Daily Calendar for Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Died
- Christopher Wren (architect) β
- Thomas Moore (poet) β
- Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison (U.S. First Lady) β
- Tennessee Williams (playwright) β
- Darren McGavin (actor) β
- Jim Lange (original host of The Dating Game) β
- Bill Paxton (actor) β
Born
- Pierre Auguste Renoir (painter) β
- Zeppo Marx (comedian) β
- Jim Backus (actor) β
- Bobby Riggs (tennis player) β
- George Harrison (musician) β
- Sean Astin (actor) β
- James and Oliver Phelps (actors) β
- Justin Berfield (actor) β
Events
- First trained monkey act in the U.S.β
- George Washington held the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United Statesβ
- First tunnel (railroad) under Hudson River opened, linking New Jersey to New York Cityβ
- First state gasoline tax began, Oregonβ
- USS Ranger, first true aircraft carrier, launchedβ
- First hockey game on TVβ
- Battle of Los Angeles with UFO, Californiaβ
- Cassius Clay (later called Muhammad Ali) defeated Sonny Liston in seven rounds to win the world heavyweight boxing titleβ
Weather
- Eighteen inches of snow, Society Hill, South Carolinaβ
- 21 degrees, San Antonio, Tex.β
- 49.3 inches of snow fell, Mt. Washington, New Hampshireβ
- Boston, Massachusetts, received 26.3 inches of snow in a two day stormβ
- Light snow in Pocatello, Idaho, raised its seasonal snowfall total to 85.7 inchesβ
- 92 degrees F, San Antonio, Texasβ
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