Birthdates Which Occur on February 25:
1635 Walraad the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen
1643 Ahmed II 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)
1680 Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz composer
1707 Carlo Goldoni Italy, lawyer/playwright (Belisario, Love of 3 Oranges)
1725 Armand-Louis Couperin Paris France, organist/composer (Notre Dame)
1731 Simon St˜l Frisian physician/writer
1732 Robert Hudson composer
1735 Ernst William Wolf composer
1778 Jos‚ Francisco de San Mart¡n liberated Argentina, Chile & Per£
1788 Mateo Ferrer composer
1794 Gerrit Schimmelpenninck Dutch earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam
1807 George Alfred Trenholm Secy Treas (Confederacy), died in 1876
1808 James Bowen Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1809 George Washington Cullom Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1892
1811 Carl Schuberth composer
1814 Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian national poet/painter (3/9 NS) [OS]
1815 Robert Hall Chilton Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
1833 Clement Anselm Evans Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
and Julie Verstraete-Lacquet Flemish actress
1840 Alexis Hollander composer
and Otto Liebmann German philosopher (Climax of Theories)
1841 Pierre Auguste Renoir France, Impressionist painter/sculptor
1842 Karl May German writer (Old Shatterhand/Winnetou)
1847 John Watson Canada, philosopher (Objective Idealism)
1856 Charles Lang Freer art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1876]
1866 Benedetto Croce Italy, humanist/historian/editor/philosopher
1868 Anthony J Block Dutch lawyer (strafproces)
1871 Oliver Samuel Campbell tennis champ (US Open-1890)
1873 Enrico Caruso Naples Italy, operatic tenor (Faust)
1876 Charles Freer art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1856]
1879 Otakar Ostrcil composer
1881 William Foster Mass, Communist Pres candidate (1924,28,32)
1882 Bruno? Traven German? writer (Sierra Madre)
and Jozef Goossenaerts Flemish philologist (Language boundary)
and Ludvig Nordstr”m Sweden, writer (Story of Peter Svensk)
1887 Leonard Carey England, actor (Laughter)
1888 John Foster Dulles US Secretary of State (1953-59)
1894 Ernst Friedrich Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!)
and Howard Wendell Poland, actor (4 Skulls of Jonathan Drake)
1895 DeBenneville "Bert" Bell PA, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF (Eagles)
and Henri Martelli composer
1896 John J McClellan (Sen-D-Ark)
1899 Leo J Weisgerber German linguist
19-- Clair Dia XXX actress (Desires Within Young Girls, Health Spa)
and Jean Bruce Scott Monterey Calif, actress (Magnum PI, Airwolf)
and Louise Williams Scranton Pa, actress (Busting Loose)
and Stacy Cortez actress (Sheila Cantillan-General Hospital)
1900 Jed Harris producer/director (Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball)
1901 Federico Ghisi composer
and [Herbert] Zeppo Marx comedian/actor (Marx Brothers)
1902 Oscar Cullmann Swiss theologist (Das Petrusproblem)
1904 Adelle Davis author (Lets Stay Healthy)/nutritionist (died of cancer)
1906 Boris Papandopulo composer
and Domingo Ortega Spanish bullfighter
and Howard Zahniser Father of Wilderness Act
and Warren Hymer NYC, actor (Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob)
1907 Shimen Rushkin Poland, actor (Beau Brummel, Having a Wonderful Time)
1908 Frank G Slaughter author (Sangaree)
1909 Edgar Pangborn US, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy)
1910 Millicent Fenwick NYC, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82) (Doonesbury)
1912 Richard Wattis England, actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl)
1913 Gert Froebe Saxony Germany, actor (Goldfinger)
and Jim Backus Cleve, actor (Mr Magoo, Thurston Howell III-Gilligan Is)
1916 Ralph Baldwin harness driver (set 11 major world records)
1917 Anthony Burgess essayist/novelist (Clockwork Orange)
and Asta ER Elstak Suriname/Neth welfare worker
1918 Bobby Riggs tennis star (1939 US Open)
and Henry Norwood Ewell Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948)
and Robert L Riggs tennis champ (US Open-1939)
1919 F de Jong Edz Dutch historian
and Monty Irvin baseball hall of famer (NY Giants)
1920 Hayes Gordon Boston MA
1922 Matti Rautio composer
1925 Bert Remsen Glen Cove NY, actor (Mario-It's a Living)
1927 Dick Jones Snyder Tx, actor (Buffalo Bill Jr)
and Jacques Monod composer
and Jane Nigh Hollywood Calif, actress (Lorelei-Big Town)
1928 Larry Gelbart writer/producer/actor (Oh God!)
and Richard Stern US writer
1929 Christopher George Royal Oak Minn, actor (Rat Patrol, Immortal)
and Tommy Newsom Va, musician/bandleader/saxophonist (Tonight Show)
1932 Faron Young country singer
and Martin William Karlins composer
1936 Norman Orville Scribner composer
1937 Basia Johnson maid who inherited Johnson & Johnson fortune
and Bob Schieffer Austin Tx, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)
and Tom Courtenay England, actor (Dresser, Dr Zhivago, To Catch a Spy)
1938 Diane Baker Hollywood Calif, actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Marnie)
and Herb Elliott Australia, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1960)
1939 Marisa Mell Graz Austria, actress (Masquerade, Casanova '70)
1940 Billy Packer US, actor(?)^
and Jes£s Lopez-Cobos Toro Spain, conductor (Intl Conductor Competition)
and Jud Taylor actor (Dr Gerson-Dr Kildare)
and Ron Santo Chicago Cub (1st baseball player to veto his trade)
1941 David Puttnam London, film producer/CEO (Columbia Pictures)
and Ramon Pagayon Santos composer
and Susan Browning Baldwin NY, actress (Pat-Mary Hartman)
1943 George Harrison Beatle/Travelling Willberries (My Sweet Lord)
and Maryann Amacher composer
and Sally Jessy Raphael TV talk show host (Sally) [or May 25]
1944 Karen Grassle Berkeley Ca, actress (Caroline-Little House on Prairie)
and Kristina Holland Fayetteville NC, (Tina-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
1945 Elkie Brooks Manchester England, rocker (Pearl's a Singer)
and Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul Trinidad, novelist, essayist (Fireflies)
1947 Lee Edward Evans Madera Calif, 400m runner (Olympic-2 gold-1968)
1950 Emitt Rhodes musician (Merry-go-Round)
and Rick Flair [Richard Fliehr], wrestling champ (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA)
1952 James A Barcia (Rep-D-Michigan)
1953 Garrett Glaser entertainment correspondent (Entertainment Tonight)
1955 Leann Hunley actress (Dane Carrington-Dynasty)
1957 Stuart "Woody" Wood Scot, guitarist (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night)
1958 Kurt Rambis NBA forward (Lakers, Hornets)/Clark Kent look-a-like
1959 Mike Peters rocker (Alarm-In the Summertime)
1962 Birgit Fischer German DR, 500m kayaker (Olympic-gold-1980)
and Foster Emerson Sylvers rocker
1964 Steve Nevius
1966 Tea Leoni actress (Flying Blind)
1967 Nick Leeson British scholarship granter (bankruptcy of Baring bank)
1971 Jennifer LaVoie Nashua NH, playmate (Aug, 1993)
and Sean Astin LA Calif, actor (Goonies, Toy Soldiers)
1972 Erwin van de Looi soccer player (Vitesse)
1976 Chris Pitman^
Deaths Which Occured February 25:
779 Walburgis English speaking abbess/saint (Walpurgisnacht), dies
1247 Hendrik IV duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies
1495 Djem Sultan son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35
1601 Robert Devereux Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth
1602 Everard van Reyd historian, dies at about 51
1634 Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein [Waldstein], German duke, murdered
Van Friedland/Mecklenburg general-admiral, dies at 50
1642 Marco da Gagliano Ital's opera composer, dies at 59
1682 Alessandro Stradella Ital violinist, murdered at 37
1713 Frederik I King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55
1719 Giovanni Maria Casini composer, dies at 66
1723 Christopher Wren England, astronomer/architect, dies
1819 Filinto El¡sio [do Nascimento], Portuguese poet, dies at 84
1826 Piotr A von der Pahlen military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60
1851 Ferdinand Simon Gassner composer, dies at 53
1865 Otto Ludwig German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47
1894 James Morrison Steele Mackaye US actor/author/director, dies at 51
1901 Jose Rogel composer, dies at 71
1902 Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf composer, dies at 77
1906 Anton Stepanovich Arensky composer, dies at 44
1914 John Tenniel illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93
1920 Aloys Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at 73
1922 Henri-D‚sir‚ Landru French sex murderer, guillotined at 52
1925 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia composer, dies at 81
1934 Daniel Protheroe composer, dies at 67
1942 Leo Ascher composer, dies at 61
1945 M rio R de Morais Andrade Brazilian poet/story teller, dies at 51
1947 Friedrich Paschen German physicist, dies
1953 Jesus Garcia Leoz composer, dies at 49
1955 Marij Kogoj composer, dies at 59
1957 Kurt von Wolfurt composer, dies at 76
Mark Aldanov [Mark A Landau], Russian/French chemist, dies at 70
1960 Everhardus J van Romondt Dutch Antillean minister, dies at 51
1962 Wilhelm Pessler German sociologist, dies at 81
1967 John Griggs actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 57
1968 Camille Huysmans Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96
1969 Jan Zajic Czech student, self incinerates
1970 Mark Rothko abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66
1975 Elijah Muhammad leader of Nation of Islam, dies at 77 in Chicago
1978 Daniel "Chappie" James Jr retired Air Force general, dies at 58
1983 John Cowles Sr. Us publisher, dies at 84
1987 James Coco actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58
1988 Amapola Del Vando actress (Cowboy), dies at 78
1990 Deborah Hampton dies at 30
1992 Guy Deghy actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies at 79
John E Allen Jr actor (1 2 3), dies
Ollie O'Toole dies after long illness at 79
1993 Eddie Constantine actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 77
John D Boeke organist/conductor, dies
Sjeng [Jean GH] Tans, Dutch social dem chairmans (1965-69), dies
Troy Caldwell country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45
1994 Baruch Goldstein physician/murderer (53 in mosque), lynched at 42
Yann Piat French FN/PR-parliament leader, murdered at 44
1995 Jack Clayton British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73
Holidays Which Occur February 25:
Kuwait Independence day (1961)
M‚xico Coronado Day (1540)
Suriname Revolution Day
Religious Observances on February 25:
Christian Feast of St Avertanus & Bl Romeo
RC Adelhelm, abbot to Unterwalden
RC Adeltrudis, abbess of Maubeuge
RC Commemoration of Pope Felix II
RC Commemoration of St Matthias the Apostle (leap years)
RC Modestus, bishop of Trier
RC Waldburga/Walpurgis, daughter of king Richard
779 RC Commemoration of St Walburga, abbess
806 Orth? Commemoration of St Tarasius, patriarch of Constantinople
1921 Luth Commemoration of Elizabeth Fedde, deaconess
2002 Jewish Fast of Esther (Adar 13, 5762 AM)
Things to Remember for February 25:
Biorhythm Health Month-National Meat Month
Flowers-violet & primrose Gem-amethyst
National Cherry-American Heart-TV Sweeps & Black History Month
[Ancient Rome] Kalend‘ Februarius; Kalend Feb
[Plains Indians] Hunger Moon month
21 Days Delta Leonid meteor shower, radiant between ç & ë Leonis
23 Days Astrological sign: Pisces
[Ancient Rome] a d v Kal Mar (common years)
Highlights in History Which Occur February 25:
1095 Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus & King Willem II Rufus
1358 Dalmati‰ flees Venice
1540 Francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola M‚xico
1570 Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance
1605 Portuguese garrison surrenders to Admiral Van Haghen
1751 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1›)
1791 1st Bank of US chartered
1793 1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home)
1799 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land
and Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation
1803 Duitslands & about 1800 sovereign state unify into about 60 states
1804 Jefferson nominated for president at Democratic-Republican caucus
1828 John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House
1830 Victor Hugo's "Hernani," premieres in Paris
1836 Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm
1837 1st US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport
1838 London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours
1839 Seminoles & black allies shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to West
1847 State University of Iowa is approved
1859 First use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence
1862 Congress forms US Bureau of Engraving & Printing
1863 Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency
1868 Andrew Johnson impeached for violation of Tenure of Office act
1870 Hiram Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress (Sen-R-MS)
1875 Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) turn self in at Ft Sill
1887 J Palisa discovers asteroid #265 Anna
1892 J Palisa discovers asteroid #324 Bamberga
1901 US Steel Corp organizes under directorship of J P Morgan
1904 J M Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish Natl Theater Society
and Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in 2 for Stanley Cup
1905 Neth Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms
1907 US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic
1908 1st tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens
1910 Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies
1911 Opera "Natoma," premieres in Phila
1913 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax
and F Kaiser discovers asteroid #743 Eugenisis
1916 German troops conquer Fort Douaumont
1917 J Palisa discovers asteroid #867 Kovacia
and M Wolf discovers asteroid #866 Fatme
1919 League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty
and Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1› per gallon)
1921 Georgian SSR proclaimed
1923 Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark
1924 Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3)
1926 Kwo-less-shrew (Guomindang) declares war on govt/warlords
1927 Gdanks & Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor
1930 Check photographing device patented
1932 Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship
1933 1st aircraft carrier "USS Ranger" launched
and 1st genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger
and Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line)
and Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox
1938 British Lord Halifax becomes Foreign Minister
1940 1st televised (W2XBS, NYC) hockey game (Rangers vs Canadians)
1941 Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8)
and February strike against spread of Judaism
1943 Vietminh forms Indo-chinese Democratic Front
1945 US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo
1948 Communists seize Czechoslovakia/C Gottwald becomes premier
1949 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
1951 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina)
1952 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway
1954 Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier
1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference
1957 Buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"
1961 Niagara ends St Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak
and Paul Bikle in glider climbs from 1208 m at release to record 14,10
1962 Indies Congress Party wins elections
and Mike O'Hara completes a record 97th marathon
and Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands
1963 Beatles release their 1st single in US "Please Please Me"
1964 Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns
and Cassius Clay, a 7-1 underdog, stops champion Sonny Liston in
7th round to win world heavyweight title
1966 Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad
1968 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea
and L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2279 Barto
and Makarios elected president of Cyprus
1969 Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album
and Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars
1972 Lopsided trade, Cards trade Steve Carlton to Phillies for Rick Wise
and Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single
1973 Juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders
1974 Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride
a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975
1977 New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts
and Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons
and Soyuz 24 returns to Earth
1979 Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched
1980 Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname
1981 L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain
and NHL most penalized game; Bruins vs Northstars, 84 penalties (392 mins)
and NY Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames
and Rita Jenrette (wife of Abscam congressman) appears on Donahue
1982 Record speed for a snowmobile-239 kph
1984 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3389
and Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500
1986 Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines, Marcos flees
and Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao
and Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel
1987 Michael Jordan, scores Chicago Bull record 58 points in a game
and US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action
1988 Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester Mass
and South Korea adopts constitution
1989 1st independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms
and Dallas Cowboys' new owner fires 29-year coach Tom Landry
and Lowest baramotric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt)
and Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 rounds
1990 Nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas
and On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying
that she will never have children & no man can stand her for long
1991 US, barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28
1993 Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy"
1994 Perua Yak-40 to Tingo Maria crashes into mountain, killing 31
Your Special Reminders for February 25:
1914 1øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1930 75øF highest temperature for February in NYC
and 56th day of the year with 309 days left (Numerology = 9)
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