Page 5: Historical Events In February - 25

1908  1st tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens on February - 25.   

1908  Frank G Slaughter, author (Sangaree) on February - 25.   

1909  Edgar Pangborn, US, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy) on February - 25.   

1910  Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies on this day in history.   

1910  On February - 25 millicent Fenwick, NYC, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82) (Doonesbury)   

1911  Opera "Natoma," premieres in Phila on February - 25.   

1912  On February - 25 marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.   

1912  On this day in history richard Wattis, England, actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl)   

1913  16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax on February - 25.   

1913  On this day in history gert Froebe, Saxony Germany, actor (Goldfinger)   

1914  On this day in history john Arlott, cricketer (the doyen of cricket commentators & writers)   

1914  John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93 on February - 25.   

1915  George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history german troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun   

1916  Ian Wallace, British CEO on this day in history.   

1917  On February - 25 laconia, a Cunard ship. Sunk by torpedo attack from German U-boat U50 on the return journey from the USA to Liverpool while about 150 miles north west of the Fastnet Rock. There was a crew of 217 and she was carrying 75 passengers. 12 people were killed, 6 crew and 6 passengers.   

1917  On February - 25 the birth of Anthony Burgess, English novelist   

1917  Alex Gordon, architect on February - 25.   

1918  On this day in history henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948)   

1919  League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty on this day in history.   

1919  Oregon is first state to tax gasoline (1¢ per gallon) on this day in history.   

1919  On February - 25 f de Jong Edz, Dutch historian   

1920  On this day in history the NSDAP - National Socialist German Workers Party - publishes a 25-point program in Munich. The party has 60 members. Hitler begins making speeches, drawing thousands; he builds the Nazi Party and the S.A. Stormtroopers, a private army.   

1920  Antony Duff, diplomat on this day in history.   

1920  On February - 25 aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at 73   

1921  On February - 25 georgian SSR proclaimed   

1921  On this day in history jack Haley (Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz) marries Florence McFadden.   

1922  Henri-Desire Landru, French sex murderer, guillotined at 52 on this day in history.   

1923  Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark on February - 25.   

1924  Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3) on February - 25.   

1925  Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska on this day in history.   

1925  On February - 25 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran   

1925  US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles on this day in history.   

1925  Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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1398  On February - 25 birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)   

1591  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on this day in history.   

1635  Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen was born on this day in history.   

1643  On this day in history birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)   

1663  Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718) was born on February - 25.   

1680  On this day in history birth of philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer   

1682  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771)   

1692  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775) was born on February - 25.   

0779  Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies on February - 25.   

1246  Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.   

1247  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on this day in history.   

1495  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on February - 25.   

1522  On this day in history death of william Lilye, English classical scholar   

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1553  Death of Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1558  On February - 25 death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)