440 Historic Events for February 25
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| 1862 |
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Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by Pres Abraham Lincoln
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| 1863 |
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Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency
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| 1865 |
Death |
Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47
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| 1866 |
Birth |
Benedetto Croce, Italy, humanist/historian/editor/philosopher
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| 1868 |
Birth |
Anthony J Block, Dutch lawyer (strafproces)
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| 1870 |
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Hiram Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress (Sen-R-MS)
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| 1871 |
Birth |
Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ (US Open-1890)
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Enrico Caruso, Naples Italy, operatic tenor (Faust)
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| 1875 |
Event |
Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft Sill
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| 1876 |
Birth |
Charles Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1856]
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| 1879 |
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Congress passed 1st Timberland Protection Act
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Otakar Ostrcil, composer
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| 1881 |
Birth |
William Foster, Mass, Communist Pres candidate (1924,28,32)
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Bruno? Traven, German? writer (Sierra Madre)
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Jozef Goossenaerts, Flemish philologist (Language boundary)
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Ludvig Nordstr”m, Sweden, writer (Story of Peter Svensk)
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| 1885 |
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US Congress condemns barbed wire around govt grounds
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Leonard Carey, England, actor (Laughter)
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| 1888 |
Birth |
John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59)
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Myra Hess, London England, concert pianist
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| 1892 |
Event |
James Barrie's "Walker London," premieres in London
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!)
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| 1894 |
Death |
James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51
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| 1894 |
Birth |
Howard Wendell, Poland, actor (4 Skulls of Jonathan Drake)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
DeBenneville "Bert" Bell, PA, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF (Eagles)
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