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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 309 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 12, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,740,441,600 seconds 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.
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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 357 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 4,449 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.
- 1570 –Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- 1836 –Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
- 1941 –February Strike: In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis.
- 1947 –The State of Prussia ceases to exist.
- 1951 –The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1954 –Gamal Abdul Nasser is made premier of Egypt.
- 1986 –People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines’ first woman president.
- 1994 –Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors.
- 2009 –BDR massacre in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 74 people are killed, including more than 50 army officials, by Bangladeshi Border Guards inside its headquarters.
Who were born on February 25?
- 1692 –Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
- 1908 –Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist (d. 2001)
- 1919 –Monte Irvin, American baseball player
- 1921 –Pierre Laporte, Canadian statesman (d. 1970)
- 1947 –Lee Evans, American athlete
- 1964 –Don Majkowski, American football player
- 1971 –Dave Harris, American disc jockey
- 1986 –Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer
- 1987 –Andrew Poje, Canadian figure skater
- 1989 –Jimmer Fredette, American basketball player
Who died on February 25?
- 1713 –King Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)
- 1919 –Josef Christiaens, Belgian racing driver (b. 1879)
- 1964 –Kenneth Lee Spencer, American opera singer and actor (b. 1913)
- 1964 –Mariano Jesús Cuenco, a Filipino Cebuano politician and writer (b. 1888)
- 1971 –Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1884)
- 1987 –James Coco, American actor (b. 1930)
- 1993 –Mary Walter, Filipino actress (b. 1912)
- 1994 –Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (b. 1914)
- 2003 –Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
- 2006 –Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922)
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