February 25 in History

Historical Events on February 25

1916 World War I: The Germans capture Fort Douaumont during the Battle of Verdun.

1919 Oregon places a one cent per U.S. gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.

1921 Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.

1932 Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.

1945 World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.

1954 Gamal Abdel Nasser is made premier of Egypt.

1964 North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il-sung calls for the removal of feudalistic land ownership aimed at turning all cooperative farms into state-run ones.

1968 Vietnam War: One hundred thirty-five unarmed citizens of Hà My village in South Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province are killed and buried en masse by South Korean troops in what would come to be known as the Hà My massacre.

1991 Gulf War: An Iraqi scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reservists from Pennsylvania.

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Famous Birthdays on February 25

1304 Ibn Battuta

1943 George Harrison

1949 Ric Flair

1989 Kana Hanazawa

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Famous Deaths on February 25

1852 Thomas Moore

1934 John McGraw

2001 Don Bradman

2014 Paco de Lucía

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