Historical Events In February - 25

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

1908  On this day in history 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 this day in history millicent Fenwick, NYC, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82) (Doonesbury)   

1911  On February - 25 opera "Natoma," premieres in Phila   

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  On this day in history richard Wattis, England, actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl)   

1913  16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax on February - 25.   

1913  Gert Froebe, Saxony Germany, actor (Goldfinger) on this day in history.   

1914  John Arlott, cricketer (the doyen of cricket commentators & writers) on February - 25.   

1914  On this day in history john Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93   

1915  George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies on this day in history.   

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

1916  Ian Wallace, British CEO on February - 25.   

1917  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 on February - 25.   

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

1917  Alex Gordon, architect on February - 25.   

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

1923  On February - 25 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  On February - 25 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran   

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

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

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  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 February - 25 walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies   

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

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

1536  On February - 25 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.