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1705 – George Frideric Handel's opera Nero premiered in Hamburg. [3]1836 – Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm. [4]1843 – Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet affair.
George Harrison (February 25, 1943 –November 29, 2001), Brit guitarist with The Beatles, would have turned 82 this year.; Faron Young (February 25, 1931 –December 10, 1996), American country music singer and songwriter in the honky tonk genre, would have turned 94 this year.
This is a list of selected February 25 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
February 1: Imbolc / Saint Brigid's Day in Ireland; Black History Month begins in the United States Lunch counter from the Greensboro sit-ins 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn was signed, ending the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War .
25 February 25, 1965 (Thursday) 26 February 26, 1965 ... Five days after his 50th birthday, ... making history as the most expensive Broadway failure up to that time ...
Mary Lea Forsythe, an Oklahoma woman who was born on a leap day on Feb. 29, 1924. She turns 100 on Feb. 29, 2024 but due to her birthday falling on a leap day, she has only had 25 birthdays in her ...
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