Page 5: Historical Events In February - 25

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

1908  Frank G Slaughter, author (Sangaree) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1911  On this day in history opera "Natoma," premieres in Phila   

1912  On February - 25 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 this day in history.   

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

1913  On February - 25 gert Froebe, Saxony Germany, actor (Goldfinger)   

1914  John Arlott, cricketer (the doyen of cricket commentators & writers) on this day in history.   

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  Ian Wallace, British CEO on this day in history.   

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  The birth of Anthony Burgess, English novelist on February - 25.   

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 February - 25.   

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

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

1923  On this day in history bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark   

1924  On February - 25 marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3)   

1925  On this day in history 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 February - 25.   

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

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1398  Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435) was born on February - 25.   

1591  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on February - 25.   

1635  On this day in history birth of walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen   

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

1663  On February - 25 birth of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)   

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

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

1692  On February - 25 birth of karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)   

0779  On this day in history walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies   

1246  On February - 25 death of dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

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

1495  On February - 25 djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35   

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  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.