February 25

Scott Winters February 25, 2026 0 Comments

Discover what happened on February 25 in history, along with notable celebrity birthdays and fun Days of the Year to celebrate.

TODAY IN HISTORY:

1751 – Edward Willet displayed the first trained monkey act in the United States.

1791 – First Bank of the United States was chartered by Congress and signed by President George Washington.

1793 – The department heads of the U.S. government met with President George Washington for the first Cabinet meeting.

1836 – Samuel Colt received hit first patent for a “revolving-cylinder pistol”.

1901 – J.P.Morgan incorporated the United States Steel Corporation.

1913 – The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It authorized a graduated income tax.

1919 – The state of Oregon placed a one cent per gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first state to levy a gasoline tax.

1928 – The Federal Radio Commission issued the first U.S. television license to Charles Jenkins Laboratories in Washington, DC.

1930 – The bank check photographing device was patented.

1933 – The aircraft carrier Ranger was launched. It was the first ship in the U.S. Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier.

1837 – Thomas Davenport patented the first commercial electrical motor, but because there was no practical electrical distribution system available, Davenport went bankrupt.

1940 – The first hockey game to be televised in the United States was between the New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens. The game aired on W2WBS in New York, NY, with one camera in a fixed position. The Rangers beat the Canadiens 6-2.

1943 – This day was commonly thought to be George Harrison’s birthday. In 1992, Harrison was reported to have said, “I only learned recently after all these years that the date and time of my own birth have always been off by one calendar day and about a half hour on the clock.” His birthday is actually February 24.

1964 – In Miami, Cassius Clay (who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali) defeated Sonny Liston (on a TKO) for the world heavyweight
boxing championship.

1970 – On the children’s television show “Sesame Street”, Ernie first sang a song about his favorite little bath time buddy…his “Rubber Duckie“.

1982 – The final new episode of “The Lawrence Welk Show” aired.

1989 – The NFL’s Dallas Cowboys fired Tom Landry, the only head coach the team had since its inception in 1960.

2005 – Dennis Rader was arrested for the BTK serial killings in Wichita, KS. He later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 life prison terms.

2006 – The world’s estimated population reached 6.5 billion.

2010 – Apple announced that it had surpassed 10 billion song downloads from the iTunes Store. The 10 billionth song was “Guess Things Happen That Way” by Johnny Cash.

BIRTHDAYS:

Bob Schieffer – 89 years old (1937) – Political author, journalist and TV interviewer

Diane Baker – 88 years old (1938) – Actress and producer

Karen Grassle – 84 years old (1942) – Actress

Ric Flair – 77 years old (1949) – Professional wrestler

John Doe – 73 years old (1953) – Musician, singer-songwriter, actor, and poet

Kurt Rambis – 68 years old (1958) – Greek-American basketball player, coach, and executive

Paul O'Neill – 63 years old (1963) – Baseball player and sportscaster

Carrot Top – 61 years old (1965) – Comedian

Veronica Webb – 61 years old (1965) – Model, actress, and writer

Alexis Denisof – 60 years old (1966) – Actor

Téa Leoni – 60 years old (1966) – Actress

Lesley Boone – 58 years old (1968) – Actress and producer

Sean Astin – 55 years old (1971) – Actor, director and producer

Anson Mount – 53 years old (1973) – Actor

Chelsea Handler – 51 years old (1975) – Comedian, actress, author, and television host

Rashida Jones – 50 years old (1976) – Actress and writer

Samaki Walker – 50 years old (1976) – Basketball player

Napoleon Harris – 47 years old (1979) – Football player and politician

Kash Patel – 46 years old (1980) – Lawyer, former federal prosecutor and official

Maria Kanellis – 44 years old (1982) – Professional wrestler, actress, and model

Joakim Noah – 41 years old (1985) – French-American basketball player

Justin Berfield – 40 years old (1986) – Actor, writer, and producer

Justin Abdelkader – 39 years old (1987) – Ice hockey player

Gerald McCoy – 38 years old (1988) – Football player

Jimmer Fredette – 37 years old (1989) – Basketball player

E'Twaun Moore – 37 years old (1989) – Basketball player

Erick Fedde – 33 years old (1993) – Baseball player

Fred VanVleet – 32 years old (1994) – Basketball player

Isabelle Fuhrman – 29 years old (1997) – Actress

Bo Nix – 26 years old (2000) – Football player

Vernon Carey Jr. – 25 years old (2001) – Basketball player

Brandin Podziemski – 23 years old (2003) – Basketball player

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