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  On this day in history edgar Pangborn, US, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy)  

1910  On this day in history dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies  

1910  Millicent Fenwick, NYC, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82) (Doonesbury) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1913  On February - 25 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  On February - 25 john Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93  

1915  On February - 25 george Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies  

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

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 February - 25 the birth of Anthony Burgess, English novelist  

1917  Alex Gordon, architect on this day in history.  

1918  On February - 25 henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948)  

1919  On this day in history league of Nations set up by Paris Treaty  

1919  On February - 25 oregon is first state to tax gasoline (1¢ per gallon)  

1919  F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian on this day in history.  

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 February - 25.  

1920  On this day in history aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at 73  

1921  Georgian SSR proclaimed on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1925  On February - 25 glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska  

1925  US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran on this day in history.  

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

1925  On February - 25 pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer, dies at 81  

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1398  On this day in history birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)  

1591  On February - 25 birth of friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)  

1635  Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen was born on February - 25.  

1643  On February - 25 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  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1682  Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) was born on February - 25.  

1692  On this day in history birth of karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)  

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

1246  Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on February - 25.  

1247  On February - 25 hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies  

1495  On this day in history djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35  

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

1536  On February - 25 death of berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)  

1553  On February - 25 death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)  

1558  Death of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498) on this day in history.