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–
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- 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–
