This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
02/25/1635 Walraad the Old, earl of Nassau-Usingen 
02/25/1643 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) 
02/25/1680 Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer 
02/25/1707 Carlo Goldoni, Italy, dramatist (Love of 3 Oranges) 
02/25/1725 Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris France, organist/composer (Notre Dame) 
02/25/1731 Simon Style, Fries medical/writer 
02/25/1732 Robert Hudson, composer 
02/25/1735 Ernst William Wolf, composer 
02/25/1778 Jos‚ Francisco de San Mart¡n, liberated Argentina, Chile & Per£ 
02/25/1788 Mateo Ferrer, composer 
02/25/1794 Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam 
02/25/1807 George Alfred Trenholm, Secy Treas (Confederacy), died in 1876 
02/25/1808 James Bowen, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 
02/25/1809 George Washington Cullom, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 18

02/25/1811 Carl Schuberth, composer 
02/25/1814 Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet/painter (3/9 NS) 
02/25/1815 Robert Hall Chilton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 
02/25/1833 Clement Anselm Evans, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911 
02/25/1840 Alexis Hollander, composer 
02/25/1840 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories) 
02/25/1841 Pierre Auguste Renoir, France, Impressionist painter/sculptor 
02/25/1842 Karl May, German writer (Old Shatterhand/Winnetou) 
02/25/1847 John Watson, Canada, philospher (Objective Idealism) 
02/25/1856 Charles Lang Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1876] 
02/25/1866 Beneditto Croce, Italy, humanist/historian/editor/philosopher 
02/25/1871 Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ (US singles 1890) 
02/25/1873 Enrico Caruso, Naples Italy, operatic tenor (Faust) 
02/25/1876 Charles Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery 
02/25/1879 Otakar Ostrcil, composer 
02/25/1881 William Foster, Mass, Communist Pres candidate (1924,28,32) 
02/25/1882 Bruno? Traven, German? writer (Sierra Madre) 
02/25/1882 Jozef Goossenaerts, Flemish philogicist (Language boundary) 
02/25/1882 Ludvig Nordstr”m, Sweden, writer (Story of Peter Svensk) 
02/25/1887 Leonard Carey actor (Laughter) 
02/25/1888 John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59) 
02/25/1894 Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!) 
02/25/1894 Howard Wendell, actor (Black Dakotas, 4 Skulls of Jonathan Drake) 
02/25/1895 DeBenneville 'Bert' Bell, PA, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF (Eagles) 
02/25/1895 Henri Martelli, composer 
02/25/1896 John J McClellan, (Sen-D-Ark) 
02/25/1899 Leo J Weisgerber, German linguist 
02/25/1900 Jed Harris, producer/director (Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball) 
02/25/1901 Federico Ghisi, composer 
02/25/1901 [Herbert] Zeppo Marx, comedian/actor (Marx Brothers) 
02/25/1904 Adelle Davis, author (Lets Stay Healthy)/nutritionist (died of cance

02/25/1906 Boris Papandopulo, composer 
02/25/1906 Domingo Ortega, Spanish bullfighter 
02/25/1906 Howard Zahniser, Father of Wilderness Act 
02/25/1906 Warren Hymer, actor (Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob, Phantom Killer)

02/25/1907 Shimen Rushkin, actor (Beau Brummel, Having a Wonderful Time) 
02/25/1908 Frank G Slaughter, author (Sangaree) 
02/25/1909 Edgar Pangborn, US, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy) 
02/25/1910 Millicent Fenwick, NYC, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82) (Doonesbury) 
02/25/1912 Richard Wattis, actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl) 
02/25/1913 Gert Froebe, Saxony Germany, actor (Goldfinger) 
02/25/1913 Jim Backus, Cleve, actor (Mr Magoo, Thurston Howell III-Gilligan Is)

02/25/1916 Ralph Baldwin, harness driver (set 11 major world records) 
02/25/1917 Anthony Burgess, essayist/novelist (Clockwork Orange) 
02/25/1918 Bobby Riggs, tennis star (1939 US Open) 
02/25/1918 Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948

02/25/1919 F de Jong Edz, historian 
02/25/1919 Monty Irvin, baseball hall of famer (NY Giants) 
02/25/1920 Hayes Gordon 
02/25/1921 Nancy Kelly, US, actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James) 
02/25/1922 Matti Rautio, composer 
02/25/1925 Bert Remsen, Glen Cove NY, actor (Mario-It's a Living) 
02/25/1927 Dick Jones, Snyder Tx, actor (Buffalo Bill Jr) 
02/25/1927 Jacques Monod, composer 
02/25/1927 Jane Nigh, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lorelei-Big Town) 
02/25/1928 Richard Stern, US writer 
02/25/1929 Christopher George, Royal Oak Minn, actor (Rat Patrol, Immortal) 
02/25/1929 Tommy Newsom, Va, musician/bandleader/saxophonist (Tonight Show) 
02/25/1932 Martin William Karlins, composer 
02/25/1934 Linda Cristal actress (Comanche, Mr Majestyk, Panic in the City) 
02/25/1936 Norman Orville Scribner, composer 
02/25/1937 Basia Johnson, maid who inherited Johnson & Johnson fortune 
02/25/1937 Bob Schieffer, Austin Tx, newscaster (CBS Weekend News) 
02/25/1937 Tom Courtenay, England, actor (Dresser, Dr Zhivago, To Catch a Spy) 
02/25/1938 Diane Baker, Hollywood Calif, actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Marnie) 
02/25/1938 Herb Elliott, Australia, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1960) 
02/25/1939 Marisa Mell, Graz Austria, actress (Masquerade, Casanova '70) 
02/25/1940 Billy Packer, US, actor(?) 
02/25/1940 Jes£s Lopez-Cobos, Toro Spain, conductor (Intl Conductor Competition

02/25/1940 Jud Taylor, actor (Dr Gerson-Dr Kildare) 
02/25/1940 Ron Santo, Chicago Cub (1st baseball player to veto his trade) 
02/25/1941 David Puttnam, London, film producer/CEO (Columbia Pictures) 
02/25/1941 Ramon Pagayon Santos, composer 
02/25/1941 Susan Browning, Baldwin NY, actress (Pat-Mary Hartman) 
02/25/1943 George Harrison, Beatle/Travelling Willberries (My Sweet Lord) 
02/25/1943 Maryann Amacher, composer 
02/25/1943 Sally Jessy Raphael, TV talk show host (Sally) 
02/25/1944 Karen Grassle, Berkeley Ca, actress (Caroline-Little House on Prairi

02/25/1944 Kristina Holland, Fayetteville NC, (Tina-Courtship of Eddie's Father

02/25/1945 Elkie Brooks, Manchester England, rocker (Pearl's a Singer) 
02/25/1945 Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist, essayist (Fireflies

02/25/1947 Lee Edward Evans, Madera Calif, 400m runner (Olympic-2 gold-1968) 
02/25/1950 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair, [Fliehr], wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA) 
02/25/1950 Emitt Rhodes, musician (Merry-go-Round) 
02/25/1950 Rick Flair, [Richard Fliehr], WCW wrestling champ 
02/25/1952 James A Barcia, (Rep-D-Michigan) 
02/25/1953 Garrett Glaser, entertainment correspondant (Entertainment Tonight) 
02/25/1955 Leann Hunley, actress (Dane Carrington-Dynasty) 
02/25/1957 Stuart 'Woody' Wood, guitarist (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night) 
02/25/1958 Kurt Rambis, NBA forward (Lakers, Hornets)/Clark Kent look-a-like 
02/25/1959 Mike Peters, rocker (Alarm-In the Summertime) 
02/25/1962 Birgit Fischer, German DR, 500m kayaker (Olympic-gold-1980) 
02/25/1971 Jennifer LaVoie, Nashua NH, playmate (Aug, 1993) 
02/25/1971 Sean Astin, actor (Goonies, Toy Soldiers, Like Father Like Son) 
02/25/1976 Chris Pitman 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
02/25/ 779 Walburgis, English speaking abbess/saint (Walpurgisnacht), dies 
02/25/1247 Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies 
02/25/1495 Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 
02/25/1601 Earl of Essex, executed for treason in revolt against Queen Elizabet

02/25/1602 Everard van Reyd, historian, dies at about 51 
02/25/1634 Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, [Waldstein], German duke, murdere

02/25/1643 Marco da Gagliano, composer, dies at 60 
02/25/1682 Alessandro Stradella, composer, dies at 37 
02/25/1713 Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55 
02/25/1719 Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66 
02/25/1723 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies 
02/25/1826 Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 

02/25/1851 Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53 
02/25/1865 Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47 
02/25/1901 Jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71 
02/25/1902 Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77 
02/25/1906 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer, dies at 44 
02/25/1914 John Tenniel, illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93 
02/25/1920 Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at 73 
02/25/1922 Henri-D‚sir‚ Landru, French sex murderer: guillotined at 52 
02/25/1925 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer, dies at 81 
02/25/1934 Daniel Protheroe, composer, dies at 67 
02/25/1942 Leo Ascher, composer, dies at 61 
02/25/1945 M rio R de Morais Andrade, Brazilian poet/story teller, dies at 51 
02/25/1947 Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies 
02/25/1953 Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer, dies at 49 
02/25/1955 Marij Kogoj, composer, dies at 59 
02/25/1957 Kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76 
02/25/1957 Mark Aldanov, [Mark A Landau], Russian/French chemist, dies at 70 
02/25/1962 Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81 
02/25/1967 John Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 57 
02/25/1968 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96 
02/25/1969 Jan Zajic, Czech student, self incinerates 
02/25/1970 Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66 
02/25/1975 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies at 77 in Chicago 
02/25/1978 Daniel 'Chappie' James Jr, retired Air Force general, dies at 58 
02/25/1983 John Cowles Sr., Us publisher, dies at 84 
02/25/1987 James Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58 
02/25/1988 Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies 
02/25/1990 Deborah Hampton, dies 
02/25/1992 Guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies 
02/25/1992 John E Allen Jr, dies 
02/25/1992 Ollie O'Toole, dies 
02/25/1993 Eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 77 
02/25/1993 John D Boeke, organist/conductor, dies 
02/25/1993 Sjeng, [Jean GH] Tans, Dutch social dem chairmans (1965-69), dies 
02/25/1993 Troy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45 
02/25/1994 Baruch Goldstein, physician/murderer (53 in mosque), lynched at 42 
02/25/1994 Yann Piat, French FN/PR-parliament leader, murdered at 44 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
02/25/1095 Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus & King Willem II Rufus 
02/25/1358 Dalmati‰ flees Venice 
02/25/1540 Francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola M‚xico

02/25/1570 Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegian

02/25/1605 Portuguese garrison surrenders to Admiral Van Haghen 
02/25/1751 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1›) 
02/25/1791 1st Bank of US chartered 
02/25/1793 1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home) 
02/25/1799 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land 
02/25/1799 Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation 
02/25/1803 Duitslands & about 1800 sovereign state unify into about 60 states 
02/25/1804 Jefferson nominated for president at Democratic-Republican caucus 
02/25/1828 John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House 
02/25/1830 Victor Hugo's 'Hernani' premieres 
02/25/1836 Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm 
02/25/1837 1st US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport 
02/25/1838 London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours 
02/25/1839 Seminoles & black allies shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to West 
02/25/1847 State University of Iowa is approved 
02/25/1859 First use of 'insanity plea' to prove innocence 
02/25/1862 Congress establishes US Bureau of Engraving & Printing 
02/25/1863 Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency 
02/25/1868 Andrew Johnson impeached for violation of Tenure of Office act 
02/25/1870 Hiram Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress (Sen-MS) 
02/25/1875 Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) turn self in at Ft Sill 
02/25/1887 J Palisa discovers asteroid #265 Anna 
02/25/1892 J Palisa discovers asteroid #324 Bamberga 
02/25/1901 US Steel Corp organizes under directorship of J P Morgan 
02/25/1904 J M Synge's 'Riders to the Sea' opens at Irish Natl Theater Society 
02/25/1904 Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in 2 for Stanley Cup 
02/25/1905 Neth Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms 
02/25/1907 US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic 
02/25/1908 1st tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens 
02/25/1910 Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies 
02/25/1911 Opera 'Natoma' is produced (Philadelphia) 
02/25/1913 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax 
02/25/1913 F Kaiser discovers asteroid #743 Eugenisis 
02/25/1916 German troops conquer Fort Douaumont 
02/25/1917 J Palisa discovers asteroid #867 Kovacia 
02/25/1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #866 Fatme 
02/25/1919 League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty 
02/25/1919 Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1› per gallon) 
02/25/1921 Georgian SSR proclaimed 
02/25/1923 Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark 
02/25/1924 Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3) 
02/25/1926 Kwo-less-shrew (Guomindang) declares war on govt/warlords 
02/25/1927 Gdanks & Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor 
02/25/1930 Check photographing device patented 
02/25/1932 Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship 
02/25/1933 1st aircraft carrier 'USS Ranger' launched 
02/25/1933 1st genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger 
02/25/1933 Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line) 
02/25/1933 Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox 
02/25/1938 British Lord Halifax becomes Foreign Minister 
02/25/1940 1st televised (W2XBS, NYC) hockey game (Rangers vs Canadians) 
02/25/1941 Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8) 
02/25/1941 February strike against spread of Judaism 
02/25/1943 Vietminh forms Indo-chinese Democratic Front 
02/25/1945 US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo 
02/25/1948 Communists seize Czechoslovakia/C Gottwald becomes premier 
02/25/1949 WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record) 
02/25/1951 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina) 
02/25/1952 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway 
02/25/1954 Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier 
02/25/1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference 
02/25/1957 Buddy Holly & Crickets record 'That'll Be the Day' 
02/25/1961 Niagara ends St Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak 
02/25/1961 Paul Bikle in glider climbs from 1208 m at release to record 14,10 
02/25/1962 Indies Congress Party wins elections 
02/25/1962 Mike O'Hara completes a record 97th marathon 
02/25/1962 Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands 
02/25/1963 Beatles release their 1st single in US 'Please Please Me' 
02/25/1964 Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns 
02/25/1966 Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad 
02/25/1968 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea 
02/25/1968 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2279 Barto 
02/25/1968 Makarios elected president of Cyprus 
02/25/1969 Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album 
02/25/1969 Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars 
02/25/1972 Lopsided trade, Cards trade Steve Carlton to Phillies for Rick Wise 
02/25/1972 Paul McCartney releases 'Give Ireland back to the Irish' single 
02/25/1973 Juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders 
02/25/1977 New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts 
02/25/1977 Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons 
02/25/1977 Soyuz 24 returns to Earth 
02/25/1979 Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched 
02/25/1980 Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname 
02/25/1981 L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain 
02/25/1981 NHL most penalized game; Bruins vs Northstars, 84 penalties (392 min

02/25/1981 NY Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames 
02/25/1981 Rita Jenrette (wife of Abscam congressman) appears on Donahue 
02/25/1982 Record speed for a snowmobile-239 kph 
02/25/1984 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3389 
02/25/1984 Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500 
02/25/1986 Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines, Marcos flees 
02/25/1986 Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao 
02/25/1986 Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel 
02/25/1987 Michael Jordan, scores Chicago Bull record 58 points in a game 
02/25/1987 US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action 
02/25/1988 Bruce Springsteen 'Tunnel of Love Tour,' begins in Worcester Mass 
02/25/1988 South Korea adopts constitution 
02/25/1989 1st independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary formed 
02/25/1989 Dallas Cowboys' new owner fires 29-year coach Tom Landry 
02/25/1989 Lowest baramotric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt) 
02/25/1989 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 rounds 
02/25/1990 Nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas 
02/25/1991 US, barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28 
02/25/1993 Florida Marlins introduce their mascot 'Billy' 
02/25/1994 Israeli madman kills 29 in mosque at Hebron 
02/25/1994 Perua Yak-40 to Tingo Maria crashes into mountain, killing 31 
  
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