Page 5: Historical Events In February - 25

1908  1st tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens on this day in history.   

1908  On February - 25 frank G Slaughter, author (Sangaree)   

1909  Edgar Pangborn, US, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy) on this day in history.   

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  On February - 25 opera "Natoma," premieres in Phila   

1912  Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg on this day in history.   

1912  Richard Wattis, England, actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl) on February - 25.   

1913  On this day in history 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax   

1913  On February - 25 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  On February - 25 george Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies   

1916  German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun on February - 25.   

1916  On February - 25 ian Wallace, British CEO   

1917  On this day in history 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 this day in history the birth of Anthony Burgess, English novelist   

1917  On February - 25 alex Gordon, architect   

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  F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian on this day in history.   

1920  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 on February - 25.   

1920  Antony Duff, diplomat on this day in history.   

1920  Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at 73 on February - 25.   

1921  On February - 25 georgian SSR proclaimed   

1921  Jack Haley (Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz) marries Florence McFadden on February - 25.   

1922  On this day in history henri-Desire Landru, French sex murderer, guillotined at 52   

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

1924  On this day in history marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3)   

1925  Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska on February - 25.   

1925  US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran on February - 25.   

1925  On February - 25 uS male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles   

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 February - 25 birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)   

1663  On this day in history birth of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)   

1680  On February - 25 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  On this day in history walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies   

1246  On this day in history death of dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1247  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on February - 25.   

1495  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1522  On February - 25 death of william Lilye, English classical scholar   

1536  On this day in history death of berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)   

1553  Death of Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) on February - 25.   

1558  Death of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498) on February - 25.