Historical Events In February - 25

1926  On February - 25 francisco Franco becomes General of Spain   

1926  On this day in history kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords   

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

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

1930  On this day in history check photographing device patented   

1932  On this day in history immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship   

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  On this day in history 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 February - 25 first Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden   

1939  The first 'Anderson' air raid shelters are erected, in London on this day in history.   

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

1940  1st televised (W2XBS, NYC) hockey game (Rangers vs Canadians) on this day in history.   

1941  February strike against persecution of Jews, in Amsterdam on February - 25.   

1941  The birth of David Puttnam, English film producer on February - 25.   

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  Vietminh forms Indo Chinese Democratic Front on February - 25.   

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

1944  On February - 25 uS 1st Army completes invasion plan   

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

1945  On February - 25 uS aircraft carriers attack Tokyo   

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

1948  On February - 25 communists seize Czechoslovakia/C Gottwald becomes premier   

1949  On this day in history wAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)   

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

1951  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 6th Winter Olympics games close at Oslo, Norway   

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  Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer, dies at 49 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  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  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  On February - 25 birth of karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)   

0779  On February - 25 walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies   

1246  Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.   

1247  On this day in history hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies   

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

1522  Death of William Lilye, English classical scholar on February - 25.   

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 February - 25.   

1558  On February - 25 death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)