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Birthday February 25, 1707 Carlo Goldoni, Italian dramatist (The Love of the Three Oranges) |
Birthday February 25, 1778 Jose de San Martin, liberator of Argentina & Chile & Peru |
Birthday February 25, 1841 Pierre Auguste Renoir, French Impressionist painter |
Birthday February 25, 1848 Railroad baron Edward Harriman is born |
Birthday February 25, 1873 Enrico Caruso, operatic tenor in Italy |
Birthday February 25, 1873 Enrico Caruso, the greatest tenor who ever lived, is born |
Birthday February 25, 1876 Charles Lang Freer, art collector who endowed Freer Gallery |
Birthday February 25, 1888 John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State for President Eisenhower |
Birthday February 25, 1890 Molotov is born |
Birthday February 25, 1895 Bert Bell, commissioner of NFL & team owner |
Birthday February 25, 1896 John J. McClellan, former U.S. senator from Arkansas |
Birthday February 25, 1904 Adelle Davis, nutritionist & author (Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit) |
Birthday February 25, 1908 Frank Slaughter, author |
Birthday February 25, 1910 Millicebt Fenwick, ex-congresswoman |
Birthday February 25, 1913 Jim Backus, Actor (voice of Mr. Magoo) |
Birthday February 25, 1917 Anthony Burgess, essayist & short story writer (A Clockwork Orange) |
Birthday February 25, 1936 Linda Cristal, in Buenos Aires Argentina |
Birthday February 25, 1938 Diane Baker, in Hollywood Calif |
Birthday February 25, 1943 George Harrison, Beatle |
Birthday February 25, 1945 Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul, Trinidad novelist & essayist |
History February 25, 1779 British surrender Fort Sackville |
History February 25, 1828 John Quincy Adams' son marries relative at the White House |
History February 25, 1862 Legal Tender Act passed |
History February 25, 1870 African American congressman sworn in |
History February 25, 1916 German troops capture Fort Douaumont (Verdun) |
History February 25, 1938 Miami drive-in debuts |
History February 25, 1948 Communists take power in Czechoslovakia |
History February 25, 1949 Actor Robert Mitchum is released after serving time for marijuana possession |
History February 25, 1956 Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes meet |
History February 25, 1964 Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston |
History February 25, 1971 Congress moves to block widening of the war |
History February 25, 1972 U.S. troops fight biggest battle in nearly a year |
History February 25, 1984 Explosion kills hundreds in Brazil |
History February 25, 1986 Marcos flees the Philippines |
History February 25, 2004 The Passion of the Christ opens in the United States |