Page 5: Historical Events In February - 25

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

1908  On this day in history frank G Slaughter, author (Sangaree)   

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 February - 25.   

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

1911  Opera "Natoma," premieres in Phila on this day in history.   

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

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

1914  On February - 25 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 February - 25.   

1916  On February - 25 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  The birth of Anthony Burgess, English novelist on this day in history.   

1917  On February - 25 alex Gordon, architect   

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

1919  On February - 25 league of Nations set up by Paris Treaty   

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

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

1920  On February - 25 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  On February - 25 antony Duff, diplomat   

1920  Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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  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  Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3) on this day in history.   

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

1925  On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran   

1925  US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles on February - 25.   

1925  On this day in history 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  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on February - 25.   

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  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1682  Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 February - 25.   

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

1522  Death of William Lilye, English classical scholar on this day in history.   

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on February - 25.   

1553  On this day in history death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)   

1558  On this day in history death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)