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, 28,480,320 minutes 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.
- 1843 –Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands established by Lord George Paulet.
- 1921 –Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.
- 1928 –Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
- 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.
- 1941 –February Strike: In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis.
- 1971 –The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, the first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online.
- 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.
- 2011 –In the Irish general election, the Fianna Fáil-led government suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government since the formation of the Irish state in 1921.
Who were born on February 25?
- 1591 –Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)
- 1855 –Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886)
- 1885 –Princess Alice of Battenberg (d. 1969)
- 1890 –Dame Myra Hess, English pianist (d. 1965)
- 1937 –Tom Courtenay, English actor
- 1943 –Wilson da Silva Piazza, Brazilian footballer
- 1953 –José María Aznar, Spanish politician
- 1961 –Chris Pitman, American keyboardist (Guns N' Roses)
- 1964 –Luigi Troiani, Italian rugby player
- 1986 –Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer
Who died on February 25?
- 1522 –William Lilye, English classical scholar
- 1713 –King Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)
- 1798 –Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)
- 1928 –William O'Brien, Irish author, journalist and politician (M.P.) (b. 1852)
- 1945 –Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (b. 1893)
- 1966 –James D. Norris, American sports businessman (b. 1906)
- 1983 –Tennessee Williams, American playwright (b. 1911)
- 2004 –Donald Hings, Canadian inventor (b. 1907)
- 2005 –Peter Benenson, English founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921)
- 2007 –William R. Anderson, American Naval Officer and Congressman (b. 1921)
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