Historical Events In February - 25

1926  On February - 25 francisco Franco becomes General of Spain   

1926  On February - 25 kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords   

1927  On February - 25 gdansk &Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor   

1927  Gdanks & Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor on February - 25.   

1930  On February - 25 check photographing device patented   

1932  Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship on February - 25.   

1933  On this day in history uSS Ranger the first genuine aircraft carrier christened   

1933  On February - 25 1st genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger   

1934  On February - 25 daniel Protheroe, composer, dies at 67   

1937  On February - 25 the birth of Tom Courtenay, Actor   

1938  On February - 25 british Lord Halifax becomes Foreign Minister   

1939  On this day in history first Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden   

1939  On February - 25 the first 'Anderson' air raid shelters are erected, in London   

1939  On February - 25 1st Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden   

1940  On February - 25 1st televised (W2XBS, NYC) hockey game (Rangers vs Canadians)   

1941  On February - 25 february strike against persecution of Jews, in Amsterdam   

1941  On February - 25 the birth of David Puttnam, English film producer   

1941  Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8) on February - 25.   

1942  On this day in history leo Ascher, composer, dies at 61   

1943  Vietminh forms Indo Chinese Democratic Front on this day in history.   

1944  On February - 25 uS first Army completes invasion plan   

1944  US 1st Army completes invasion plan on this day in history.   

1945  Sgt. Aubrey Cosens (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada) awarded the Victoria Cross at the Goch-Calear Road, Germany on this day in history.   

1945  US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo on this day in history.   

1947  Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history communists seize Czechoslovakia/C Gottwald becomes premier   

1949  WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record) on this day in history.   

1950  "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon & Woody Allen on this day in history.   

1951  On February - 25 the first Pan American Games open (Buenos Aires Argentina)   

1951  On this day in history "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 278 perf   

1952  6th Winter Olympics games close at Oslo, Norway on this day in history.   

1952  On February - 25 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway   

1953  On February - 25 "Wonderful Town" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 559 perfs   

1953  On this day in history jesus Garcia Leoz, composer, dies at 49   

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

1643  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) was born on this day in history.   

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

1692  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies   

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

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

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

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

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