOODBYE TO:
1992 - Nancy Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstern-Rhoda), dies of cancer at 69
2006 - Buck Owens, American singer and television personality (b. 1929)
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