What are the important events that happened on February 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
February 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
February 25 is the 56th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 310 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 12, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 474,672 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontahexagon’ day.
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 339 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,083 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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February 25 Historical Events
- 138 –The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
- 1870 –Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.
- 1921 –Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.
- 1932 –Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.
- 1933 –The USS Ranger is launched. It is the first US Navy ship to be built solely as an aircraft carrier.
- 1945 –World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.
- 1947 –The State of Prussia ceases to exist.
- 1954 –Gamal Abdul Nasser is made premier of Egypt.
- 1991 –Gulf War: An Iraqi scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reservists from Pennsylvania.
- 1992 –Khojaly massacre: about 613 civilians are killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan
Who were born on February 25?
- 1866 –Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (d. 1952)
- 1888 –John Foster Dulles, American politician, former United States Senator from New York, and 52nd United States Secretary of State (d. 1959)
- 1927 –Ralph Stanley, American musician
- 1946 –Jean Todt, French Formula One executive
- 1949 –Amin Maalouf, Lebanese writer
- 1949 –Jack Handey, American humorist
- 1950 –Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (d. 2006)
- 1951 –César Cedeño, Dominican baseball player
- 1982 –Maria Kanellis, American model and professional wrestler
- 1982 –Tara Wilson, Canadian actress
Who died on February 25?
- 1798 –Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)
- 1852 –Thomas Moore, Irish poet (b. 1779)
- 1964 –Mariano Jesús Cuenco, a Filipino Cebuano politician and writer (b. 1888)
- 1964 –Maurice Farman, French Grand Prix motor racing champion (b. 1877)
- 1971 –Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1884)
- 1975 –Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (b. 1897)
- 2000 –Luce Maced Martinique supercentenarian
- 2003 –Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
- 2006 –Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2007 –William R. Anderson, American Naval Officer and Congressman (b. 1921)
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