February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar. There are 309 days remaining, 310 in
leap years.
- 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
- 1570 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- 1793 - George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States.
- 1870 - Hiram Rhoades Revels[?], a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the United States Congress.
- 1901 - J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation[?].
- 1913 - The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing a graduated income tax, is ratified.
- 1919 - Oregon places a 1 cent per gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax[?].
- 1928 - Charles Jenkins Laboratories[?] of Washington, DC becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
- 1933 - The USS Ranger is launched, becoming the first custom-built aircraft carrier.
- 1951 - The first Pan American Games[?] are held, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1954 - Gamal Abdul Nasser is made premier of Egypt.
- 1972 - Terrorism: Germany gives $5 million to an Arab terrorist as ransom for the passengers and crew of a hijacked jumbo jet.
- 1986 - President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines flees the nation after 20 years of rule.
- 1991 - Gulf War: An Iraqi Scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran[?], Saudi Arabia killing 28 US Marines.
- 1999 - John William King is sentenced to the death penalty for murdering James Byrd Jr.[?] in Jasper, Texas.
- 1500 - future emperor Charles V (+1558)
- 1707 - Carlo Goldoni, lyricist (+ 1793)
- 1752 - John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (+ 1806)
- 1841 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painter, graphic artist and sculptor (+ 1919)
- 1842 - Karl May, writer (+ 1912)
- 1848 - Edward Harriman[?], railroad entrepreneur
- 1888 - John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State (+ 1959)
- 1890 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician (+ 1986)
- 1901 - Zeppo Marx, actor (+ 1979)
- 1904 - Adelle Davis[?], nutritionist, writer (+ 1974)
- 1913 - Gert Fröbe[?], actor (+ 1988)
- 1913 - Jim Backus, actor (+ 1989)
- 1917 - Anthony Burgess, author of A Clockwork Orange (+ 1993)
- 1918 - Bobby Riggs[?], tennis player (+ 1995)
- 1921 - Pierre Laporte, statesman, murdered by FLQ terrorists (+ 1970)
- 1925 - Edward Gorey, illustrator (+ 2000)
- 1932 - Faron Young[?], country music singer (+ 1996)
- 1935 - Sally Jessy Raphael[?], talk show host
- 1937 - Tom Courtenay, actor
- 1940 - Ron Santo[?], baseball player
- 1946 - Franz Xaver Kroetz[?], dramatist
- 1950 - Neil Jordan[?], director, writer, producer
- 1950 - Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina
- 1953 - José María Aznar, Prime Minister of Spain
- 1954 - John Doe[?], musician
- 1971 - Sean Astin, actor
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
February 24 - February 26 - January 25 - March 25 - more historical anniversaries