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