February 25

February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 309 days remaining, 310 in leap years. \n

Events

\n*138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.\n*1570 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England.\n*1793 - George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States.\n*1870 - Hiram Rhoades Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the United States Congress.\n*1901 - J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation. \n*1913 - The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing a graduated income tax, is ratified. \n*1919 - Oregon places a 1 cent per gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.\n*1921 - The Democratic Republic of Georgia is occupied by the Soviet Russia. \n*1928 - Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, DC becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission. \n*1933 - The USS Ranger is launched, becoming the first custom-built aircraft carrier.\n*1951 - The first Pan American Games are held, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.\n*1954 - Gamal Abdul Nasser is made premier of Egypt.\n*1972 - Terrorism: Germany gives $5 million to an Arab terrorist as ransom for the passengers and crew of a hijacked jumbo jet. \n*1986 - EDSA Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president. \n*1991 - Gulf War: An Iraqi Scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 US Marines.

Births

\n*1707 - Carlo Goldoni, lyricist (d. 1793)\n*1752 - John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)\n*1778 - José de San Martín, Argentine general, liberator of Spanish South America along with Simón Bolivar.\n*1841 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painter, graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1919)\n*1842 - Karl May, writer (d. 1912)\n*1845 - George Reid, fourth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1918)\n*1848 - Edward Harriman, railroad entrepreneur\n*1877 - Erich von Hornbostel, musicologist (d. 1935)\n*1888 - John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State (d. 1959)\n*1890 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician (d. 1986)\n*1901 - Zeppo Marx, actor (d. 1979)\n*1904 - Adelle Davis, nutritionist, writer (d. 1974)\n*1913 - Jim Backus, actor (d. 1989)\n* 1913 - Gert Fröbe, actor (d. 1988)\n*1917 - Anthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork Orange (d. 1993)\n*1918 - Bobby Riggs, tennis player (d. 1995)\n* 1918 - Barney Ewell, American athlete (d. 1996)\n*1921 - Pierre Laporte, statesman, murdered by FLQ terrorists (d. 1970)\n*1925 - Edward Gorey, illustrator (d. 2000)\n*1932 - Faron Young, country music singer (d.1996)\n*1935 - Sally Jessy Raphael, talk show host\n*1937 - Tom Courtenay, actor\n*1938 - Herb Elliott, Australian runner\n*1940 - Ron Santo, baseball player\n*1943 - George Harrison, musician\n*1946 - Franz Xaver Kroetz, dramatist\n*1947 - Lee Evans, American athlete\n*1950 - Neil Jordan, director, writer, producer\n* 1950 - Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina\n*1951 - Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter\n*1953 - José María Aznar, Prime Minister of Spain\n*1954 - John Doe, musician\n*1961 - Davey Allison, NASCAR driver (d. 1993)\n*1966 - Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (d. 2003)\n*1971 - Sean Astin, actor

Deaths

\n*1577 - King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)\n*1723 - Sir Christopher Wren, architect (b. 1632)\n*1852 - Thomas Moore, poet (b. 1779)\n*1899 - Paul Julius Reuter, founder of the Reuters News Agency (b. 1816)\n*1957 - George "Bugs" Moran, Chicago gangster (b. 1893)\n*1964 - Grace Metalious, writer (b. 1924)\n*1975 - Elijah Muhammad, Black Muslim leader\n*1983 - Tennessee Williams, playwright (b. 1911)\n*1994 - Jersey Joe Walcott, boxer (b. 1914)\n*1996 - Haing S. Ngor, actor\n*2000 - Victoria Climbié, murder victim (b. 1991)\n*2001 - Sir Donald Bradman, cricketer (b. 1908)

Holidays and observances

• Februaristaking (Netherlands) - strike against Nazi occupier, 1941\n----

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