Page 6: Historical Events In February - 25

1926  Francisco Franco becomes General of Spain on February - 25.   

1926  Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords on February - 25.   

1927  Gdansk &Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history gdanks & Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor   

1930  On this day in history check photographing device patented   

1932  Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship on this day in history.   

1933  USS Ranger the first genuine aircraft carrier christened on this day in history.   

1933  1st genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger on this day in history.   

1934  Daniel Protheroe, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1937  The birth of Tom Courtenay, Actor on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history british Lord Halifax becomes Foreign Minister   

1939  First Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden on February - 25.   

1939  On this day in history the first 'Anderson' air raid shelters are erected, in London   

1939  On this day in history 1st Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden   

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

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  On this day in history boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8)   

1942  On February - 25 leo Ascher, composer, dies at 61   

1943  On February - 25 vietminh forms Indo Chinese Democratic Front   

1944  On this day in history uS first Army completes invasion plan   

1944  US 1st Army completes invasion plan on February - 25.   

1945  On February - 25 sgt. Aubrey Cosens (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada) awarded the Victoria Cross at the Goch-Calear Road, Germany   

1945  On February - 25 uS aircraft carriers attack Tokyo   

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  On this day in history wAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)   

1950  "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon & Woody Allen on February - 25.   

1951  The first Pan American Games open (Buenos Aires Argentina) on February - 25.   

1951  On February - 25 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 278 perf   

1952  6th Winter Olympics games close at Oslo, Norway on February - 25.   

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

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

1591  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 25.   

1663  Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718) was born on February - 25.   

1680  On this day in history birth of philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer   

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

1692  On February - 25 birth of karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)   

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 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 this day in history.   

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.