February 25th
Holidays and Celebrations
National day (Kuwait)
Declaration of Independence (Kosovo) * (See Below)
The Battle of Los Angeles * (See Below)
People Power Day (Philippines)
Flag Day (Bangladesh) * CLICK HERE
Flag Adoption Day (Peru) * CLICK HERE
Dream 2014 (Lake Buena Vista, Florida)
Pistol Patent Day
Birthday of Pierre Auguste Renoir (artist)
National Clam Chowder Day
Ralph Stanley Day, American musician glish author (1927 - d. 1993)
Inconvenience Yourself Day
National Chocolate-Covered Nuts Day
George Harrison's Birthday, English musician (The Beatles) (1943 - d. 2001)
Paul O'Neill Day, American baseball player (b.1963)
Christian Feast Day of Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani, OSB
Christian Feast Day of Æthelberht of Kent
Christian Feast Day of Tarasius (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Traditional Roman Catholics)
Feast of Walburga
* Kitano Baika-sai or "Plum Blossom Festival" (Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine, Kyoto)
* Noise Pop Music Festival 2010, San Francisco, California, USA February 23 – March 1 (3of7)(2010)
* Ostara Fest - February 23-27, 2011 Fort Worth, TX (3 of 5)
* Declaration of Independence (Kosovo) - In 2008 the country of Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
* Battle of Los Angeles - In 1942 a UFO flying over wartime Los Angeles causes a blackout order at 2:25 a.m. and attracts a barrage of anti-aircraft fire, killing 3 civilians.
Toast of The Day
"The horse and mule live thirty years
And never knows of wines and beers.
The goat and sheep at twenty die
Without a taste of scotch or rye.
The cow drinks water by the ton
And at eighteen is mostly done.
The dog at fifteen cashes in
Without the aid of rum or gin.
The modest, sober, bone-dry hen
Lays eggs for noggs and dies at ten.
But sinful, ginful, rum-soaked men
Survive three-score years and ten.
And some of us...though mighty few
Stay pickled 'til we're ninety-two."
- Traditional
Drink of The Day
Frozen Margarita
2 oz Tequila
1 oz Lime juice
1/2 oz Triple sec
Mix all ingredients in blender with half a cup of ice. Blend at low speed until slushy and then serve with lime slice.
- Shot of The Day -
French Pussy
1oz (30ml) peach schnapps
Squeeze lemon juice
Wine of The Day
Waverley Hill's Cabernet Sauvignon
Style - Cabernet Sauvignon
Coastal Region
$20
Beer of The Day
Hop Stoopid
Brewer - Lagunitas Brewing ; Lagunitas, California, USA
Style - Imperial IPA
ABV - 8%
Joke of The Day
SUCCESS:
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
MARRIAGE:
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he does not.
A man marries a woman expecting that she will not change and she does.
Quotes of the Day
"Sometimes when I reflect back on all the beer I drink I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.'"
- Jack Handey (February 25th, 1949), an American humorist best known for his Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey a novel and SNL Sketch.
"If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet it makes beer shoot out your nose."
- Jack Handey
"What is it about a beautiful sunny afternoon, with the birds singing and the wind rustling through the leaves, that makes you want to get drunk?"
- Jack Handey
Whisky of The Day
$350
February Observances
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month
Aggressive Driving Month
American Heart Month
National Heart Healthy Month
American History Month
An Affair to Remember Month
Avocado and Banana Month
Bake for Family Fun Month
Beans (Dried and Fresh) Month
Berry Fresh Month
Black History Month
Burn Awareness Month
Canned Food Month
Celebration of Chocolate Month
Creative Romance Month
Dog Training Education Month
Exotic Vegetables and Star Fruit Month
Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month
From Africa to Virginia Month
National Get To Know An Independent Real Estate Broker Month
Grapefruit Month
Great American Pie Month a.k.a American Pie Month
International Boost Self-Esteem Month
International Expect Success Month
International Friendship Month
International Hoof-care Month
Jobs in Golf Month
Library Lovers' Month
Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month
Marijuana Awareness Month
National African American History Month
National Bird Feeding Month
National Black History Month
National Care About Your Indoor Air Month
National Cherry Month
National Children's Dental Health Month
National Condom Month
National Embroidery Month
National Fiber Focus Month
National Grapefruit Month
National Hot Breakfast Month
National Laugh-Friendly Month
National Mend A Broken Heart Month
National Parent Leadership Month
National Pet Dental Health Month
National Snack Food Month
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
National Therapeutic Recreation Month
National Time Management Month
National Weddings Month
National Wild Bird Feeding Month
Parent Leadership Month, Natl
Plant The Seeds Of Greatness Month
Potato Lover’s Month
Pull Your Sofa Off The Wall Month
Relationship Wellness Month
Responsible Pet Owner's Month
Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month
Senior Independence Month
Spay/Neuter Awareness Month
Spiritual Teachers Month
Spunky Old Broads Month
Sweet Potato Month
Truck Month (GM)
Wise Health Care Consumer Month
Worldwide Renaissance of the Heart Month
Youth Leadership Month
Observances this Week
National Pancake Week, Fourth Week of FebruaryRead Me Week, Fourth Week of February
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week, Fourth Full Week in February
Telecommuter Appreciation Week, Fourth Full Week in February
Peace Corps Week, Fourth Full Week in February starting with Monday
International Friendship Week, Last Full Week of February
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Last Full Week in February
Historical Events on February 25th
138 The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
1095 Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus
1358 Dalmatie flees Venice
1497 Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France
1502 Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine
1540 Francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico
1570 Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England, absolves her subjects from allegiance.
1605 Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen
1623 Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes monarch of Palts
1634 Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills duke Wallenstein
1643 Dutch US colonists kill Algonquin-indians
1667 Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River
1746 Cumberlands troops occupy Aberdeen
1751 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1 cent)
1791 1st Bank of US chartered
1793 George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States at his home.
1797 Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000-1500 soldiers surrender after the Last Invasion of Britain
1799 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land
1799 Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation
1803 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states
1804 Jefferson nominated for president at Democratic-Republican caucus
1828 John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House
1830 Victor Hugo's "Hernani" premieres in Paris
1836 Samuel Colt is granted an United States patent for the Colt revolver, the 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm.
1836 US Showman Phineas Taylor Barnum exhibits African American slave Joice Heth.
1837 1st US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport
1838 London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours
1839 Seminoles & black allies shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to West
1843 Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands established by Lord George Paulet.
1847 State University of Iowa is approved
1859 1st use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence
1862 Congress forms US Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by Pres Abraham Lincoln
1863 Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency
1870 Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.
1875 Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft Sill
1879 Congress passed 1st Timberland Protection Act
1885 US Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds
1892 James Barrie's "Walker London," premieres in London
1896 Italian government decides to attack governor Baratieri of Eritrea
1901 George Cohan's musical "Governor's Son," premieres in NYC
1901 J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
1904 J M Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish Natl Theater Society
1904 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in 2 games
1905 Neth Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms
1907 George Bernard Shaw's "Philanderer," premieres in London
1907 US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic
1908 1st tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens
1910 Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies
1911 Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma," premieres in Philadelphia
1912 Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
1913 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax
1916 German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun
1919 League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty
1919 Oregon places a 1 cent per U.S. gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
1921 Georgian SSR proclaimed
1921 Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.
1923 Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark
1924 Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3)
1925 Diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union are established.
1925 Glacier Bay National Monument (now Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve) is established in Alaska.
1925 The diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union were established.
1925 US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran
1925 US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles
1926 Francisco Franco becomes General of Spain
1926 Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords
1927 Gdanks & Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor
1928 Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
1930 Check photographing device patented
1930 George Headley completes twin tons in Test Cricket v Engld (114 & 112)
1932 Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.
1933 1st genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger
1933 Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line)
1933 The USS Ranger is launched. It is the first US Navy ship to be built solely as an aircraft carrier.
1933 Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox
1938 British Lord Halifax becomes Foreign Minister
1939 1st Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden
1940 1st televised (W2XBS, NYC) hockey game (Rangers vs Canadians)
1941 Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8)
1941 In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike (The February Strike) is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis.
1943 Vietminh forms Indo Chinese Democratic Front
1944 US 1st Army completes invasion plan
1945 US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo
1945 Turkey declares war on Germany, World War II.
1947 State of Prussia ceases to exist.
1948 The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Czechoslovakia and the period of the Third Republic ends, C Gottwald becomes premier.
1949 WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)
1950 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon & Woody Allen
1951 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden NYC after 278 perf
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament
1951 The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1952 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway
1953 "Wonderful Town" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 559 perfs
1954 Gamal Abdul Nasser is made premier of Egypt.
1956 In his speech On the Personality Cult and its Consequences at the 20th Soviet Party Conference, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin.
1957 Buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"
1957 Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport
1960 John Cage's "Music for Amplified Toy Pianos," premieres
1960 Lillian Hellman's "Toys in the Attic," premieres in NYC
1961 Niagara ends St Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak
1961 Paul Bikle in glider climbs from 1208 m at release to record 14,10
1962 India Congress Party wins elections
1962 Mike O'Hara completes record 97th marathon
1962 Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands
1963 Beatles release their 1st single in US "Please Please Me"
1964 Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns
1964 Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) TKOs Sonny Liston in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
1966 Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad
1968 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea
1968 Makarios re-elected president of Cyprus
1969 Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album
1969 Germany gives $5 million to an Arab terrorist as ransom for the passengers and crew of a hijacked jumbo jet.
1969 Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars
1969 Pension plan for baseball is agreed to
1971 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 1,316 performances
1971 P Zindel's "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little," premieres in NYC
1971 The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, the first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online.
1972 Lopsided trade, Cards trade Steve Carlton to Phillies for Rick Wise
1972 Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single
1973 "Little Night Music" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 601 performances
1973 Juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders
1973 Steven Sondheim's musical "Little Night Music," premieres in NYC
1974 Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975
1975 Ewen Chatfield flattened by Peter Lever & seriously injured
1977 New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts
1977 Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons
1977 Soyuz 24 returns to Earth
1978 Botham scores 1st Test Cricket century, 103 v NZ Christchurch
1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1979 Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched
1980 Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname
1980 The Suriname government is overthrown by a military coup which is initiated with the bombing of the police station from an army ship off the coast of the nation's capital, Paramaribo
1981 23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins
1981 Calgary Flames scored 11 goals against the Islanders
1981 Exec Board of Baseball Players' Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved
1981 L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain
1981 NHL most penalized game, Bruins vs Northstars, 84 penalties (392 mins)
1981 NY Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames
1981 Rita Jenrette (wife of Abscam congressman) appears on Donahue
1981 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs
1982 Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph)
1984 Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500
1986 28th Grammy Awards, We Are the World, Sade, Phil Collins wins
1986 Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines, Marcos flees
1986 Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao
1986 President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines flees the nation after 20 years of rule, Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, The People Power Revolution.
1986 Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel
1987 LaMarr Hoyt is banned from baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse
1987 Michael Jordan, scores Chicago Bull record 58 points in a game
1987 US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action
1988 Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester Mass
1988 South Korea adopts constitution
1989 1st independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms
1989 Dallas Cowboys, under new ownership, fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career
1989 Javed Miandad scores 271 v NZ at Eden Park
1989 Lowest baramotric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt)
1989 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1990 Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup
1990 Nicaraguans votes out Sandinistas
1990 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children & no man can stand her for long
1991 Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons v Sri Lanka (122 & 100*)
1991 Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky & John Candy buy CFL's Toronto Argonauts
1991 An Iraqi scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reservists from Pennsylvania, The Gulf War.
1992 34th Grammy Awards: Unforgetable, Marc Cohn wins
1992 Khojaly massacre, about 613 civilians are killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan
1993 "Fool Moon" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 207 performances
1993 Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy"
1993 Pakistan all out 43 v West Indies, world one-day int record low
1994 Israeli extremist Baruch Goldstein massacres 30 Palestinians in Hebron
1994 Mosque of Abraham massacre, In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Dr. Baruch Kappel Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors.
1994 Peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31
1994 Phil Rizzuto elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1995 Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed)
1995 British super middleweight Nigel Benn puts opponent Gerard McClellan in hospital
1995 Moslem fundamentalists shoot 20 shite mosque goers dead
1995 PBA National Championship Won by Scott Alexander
1996 "Father" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 52 performances
1996 Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad v Leeward Is
1998 Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges
1998 Switzerland's 1st legal brothel opens in Zurich
2009 BDR massacre in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 74 People are being killed, including more than 50 Army officials, by Bangladeshi Boarder Guards inside its headquarter.
2011 In the Irish general election, the Fianna Fáil-led government suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government since the formation of the Irish state in 1921.
2012 Al Qaeda suicide bombing kills at least 26 people in Mukalla, Yemen
2012 Louisiana Red, American blues musician, dies from stroke at 79
2012 Syrian Army kills 100 civilians in artillery shelling of Homs and Hama
2012 World Health Organization removes India from the list of polio endemic countries
2013 Cuban President Raul Castro announces he will not seek another term in 2018
2013 Italy Common Good, a centre left alliance, wins the Italian general election
2014 50 students are killed in a Boko Harem attack on a college in Buni, Nigeria
2014 Hundreds of pro-Russian protesters block the Crimean parliament and demand a referendum on Crimea's independence
2015 Best Single "Uptown Funk", Best Album "X" by Ed Sheeran at the BRIT Awards
2016 Tenth Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by CNN, held in Houston, Texas
Born on February 25th
1398 Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)
1591 Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)
1635 Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen
1643 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) (d. 1695)
1663 Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)
1680 Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer
1682 Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771)
1692 Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
1707 Carlo Goldoni, Italian writer (Belisario, Love of 3 Oranges) (d. 1793)
1714 René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (d. 1792)
1714 Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet, British admiral (d. 1782)
1725 Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris France, organist/composer (Notre Dame)
1725 Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (Geistliche Kantaten) (d. 1798)
1727 Armand-Louis Couperin, composer
1731 Simon Stijl, Frisian physician/writer
1732 Robert Hudson, composer
1735 Ernst William Wolf, composer
1752 John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)
1778 Jose Francisco de San Martin, Argentine general and liberator of South America (d. 1850)
1788 Mateo Ferrer, composer
1794 Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Dutch earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam
1807 George Alfred Trenholm, Secy Treas (Confederacy), died in 1876
1808 James Bowen, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
1809 George Washington Cullom, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1892
1811 Carl Schuberth, composer
1814 Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet/painter (3/9 NS) [OS]
1815 Robert Hall Chilton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
1832 Theodorus J I Arnold, bibliographer (Bibliotheca Belgian)
1833 Clement Anselm Evans, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1911
1833 Julie Verstraete-Lacquet, Flemish actress
1840 Alexis Hollander, composer
1840 Otto Liebmann, German philosopher (Climax of Theories)
1841 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter, graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1919)
1842 Karl May, German writer (Old Shatterhand/Winnetou)(d. 1912)
1845 George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1918)
1847 John Watson, Canada, philosopher (Objective Idealism)
1855 Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886)
1855 George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (d. 1912)
1856 Charles Lang Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery
1860 Menso Kamerlingh Onnes, painter/water colors painter
1860 William James Ashley, English economic-historian (d. 1927)
1861 Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and educator (d. 1925)
1866 Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (d. 1952)
1868 Anthony J Block, Dutch lawyer (strafproces)
1871 Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ (US Open-1890)
1873 Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (Faust) (d. 1921)
1876 Charles Freer, art collector; endowed Freer Gallery [or 1856]
1877 Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1935)
1879 Otakar Ostrcil, composer
1881 William Foster, Mass, Communist Pres candidate (1924,28,32)
1882 Jozef Goossenaerts, Flemish philologist (Language boundary)
1883 Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone (d. 1981)
1885 Princess Alice of Battenberg (d. 1969)
1885 Sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (d. 1971)
1887 Leonard Carey, England, actor (Laughter)
1888 John Foster Dulles, 52nd U.S. Secretary of State (1953-59) (d. 1959)
1889 Homer S. Ferguson, United States Senator from Michigan (d. 1982)
1890 Myra Hess, English concert pianist (d. 1965)
1890 Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician (d. 1986)
1894 Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!)
1894 Howard Wendell, Poland, actor (4 Skulls of Jonathan Drake)
1894 Meher Baba, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1969)
1895 DeBenneville "Bert" Bell, PA, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF (Eagles)
1895 Henri Martelli, composer
1895 Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (d. 1984)
1896 John J McClellan, (Sen-D-Ark)
1898 William Thomas Astbury, English physicist/chemist (textiles)
1899 Leo J Weisgerber, German linguist
1900 Jed Harris, producer/director (Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball)
1901 Federico Ghisi, composer
1901 (Herbert) Zeppo Marx, American actor (Marx Brothers) (d. 1979)
1902 Max Kommerell, German literary/author (Die Gefangenen)
1902 Oscar Cullmann, Swiss theologist (Das Petrusproblem)
1903 King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
1904 Adelle Davis, author (Lets Stay Healthy)/nutritionist (died of cancer)
1906 Boris Papandopulo, composer
1906 Domingo Ortega, Spanish bullfighter
1906 Howard Zahniser, Father of Wilderness Act
1906 Warren Hymer, NYC, actor (Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob)
1907 Mary Coyle Chase, playwright (Harvey-Pulitzer Prize)
1907 Shimen Rushkin, Poland, actor (Beau Brummel, Having a Wonderful Time)
1908 Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist (Sangaree) (d. 2001)
1909 Edgar Pangborn, US, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy)
1909 John Evan "Jasper" Weston Mather, writer
1910 Millicent Fenwick, American fashion editor (Doonesbury) and politician (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82) (d. 1992)
1912 Brenda Joyce, American actress (d. 2009)
1912 Richard Wattis, England, actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl)
1913 Gert Fröebe, German actor (Goldfinger) (d. 1988)
1913 Jim Backus, American actor (Mr Magoo, Thurston Howell III-Gilligan Is) (d. 1989)
1914 John Arlott, English cricket journalist (the doyen of cricket commentators & writers) (d. 1991)
1916 Ian Wallace, British CEO
1916 Ralph Baldwin, harness driver (set 11 major world records)
1916 Reinhard Bendix, German sociologist (d. 1991)
1917 Alex Gordon, architect
1917 Anthony Burgess, English author (Clockwork Orange) (d. 1993)
1917 Asta E R Elstak, Suriname/Dutch social worker
1918 Barney Ewell, American athlete (d. 1996)
1918 Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995)
1918 Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg Pa, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1948)
1918 Rena Kyriakou, Greek pianist (d. 1994)
1918 Robert Lorimer "Bobby" Riggs, US tennis star (US Open 1939, 41)
1919 F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian
1919 Karl H. Pribram, Austrian neuroscientist
1919 Monte Irvin, American baseball player (NY Giants)
1920 Antony Duff, diplomat
1920 Gérard Bessette, Canadian author (d. 2005)
1920 Hayes Gordon, Boston MA, actor (Sky Pirates, Dark Room)
1921 Pierre Laporte, Canadian statesman (d. 1970)
1922 Matti Rautio, composer
1923 Roger Parker, Lord Justice of Appeal
1923 Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (d. 2009)
1924 Peg Ridge, peace campaigner
1925 Bert Remsen, Glen Cove NY, actor (Mario-It's a Living)
1926 Harvey McGregor, QC/warden (New College-Oxford)
1927 Dickie Jones, American actor (Buffalo Bill Jr)
1927 Jacques Monod, composer
1927 Jane Nigh, Hollywood California, actress (Lorelei-Big Town)
1927 Ralph Stanley, American musician, bluegrass/country singer
1928 Keith Williamson, British RAF marshal
1928 Larry Gelbart, American comedy writer (Oh God!, M*A*S*H) (d. 2009)
1928 Richard Stern, US writer
1929 Christopher George, American actor (Rat Patrol, Immortal) (d. 1983)
1929 Peter Bingham Hinchcliff, Brit church historian (1 Sided Reciprocity)
1929 Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (Tonight Show) (d. 2007)
1930 Erica Pedretti, writer
1931 Edward Kellett-Bowman, British MEP
1931 J R Stephenson, Lt-col/secretary (MCC)
1932 Faron Young, American singer (Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone) (d. 1996)
1932 Laurence New, Major-General
1932 Martin William Karlins, composer
1932 Tony Brooks, English race car driver
1934 Bernard Bresslaw, English actor (d. 1993)
1934 Lord Crickhowell
1934 Michael Wheeler-Booth, Clerk of the Parliaments
1934 Robert Neame, brewer
1934 Tony Lema, American golfer (d. 1966)
1935 Sally Jessy Raphaël, American talk show host
1936 Jonnie Nicely, playmate (Aug, 1956)
1936 Norman Orville Scribner, composer
1937 Barbara Piasecka Johnson, widow of John Seward Johnson I
1937 Basia Johnson, maid (inherited Johnson & Johnson fortune)
1937 Bob Schieffer, American broadcast journalist (CBS Weekend News)
1937 Tom Courtenay, England, actor (Dresser, Dr Zhivago, To Catch a Spy)
1938 Diane Baker, American actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Marnie)
1938 Farokh Engineer, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75)
1938 Herb Elliott, Australian runner, 1500m (Olympic-gold-1960)
1938 Viktor Kosichkin, Rybnoye, Russia, Speed Skater (Olympic Gold 1960), (d. 2012)
1939 A C F Verity, master (Dulwich College)
1939 Marisa Mell, Graz Austria, actress (Masquerade, Casanova '70)
1940 Billy Packer, American sports broadcaster, basketball (CBS)
1940 Danny Cater, American baseball player
1940 George Paul, CEO (Norwich Union Insurance Group)
1940 Hector MacKenzie, trade unionist
1940 Jud Taylor, actor (Dr Gerson-Dr Kildare)
1940 Ron Santo, American baseball player, shortstop (Cubs, 1st baseball player to veto his trade)
1941 David Puttnam, London, film producer/CEO (Columbia Pictures)
1941 Ramon Pagayon Santos, composer
1941 Stewart Sutherland, Principal/Vice-Chancellor (Edinburgh University)
1941 Susan Browning, Baldwin NY, actress (Pat-Mary Hartman)
1942 Karen Grassle, American actress
1943 George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles, Travelling Willberries) (d. 2001)
1943 Maryann Amacher, composer
1943 Sally Jessy Raphael, Easton, Pennsylvania, American TV talk show host (Sally)
1943 Wilson da Silva Piazza, Brazilian footballer
1944 Karen Grassle, Berkeley Ca, actress (Caroline-Little House on Prairie)
1944 Kristina Holland, Fayetteville NC, (Tina-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
1944 Matt Guokas, American basketball player & head coach
1945 Elkie Brooks, English singer (Pearl's a Singer)
1945 Herbert Léonard, French singer
1945 Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist, essayist (Fireflies)
1946 F Xaver Kroetz, writer
1946 Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist
1946 Jean Todt, French executive director of Scuderia Ferrari
1947 Doug Yule, American bass guitarist (The Velvet Underground)
1947 Eddie Thomson, Australian soccer coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1947 Giuseppe Betori, Archbishop of Florence
1947 Lee Edward Evans, American athlete, 400m runner (Olympic-2 gold-1968)
1947 Lewis Moonie, British MP
1948 Aldo Busi, Italian writer
1948 Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor
1948 G B Warren, British biochemist
1949 Lord Sempill
1950 Anthony Lloyd, British MP
1950 Emitt Rhodes, musician (Merry-go-Round)
1950 Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (d. 2006)
1950 Neil Jordan, Irish director (Crying Game)
1950 Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina
1950 Rick Flair (Richard Fliehr), American professional wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA)
1951 César Cedeño, Dominican baseball player
1951 Don Quarrie, Jamaican runner
1951 James Brown, American sportscaster
1952 Inger Segelström, Swedish politician
1952 James A Barcia, (Rep-D-Michigan)
1952 Jerry Chamberlain, American musician
1952 Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000)
1953 Garrett Glaser, entertainment correspondent (Entertainment Tonight)
1953 José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain
1953 Kim Yeong-cheol, South Korean actor
1954 Gerardo Pelusso, Uruguayan football manager
1954 John Doe, American musician
1954 Steve Rixon, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (1977-85)
1955 Leann Hunley, actress (Dane Carrington-Dynasty, Dawson's Creek)
1956 Davie Cooper, soccer star
1957 Jane Ackroyd, British sculptor
1957 Stuart "Woody" Wood, Scottish guitarist (Bay City Rollers-Saturday Night)
1957 Sérgio Marques, Portuguese politician
1958 Jeff Fisher, American football coach
1958 Kurt Rambis, American basketball player and coach, NBA forward (Lakers, Hornets)
1958 Panagiotis Beglitis, Greek politician
1959 Carl Marotte, Canadian actor
1959 Mike Peters, Welsh musician (The Alarm)
1960 Glen Bishop, cricketer (S Aussie bat, 2 ODI's for Australia 1987)
1960 Stefan Blöcher, German field hockey player
1961 Chris Pitman, American keyboardist (Guns N' Roses)
1961 Davey Allison, American race car driver (d. 1993)
1961 Todd Blackledge, American football player and television color commontator
1962 Birgit Fischer, German kayaker, 500m (Olympic-gold-1980)
1962 Cammy Ciarelli, Iowa City, WPVA volleyballer (Best of Beach-2nd-1995)
1962 Faron Moller, Canadian-born British computer scientist
1962 Foster Emerson Sylvers, rocker
1963 Alison Roberts, fashion designer
1963 Paul O'Neill, American baseball player, right fielder (Cin Reds, NY Yankees)
1963 Tom McHale, NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1964 Don Majkowski, American football player, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)
1964 Lee Evans, English comedian
1964 Steve Nevius, film editor (Eden, Fall Time, Damascus)
1965 Brian Baker, American guitarist
1965 Carrot Top (Scott Thompson), American comedian (Amer Comedy Award-1994)
1965 Veronica Webb, American supermodel and actress (Jungle Fever, Malcolm X)
1966 Alexis Denisof, American actor
1966 Don Anurasiri, cricketer (Sri Lankan slow left-armer)
1966 Nancy O'Dell, American reporter and television personality
1966 Samantha Phillips, American actress, Penthouse Pet
1966 Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (d. 2003)
1966 Stacey Cortez, actress (Sheila Cantillan-General Hospital)
1966 Tea Leoni, American actress (Flying Blind, Naked Truth)
1967 Jenny Byrne, Perth Australia, tennis star (1984 Futures-Wyong-AUS)
1967 Nick Leeson, British banker (Baring bank)
1967 Rich Rowland, US baseball catcher (Detroit Tigers)
1968 David Hulse, US baseball outfielder (Texas Rangers)
1968 Evridiki, Greek Cypriot singer
1968 Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress
1969 Donald Hodge, NBA center (Charlotte Hornets)
1969 Kerry Dienelt, Australian softball catcher/1st baseman (Oly-bronze-96)
1969 Michelle Gibson, equestrian dressage (Olympics-bronze-96)
1969 Paul Trimboli, Australian soccer player
1970 Alfred Jordan, CFL cornerback (Calgary Stampeders)
1970 Brian O'Neal, NFL full back (SF 49ers)
1970 Corey Mayfield, NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 Dave Brown, NFL quarterback (NY Giants)
1970 Joe Bowden, NFL linebacker (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1970 Julie Hesmondhalgh, English actress
1970 Troy Mallette, Sudbury, NHL left wing (Ottawa Senators)
1971 Andrew Hermann, US 50K walker (Olympics-96)
1971 Byron Dafoe, Sussex England, NHL goalie (LA Kings)
1971 Daniel Powter, Canadian musician
1971 Dave Harris, American disc jockey
1971 David Fox, US, 50m freestyle (Olympics-6th-96)
1971 Helen Dobson, Skegness England, golfer (1993 State Farm Rail Classic)
1971 Jennifer LaVoie, Nashua NH, playmate (Aug, 1993)
1971 Nova Peris, Darwin Australia, field hockey left halfback (Olympics-96)
1971 Sean Astin, American actor (Goonies, Toy Soldiers)
1972 Chris Harrison, guard (Detroit Lions)
1972 Erwin van de Looi, soccer player (Vitesse)
1972 Sean Harris, NFL linebacker (Chic Bears)
1973 Anson Mount, American actor
1973 Daryl Gardener, defensive end (Miami Dolphins)
1973 Julio José Iglesias, Spanish singer
1973 Justin Jeffre, American singer (98 Degrees)
1973 Kirrily Sharpe, Bankstown Aust, tennis star (1995 Futures-Saga-JPN)
1973 Normann Stadler, German triathlete
1974 Detron Smith, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1974 Tamarick Vanover, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
1975 Chelsea Handler, American comedian and actress
1975 Hercules Kyvelos, Montreal Quebec, boxer (Olympics-96)
1976 Chris Pitman, rocker (Zaum, Tool)
1976 Rashida Jones, American actress, writer, model, and musician
1976 Samaki Walker, American basketball player, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
1977 Horace Mui, Chinese vocalist
1977 Josh Wolff, American footballer
1977 Sarah Jezebel Deva, English singer
1979 David Hoflin, Swedish-born Australian Actor
1979 Jennifer Ferrin, American actress
1980 Antonio Burks, American basketball player
1980 Christy Knowings, American actress
1981 Jamie Lynn, American model
1981 Misty Giles, American beauty queen and Survivor contestant
1981 Park Ji-Sung, South Korean footballer
1981 Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor
1982 Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player
1982 Bert McCracken, American singer (The Used)
1982 Chris Baird, Irish footballer
1982 Flavia Pennetta, Italian professional tennis player
1982 Jamie Lynn, American porn star
1982 Kimberly Caldwell, American reality television personality
1982 Maria Kanellis, American model and professional wrestler
1982 Tara Wilson, Canadian actress
1983 Eduardo da Silva, Brazilian-born Croatian footballer
1984 Logan Leistikow, American director and actor
1984 Lovefoxxx, Brazilian singer (CSS)
1985 Benji Marshall, New Zealand Rugby League player
1985 Joakim Noah, American basketball player
1986 Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer
1986 James and Oliver Phelps, English actors
1986 Justin Berfield, American actor
1987 Andrew Poje, Canadian figure skater
1987 Eva Avila, Canadian singer
1987 Justin Abdelkader, American NHL Hockey Player
1988 Jimmy Monaghan, Irish Musician
1989 Tony Oller, American actor
1990 Alejandra Andreu, Miss International 2008
1992 Libby (Elizabeth) Callahan, Columbia SC, sport pistol (Olympics-96)
1993 Christina Kirkman, American actress
1997 Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress
1998 Brendon Baerg, American actor
Died on February 25th
779 Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night)
1246 Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
1247 Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47)
1495 Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II
1522 William Lilye, English classical scholar
1536 Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)
1553 Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)
1558 Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)
1601 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth (b. 1566)
1602 Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian
1634 Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, Austrian general (b. 1583)
1634 Van Friedland/Mecklenburg, general-admiral
1643 Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer (b. 1582)
1655 Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)
1682 Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (b. 1639)
1713 Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13) (b. 1657)
1715 Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)
1719 Giovanni Maria Casini, composer
1723 Christopher Wren, English architect (b. 1632)
1756 Eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693)
1798 Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)
1805 Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)
1826 Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St Petersburg
1831 Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (b. 1752)
1850 Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)
1851 Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer
1852 Thomas Moore, Irish poet (Utopia) (b. 1779)
1860 Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)
1865 Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde)
1894 James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director
1899 Paul Julius von Reuter, German-born journalist, founder of the news agency (Reuters) (b. 1816)
1901 Jose Rogel, composer
1902 Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer
1906 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer/conductor
1912 Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
1914 John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland)
1915 George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934)
1919 Josef Christiaens, Belgian racing driver (b. 1879)
1920 Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician
1922 Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer, guillotined (b. 1869)
1925 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer1
1928 William O'Brien, Irish author, journalist and politician (M.P.) (b. 1852)
1934 Daniel Protheroe, composer
1934 John J McGraw, American baseball player and manager (NY Giants) (b. 1873)
1942 Leo Ascher, composer
1945 Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (b. 1893)
1947 Friedrich Paschen, German physicist
1950 George Minot, American physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)
1953 Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer
1953 Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (b. 1856)
1955 Marij Kogoj, composer
1957 George "Bugs" Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)
1957 Kurt von Wolfurt, composer
1957 Mark Aldanov (Mark A Landau), Russian/French chemist
1960 Everhardus J van Romondt, Dutch Antillean minister
1962 Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist
1964 Alexander Archipenko, sculptor
1964 Grace Metalious, American writer (b. 1924)
1966 James D. Norris, American sports businessman (b. 1906)
1967 John Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show)
1968 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47)
1969 Jan Zajic, Czech student, self incinerates
1970 Mark Rothko, Latvian-born American painter (Green on Blue) (b. 1903)
1971 Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1884)
1975 Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader, leader of Nation of Islam (b. 1897)
1978 Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., American Air Force general (b. 1920)
1982 J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48)
1983 John Cowles Sr, US publisher
1983 Tennessee Williams, American playwright (Streetcar Named Desire) (b. 1911)
1987 James Coco, American actor (Joe-Dumplings) (b. 1930)
1988 Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy)
1990 Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind)
1992 Guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers)
1992 John E Allen Jr, actor (1 2 3)
1992 Ollie O'Toole
1993 Eddie Constantine, American-born actor and singer (Alphaville, License to Kill) (b. 1917)
1993 Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor
1993 Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch PM (social dem, 1965-69)
1993 Mary Walter, Filipino actress (b. 1912)
1993 Toy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band)
1994 Baruch Goldstein, American-born mass murderer (53 in mosque) (b. 1956)
1994 Hugh Tayfield, cricketer (170 wickets for S Afr in 37 Tests)
1994 Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (b. 1914)
1994 Wladyslaw Sila Lawyer Adviser to Solidarity-Nowicki
1994 Yann Piat, French MP (FN/PR)
1995 Jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby)
1995 Oh Jin Woo, Korean minister of defense
1995 Terence Weil, cellist/teacher
1996 Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-born actor (Killing Fields) (b. 1940)
1996 Marion Farouk Political scientist-Sluglett
1996 Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist
1997 Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic
1997 Tony Williams, jazz drummer (Miles Davis)
1998 Celestine Tate Harrington, a quadriplegic street musician and writer. (b. 1956)
1998 Luigi Veronesi, Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico)
1998 Umberto Mastroianni, Italian sculptor
1999 Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
2001 Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
2003 Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
2003 Tom O'Higgins, Irish Chief Justice (b. 1916)
2004 Donald Hings, Canadian inventor (b. 1907)
2005 Peter Benenson, English founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921)
2006 Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922)
2006 Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
2006 Thomas Koppel, Danish musician (b. 1944)
2007 Mark Spoelstra, American singer/songwriter (b. 1940)
2007 William R. Anderson, American Naval Officer and Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee (b. 1921)
2008 Ashley Cooper, Australian race car driver (b. 1980)
2008 Charles Chan, father of Jackie Chan (b. 1914)
2008 Hans Raj Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India (b. 1912)
2008 Static Major, American singer (b. 1974)
2009 Ivan Cameron, son of David Cameron UK politician
2009 Philip Jose Farmer, American novelist (b. 1918)
2010 Ihsan Dogramaci, Turkish academic and the founder of YÖK (d. 1915)
2012 Lynn Compton, American jurist and commissioned officer
2012 Red Holloway (James), American jazz tenor saxophonist
2013 Charles Koop, American pediatric surgeon and health administrator
2016 Tony Burton, American actor (Rocky films) and boxer
2016 John Chilton, English jazz trumpeter (Feetwarmers)