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 February - 25.   

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  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 February - 25 richard Wattis, England, actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl)   

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

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

1914  On this day in history john Arlott, cricketer (the doyen of cricket commentators & writers)   

1914  On February - 25 john Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93   

1915  On this day in history george Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies   

1916  On this day in history german troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun   

1916  Ian Wallace, British CEO on this day in history.   

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 February - 25 the birth of Anthony Burgess, English novelist   

1917  Alex Gordon, architect on February - 25.   

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

1919  League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty on February - 25.   

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

1919  F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian on February - 25.   

1920  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 on this day in history.   

1920  Antony Duff, diplomat on February - 25.   

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

1921  On this day in history georgian SSR proclaimed   

1921  Jack Haley (Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz) marries Florence McFadden on this day in history.   

1922  Henri-Desire Landru, French sex murderer, guillotined at 52 on February - 25.   

1923  Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark on February - 25.   

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

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

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1398  On February - 25 birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)   

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

1635  Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen was born on February - 25.   

1643  On February - 25 birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)   

1663  Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 February - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1553  On February - 25 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)