Page 5: Historical Events In February - 25

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

1908  Frank G Slaughter, author (Sangaree) on February - 25.   

1909  On this day in history edgar Pangborn, US, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy)   

1910  Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies on February - 25.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history ian Wallace, British CEO   

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 this day in history.   

1917  The birth of Anthony Burgess, English novelist on this day in history.   

1917  Alex Gordon, architect on this day in history.   

1918  Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948) on February - 25.   

1919  League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history oregon is first state to tax gasoline (1¢ per gallon)   

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

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  On this day in history antony Duff, diplomat   

1920  On February - 25 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 February - 25.   

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 February - 25.   

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

1925  On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles   

1925  Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer, dies at 81 on February - 25.   

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

1591  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)   

1635  On February - 25 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  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on February - 25.   

1682  On February - 25 birth of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1495  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on February - 25.   

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

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

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)