Daily Calendar for Saturday, February 22, 2025
Died
- Amerigo Vespucci (explorer) –
- Francisco I. Madero (Mexican President; was assassinated) –
- Ed Flanders (actor) –
- Jonas Savimbi (Angola’s rebel leader) –
- Chuck Jones (Warner Bros. animator, created Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck) –
- Dennis Johnson (basketball player) –
Born
- George Washington (1st U.S. president) –
- Rembrandt Peale (artist) –
- Edna St. Vincent Millay (poet) –
- Edward Moore "Teddy" Kennedy (politician) –
- George "Sparky" Anderson (baseball manager) –
- Steve Irwin (herpetologist and host of The Crocodile Hunter) –
- Rachel Dratch (actress) –
- Drew Barrymore (actress) –
Events
- Popcorn was first introduced to English colonists by Native Americans –
- Florida Purchase treaty signed –
- The F.W. Woolworth discount store chain started in Utica, New York –
- Ancient Egyptian obelisk that had been erected in Central Park was officially presented to New York City –
- A fist fight broke out on the Senate floor between Senator John McLaurin and Senator Ben Tillman –
- Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast speech from the White House –
- A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck near Zarand in Iran –
- 10-pound 14-ounce ‘aweoweo caught, Penguin Bank, O’ahu, Hawaii –
- A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand –
- Babe Ruth’s 1923 World Series pocket watch sold for $717,000 at auction –
- Baseball bat that belonged to Shoeless Joe Jackson sold for $958,000 at auction –
Weather
- The Susquehanna River ice bridge at Havre de Grace, Maryland, began to break up after 40 days of use –
- 11 inches of snow fell in Blue Lick, Missouri –
