Shopping on line can be easy, simple and save you lots of money. It can also take a lot of your time, frustrate you, and result in unwanted purchases. Now the same can be said for regular high street shopping, but with the vast opportunity presented by the Internet it will pay you to spend a few minutes reading this and understanding how to better optimize your February 25 shopping experience:

1. Compare - without doubt the biggest advantage that the February 25 offers shoppers today is the ability to compare thousands of February 25 at a time. This is a great thing, but not necessarily all the time! Too much can be daunting at times so take advantage of the great comparison sites and where possible let them do the hard work for you.

2. Research - if it has been said it will be on the internet. Ignorance is no longer a justifiable reason for buying the wrong thing. Take the time to research in detail everything that you could possible want to know about

3. Testimonials - don't know anybody that has bought a February 25? Wrong! If the February 25 is good the internet will let you know. Use the Internet as a friend and get testimonials before you buy.

4. Questions - Got a question about February 25 then search the Forums, FAQ's, Blogs etc. Don't be afraid to ask .....

5. Reputation - Never heard of the company selling February 25? Don't worry, no reason why you should know every company in the world, but you know someone that does! Use the internet to find out what people are saying about February 25 and build up a picture of their reputation for sales, returns, customer service, delivery etc.

6. Returns - still worried that even after all of the above your February 25 wont be what you want? Check out the returns policy. There is so much competition now that someone, somewhere is bound to offer the terms that you are comfortable with.

7. Feedback - happy with your February 25 then let people know, after all you are depending on others people input in your buying decision, so why not give a little back.

8. Security - check for the yellow padlock on the February 25 site before you buy, and the s after http:/ /i.e. https:// = a secure site

9. Contact - got a question about February 25, or want to leave a comment then check out the sites contact page. Reputable companies have them and respond.

10. Payment - ready to pay for your February 25, then use your credit card or PayPal! Be aware of companies that don't accept them, there may be genuine reasons but given the huge amount of choice you have when buying online there is no reason at all not to buy via credit card or PayPal.

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Events

• 138 - The Roman Emperors Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
• 1570 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth I of England.
• 1793 - George Washington holds the first Cabinet (government) meeting as President of the United States.
• 1797 - Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000-1500 soldiers surrender after the Last Invasion of Britain
• 1836 - Samuel Colt receives an United States patent for the Colt Firearms revolver.
• 1836 - US Showman Phineas Taylor Barnum exhibits African American slave Joice Heth.
• 1837 - First United States electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport.
• 1870 - Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican Party (United States) from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the Congress of the United States.
• 1901 - J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
• 1912 - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, becomes the first reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg of Luxembourg.
• 1919 - Oregon places a 1 cent per United States gallon taxation on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
• 1921 - Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, Soviet invasion of Georgia by Bolshevist Russia.
• 1925 - Glacier Bay National Monument (now Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve) is established in Alaska.
• 1928 - Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, DC becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
• 1932 - Adolf Hitler obtains the German citizenship by naturalization, opening the opportunity for him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.
• 1933 - The USS Ranger (CV-4) is launched, becoming the first custom-built aircraft carrier.
• 1941 - February strike: First general & physical protest against Nazi anti-Jewish behaviour & -laws (Amsterdam)
• 1945 - World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.
• 1948 - The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Czechoslovakia and the period of the Czechoslovakia: 1945-1948 ends.
• 1951 - The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1954 - Gamal Abdul Nasser is made premier of Egypt.
• 1956 - In his speech On the Personality Cult and its Consequences Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounces the actions of Joseph Stalin.
• 1969 - Germany gives $5 million to an Arab terrorism as ransom for the passengers and crew of a hijacked Wide-body aircraft.
• 1971 - The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online.
• 1980 - The Suriname government ( elected after gaining independance from the Netherlands in 1975 ) was overthrown by a military coup which was initiated with the bombing of the police station from an army ship of the coast of the nations capital; Paramaribo
• 1986 - EDSA Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines flees the nation after 21 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Philippines woman president.
• 1991 - Gulf War: An Iraqi Scud missile hits an United States military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reserve from Pennsylvania.
• 1992 - Khojaly massacre: about 613 civilians killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan
• 1994 - Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an assault rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors. Subsequent rioting kills 26 more Palestinians and 9 Israelis.
• 2000 - The Sweden political party New Democracy (Sweden) is declared financially bankrupt.
• 2006 - The world's estimated world population reaches 6.5 billion.

Births

• 1398 - Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)
• 1591 - Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)
• 1643 - Ahmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1695)
• 1663 - Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)
• 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 (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 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (d. 1798)
• 1752 - John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)
• 1778 - José de San Martín, Argentine general and liberator of South America (d. 1850)
• 1841 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter, graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1919)
• 1842 - Karl May, German writer (d. 1912)
• 1845 - George Reid (Australian politician), fourth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1918)
• 1855 - George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (d. 1912)
• 1855 - Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886)
• 1860 - Sir William Ashley, economic historian (d. 1927)
• 1873 - Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (d. 1921)
• 1877 - Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1935)
• 1883 - Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone (d. 1981)
• 1888 - John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State (d. 1959)
• 1889 - Homer S. Ferguson, United States Senator (d. 1982)
• 1890 - Dame Myra Hess, English pianist (d. 1965)
• 1890 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician (d. 1986)
• 1895 - Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (d. 1984)
• 1901 - Zeppo Marx, American actor (d. 1979)
• 1903 - King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
• 1908 - Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist (d. 2001)
• 1910 - Millicent Fenwick, American fashion editor and politician (d. 1992)
• 1912 - Brenda Joyce (actress), American actress
• 1913 - Jim Backus, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1913 - Gert Fröbe, German actor (d. 1988)
• 1914 - John Arlott, English cricket journalist (d. 1991)
• 1916 - Reinhard Bendix, German sociologist (d. 1991)
• 1917 - Anthony Burgess, English author (d. 1993)
• 1918 - Barney Ewell, American athlete (d. 1996)
• 1918 - Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995)
• 1918 - Rena Kyriakou, Greek pianist (d. 1994)
• 1919 - Karl H. Pribram, Austrian neuroscientist
• 1920 - Gérard Bessette, Canadian author (d. 2005)
• 1921 - Pierre Laporte, Canadian statesman (d. 1970)
• 1927 - Ralph Stanley, American musician
• 1928 - Larry Gelbart, American comedy writer
• 1929 - Christopher George, American actor (d. 1983)
• 1929 - Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (d. 2007)
• 1932 - Faron Young, American singer (d. 1996)
• 1934 - Bernard Bresslaw, English actor (d. 1993)
• 1934 - Tony Lema, American golfer (d. 1966)
• 1935 - Sally Jessy Raphaël, American talk show host
• 1937 - Tom Courtenay, English actor
• 1937 - Bob Schieffer, American broadcast journalist
• 1937 - Barbara Piasecka Johnson, widow of John Seward Johnson I
• 1938 - Diane Baker, American actress
• 1938 - Herb Elliott, Australian runner
• 1940 - Billy Packer, American sports broadcaster
• 1940 - Danny Cater, American baseball player
• 1940 - Ron Santo, American baseball player
• 1942 - Karen Grassle, American actress
• 1943 - George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles) (d. 2001)
• 1943 - Wilson da Silva Piazza, Brazilian footballer
• 1945 - Herbert Léonard, French singer
• 1945 - Elkie Brooks, English singer
• 1946 - Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist
• 1946 - Jean Todt, French executive director of Scuderia Ferrari
• 1947 - Lee Evans (athlete), American athlete
• 1947 - Doug Yule, American bass guitarist (The Velvet Underground)
• 1948 - Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor
• 1948 - Aldo Busi, Italian writer
• 1949 - Ric Flair, American professional wrestler
• 1950 - Neil Jordan, Irish director
• 1950 - Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina
• 1950 - Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (d. 2006)
• 1951 - Don Quarrie, Jamaican runner
• 1951 - James Brown (TV personality), American sportscaster
• 1951 - César Cedeño, Dominican baseball player
• 1952 - Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000)
• 1952 - Inger Segelström, Swedish politician
• 1953 - José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain
• 1953 - Kim Yeong-cheol, South Korean actor
• 1954 - John Doe (musician), American musician
• 1958 - Kurt Rambis, American basketball player
• 1959 - Mike Peters (musician), Welsh musician (The Alarm)
• 1960 - Tony Grimaud, Maltese-born singer and songwriter
• 1960 - Stefan Blöcher, German field hockey player
• 1961 - Davey Allison, American race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1961 - Todd Blackledge, American football player
• 1962 - Birgit Fischer, German kayaker
• 1964 - Lee Evans (comedian), English comedian
• 1964 - Don Majkowski, American football player
• 1965 - Carrot Top, American comedian
• 1966 - Alexis Denisof, American actor
• 1966 - Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (d. 2003)
• 1966 - Téa Leoni, American actress
• 1966 - Nancy O'Dell, American reporter and television personality
• 1968 - Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress
• 1968 - Evridiki, Greek Cypriot singer
• 1969 - Paul Trimboli, Australian soccer player
• 1970 - Julie Hesmondhalgh, English actress
• 1971 - Sean Astin, American actor
• 1971 - Dave Harris, American disc jockey
• 1971 - Daniel Powter, Canadian musician
• 1973 - Justin Jeffre, American singer (98 Degrees)
• 1973 - Anson Mount, American actor
• 1973 - Julio José Iglesias, Spanish singer
• 1975 - Chelsea Handler, American comedian and actress
• 1976 - Brendon Baerg, American actor
• 1976 - Rashida Jones, American actress, writer, model, and musician
• 1976 - Chris Pitman, American keyboardist and member of Guns N' Roses
• 1977 - Sarah Jezebel Deva, English singer
• 1977 - Kim Hee-sun, South Korean actress
• 1977 - Josh Wolff, American footballer
• 1980 - Antonio Burks, American basketball player
• 1981 - Jamie Lynn (model), American model
• 1981 - Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor
• 1981 - Park Ji-Sung, South Korean footballer
• 1981 - Misty Giles, American beauty queen and Survivor (TV series) contestant
• 1982 - Chris Baird, Irish footballer
• 1982 - Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1982 - Bert McCracken, American singer (The Used)
• 1982 - Maria Kanellis, American model and professional wrestler
• 1983 - Eduardo da Silva, Croatian footballer
• 1984 - Logan Leistikow, American director and actor
• 1984 - Lovefoxxx, Brazilian singer (Cansei de Ser Sexy)
• 1985 - Joakim Noah, American basketball player
• 1985 - Benji Marshall, New Zealand rugby player
• 1986 - Justin Berfield, American actor
• 1986 - James and Oliver Phelps, English actors
• 1986 - Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer
• 1987 - Eva Avila, Canadian singer

Deaths

• 1246 - Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
• 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)
• 1577 - Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)
• 1601 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (b. 1566)
• 1634 - Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (b. 1583)
• 1643 - Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (b. 1582)
• 1655 - Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)
• 1682 - Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (b. 1639)
• 1713 - Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)
• 1715 - Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)
• 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)
• 1831 - Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (b. 1752)
• 1850 - Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)
• 1852 - Thomas Moore, Irish poet (b. 1779)
• 1860 - Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)
• 1899 - Paul Julius Reuter, German-born journalist (b. 1816)
• 1912 - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
• 1919 - Josef Christiaens, Belgian racing driver (b. 1879)
• 1922 - Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (b. 1869)
• 1934 - John McGraw (baseball), American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
• 1945 - Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1950 - George Minot, American physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1885)
• 1953 - Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (b. 1856)
• 1957 - Bugs Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)
• 1964 - Grace Metalious, American writer (b. 1924)
• 1966 - James D. Norris, American sports businessman (b. 1906)
• 1970 - Mark Rothko, American painter (b. 1903)
• 1971 - Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1884)
• 1975 - Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (b. 1897)
• 1978 - Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., American general (b. 1920)
• 1983 - Tennessee Williams, American playwright (b. 1911)
• 1987 - James Coco, American actor (b. 1930)
• 1993 - Eddie Constantine, American-born actor and singer (b. 1917)
• 1994 - Baruch Goldstein, American-born mass killer (b. 1956)
• 1994 - Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (b. 1914)
• 1996 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-born actor (b. 1940)
• 1999 - Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1912)
• 2001 - Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
• 2003 - Tom O'Higgins, Irish Chief Justice (b. 1916)
• 2003 - Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
• 2004 - Donald Hings, Canadian inventor (b. 1907)
• 2005 - Peter Benenson, English founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921)
• 2006 - Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2006 - Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922)
• 2007 - William R. Anderson, c/o USS Nautilus submarine, US Congressman (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances

• Kuwait national day.
• EDSA Revolution, special holiday in the Philippines.

Liturgical feasts

• February 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Events

• 138 - The Roman Emperors Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
• 1570 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth I of England.
• 1793 - George Washington holds the first Cabinet (government) meeting as President of the United States.
• 1797 - Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000-1500 soldiers surrender after the Last Invasion of Britain
• 1836 - Samuel Colt receives an United States patent for the Colt Firearms revolver.
• 1836 - US Showman Phineas Taylor Barnum exhibits African American slave Joice Heth.
• 1837 - First United States electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport.
• 1870 - Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican Party (United States) from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the Congress of the United States.
• 1901 - J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
• 1912 - Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, becomes the first reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg of Luxembourg.
• 1919 - Oregon places a 1 cent per United States gallon taxation on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
• 1921 - Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, Soviet invasion of Georgia by Bolshevist Russia.
• 1925 - Glacier Bay National Monument (now Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve) is established in Alaska.
• 1928 - Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, DC becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
• 1932 - Adolf Hitler obtains the German citizenship by naturalization, opening the opportunity for him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.
• 1933 - The USS Ranger (CV-4) is launched, becoming the first custom-built aircraft carrier.
• 1941 - February strike: First general & physical protest against Nazi anti-Jewish behaviour & -laws (Amsterdam)
• 1945 - World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.
• 1948 - The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Czechoslovakia and the period of the Czechoslovakia: 1945-1948 ends.
• 1951 - The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1954 - Gamal Abdul Nasser is made premier of Egypt.
• 1956 - In his speech On the Personality Cult and its Consequences Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounces the actions of Joseph Stalin.
• 1969 - Germany gives $5 million to an Arab terrorism as ransom for the passengers and crew of a hijacked Wide-body aircraft.
• 1971 - The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online.
• 1980 - The Suriname government ( elected after gaining independance from the Netherlands in 1975 ) was overthrown by a military coup which was initiated with the bombing of the police station from an army ship of the coast of the nations capital; Paramaribo
• 1986 - EDSA Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines flees the nation after 21 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Philippines woman president.
• 1991 - Gulf War: An Iraqi Scud missile hits an United States military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reserve from Pennsylvania.
• 1992 - Khojaly massacre: about 613 civilians killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan
• 1994 - Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an assault rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors. Subsequent rioting kills 26 more Palestinians and 9 Israelis.
• 2000 - The Sweden political party New Democracy (Sweden) is declared financially bankrupt.
• 2006 - The world's estimated world population reaches 6.5 billion.

Births

• 1398 - Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)
• 1591 - Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)
• 1643 - Ahmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1695)
• 1663 - Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)
• 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 (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 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (d. 1798)
• 1752 - John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)
• 1778 - José de San Martín, Argentine general and liberator of South America (d. 1850)
• 1841 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter, graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1919)
• 1842 - Karl May, German writer (d. 1912)
• 1845 - George Reid (Australian politician), fourth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1918)
• 1855 - George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (d. 1912)
• 1855 - Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886)
• 1860 - Sir William Ashley, economic historian (d. 1927)
• 1873 - Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (d. 1921)
• 1877 - Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1935)
• 1883 - Princess Alice of Albany, Countess of Athlone (d. 1981)
• 1888 - John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State (d. 1959)
• 1889 - Homer S. Ferguson, United States Senator (d. 1982)
• 1890 - Dame Myra Hess, English pianist (d. 1965)
• 1890 - Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet politician (d. 1986)
• 1895 - Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (d. 1984)
• 1901 - Zeppo Marx, American actor (d. 1979)
• 1903 - King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
• 1908 - Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist (d. 2001)
• 1910 - Millicent Fenwick, American fashion editor and politician (d. 1992)
• 1912 - Brenda Joyce (actress), American actress
• 1913 - Jim Backus, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1913 - Gert Fröbe, German actor (d. 1988)
• 1914 - John Arlott, English cricket journalist (d. 1991)
• 1916 - Reinhard Bendix, German sociologist (d. 1991)
• 1917 - Anthony Burgess, English author (d. 1993)
• 1918 - Barney Ewell, American athlete (d. 1996)
• 1918 - Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995)
• 1918 - Rena Kyriakou, Greek pianist (d. 1994)
• 1919 - Karl H. Pribram, Austrian neuroscientist
• 1920 - Gérard Bessette, Canadian author (d. 2005)
• 1921 - Pierre Laporte, Canadian statesman (d. 1970)
• 1927 - Ralph Stanley, American musician
• 1928 - Larry Gelbart, American comedy writer
• 1929 - Christopher George, American actor (d. 1983)
• 1929 - Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (d. 2007)
• 1932 - Faron Young, American singer (d. 1996)
• 1934 - Bernard Bresslaw, English actor (d. 1993)
• 1934 - Tony Lema, American golfer (d. 1966)
• 1935 - Sally Jessy Raphaël, American talk show host
• 1937 - Tom Courtenay, English actor
• 1937 - Bob Schieffer, American broadcast journalist
• 1937 - Barbara Piasecka Johnson, widow of John Seward Johnson I
• 1938 - Diane Baker, American actress
• 1938 - Herb Elliott, Australian runner
• 1940 - Billy Packer, American sports broadcaster
• 1940 - Danny Cater, American baseball player
• 1940 - Ron Santo, American baseball player
• 1942 - Karen Grassle, American actress
• 1943 - George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles) (d. 2001)
• 1943 - Wilson da Silva Piazza, Brazilian footballer
• 1945 - Herbert Léonard, French singer
• 1945 - Elkie Brooks, English singer
• 1946 - Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist
• 1946 - Jean Todt, French executive director of Scuderia Ferrari
• 1947 - Lee Evans (athlete), American athlete
• 1947 - Doug Yule, American bass guitarist (The Velvet Underground)
• 1948 - Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor
• 1948 - Aldo Busi, Italian writer
• 1949 - Ric Flair, American professional wrestler
• 1950 - Neil Jordan, Irish director
• 1950 - Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina
• 1950 - Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (d. 2006)
• 1951 - Don Quarrie, Jamaican runner
• 1951 - James Brown (TV personality), American sportscaster
• 1951 - César Cedeño, Dominican baseball player
• 1952 - Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000)
• 1952 - Inger Segelström, Swedish politician
• 1953 - José María Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain
• 1953 - Kim Yeong-cheol, South Korean actor
• 1954 - John Doe (musician), American musician
• 1958 - Kurt Rambis, American basketball player
• 1959 - Mike Peters (musician), Welsh musician (The Alarm)
• 1960 - Tony Grimaud, Maltese-born singer and songwriter
• 1960 - Stefan Blöcher, German field hockey player
• 1961 - Davey Allison, American race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1961 - Todd Blackledge, American football player
• 1962 - Birgit Fischer, German kayaker
• 1964 - Lee Evans (comedian), English comedian
• 1964 - Don Majkowski, American football player
• 1965 - Carrot Top, American comedian
• 1966 - Alexis Denisof, American actor
• 1966 - Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (d. 2003)
• 1966 - Téa Leoni, American actress
• 1966 - Nancy O'Dell, American reporter and television personality
• 1968 - Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress
• 1968 - Evridiki, Greek Cypriot singer
• 1969 - Paul Trimboli, Australian soccer player
• 1970 - Julie Hesmondhalgh, English actress
• 1971 - Sean Astin, American actor
• 1971 - Dave Harris, American disc jockey
• 1971 - Daniel Powter, Canadian musician
• 1973 - Justin Jeffre, American singer (98 Degrees)
• 1973 - Anson Mount, American actor
• 1973 - Julio José Iglesias, Spanish singer
• 1975 - Chelsea Handler, American comedian and actress
• 1976 - Brendon Baerg, American actor
• 1976 - Rashida Jones, American actress, writer, model, and musician
• 1976 - Chris Pitman, American keyboardist and member of Guns N' Roses
• 1977 - Sarah Jezebel Deva, English singer
• 1977 - Kim Hee-sun, South Korean actress
• 1977 - Josh Wolff, American footballer
• 1980 - Antonio Burks, American basketball player
• 1981 - Jamie Lynn (model), American model
• 1981 - Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor
• 1981 - Park Ji-Sung, South Korean footballer
• 1981 - Misty Giles, American beauty queen and Survivor (TV series) contestant
• 1982 - Chris Baird, Irish footballer
• 1982 - Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1982 - Bert McCracken, American singer (The Used)
• 1982 - Maria Kanellis, American model and professional wrestler
• 1983 - Eduardo da Silva, Croatian footballer
• 1984 - Logan Leistikow, American director and actor
• 1984 - Lovefoxxx, Brazilian singer (Cansei de Ser Sexy)
• 1985 - Joakim Noah, American basketball player
• 1985 - Benji Marshall, New Zealand rugby player
• 1986 - Justin Berfield, American actor
• 1986 - James and Oliver Phelps, English actors
• 1986 - Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer
• 1987 - Eva Avila, Canadian singer

Deaths

• 1246 - Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
• 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)
• 1577 - Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)
• 1601 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (b. 1566)
• 1634 - Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (b. 1583)
• 1643 - Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (b. 1582)
• 1655 - Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)
• 1682 - Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (b. 1639)
• 1713 - Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)
• 1715 - Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)
• 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)
• 1831 - Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (b. 1752)
• 1850 - Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782)
• 1852 - Thomas Moore, Irish poet (b. 1779)
• 1860 - Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)
• 1899 - Paul Julius Reuter, German-born journalist (b. 1816)
• 1912 - Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
• 1919 - Josef Christiaens, Belgian racing driver (b. 1879)
• 1922 - Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (b. 1869)
• 1934 - John McGraw (baseball), American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
• 1945 - Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1950 - George Minot, American physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1885)
• 1953 - Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (b. 1856)
• 1957 - Bugs Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)
• 1964 - Grace Metalious, American writer (b. 1924)
• 1966 - James D. Norris, American sports businessman (b. 1906)
• 1970 - Mark Rothko, American painter (b. 1903)
• 1971 - Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1884)
• 1975 - Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (b. 1897)
• 1978 - Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., American general (b. 1920)
• 1983 - Tennessee Williams, American playwright (b. 1911)
• 1987 - James Coco, American actor (b. 1930)
• 1993 - Eddie Constantine, American-born actor and singer (b. 1917)
• 1994 - Baruch Goldstein, American-born mass killer (b. 1956)
• 1994 - Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (b. 1914)
• 1996 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-born actor (b. 1940)
• 1999 - Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1912)
• 2001 - Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
• 2003 - Tom O'Higgins, Irish Chief Justice (b. 1916)
• 2003 - Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
• 2004 - Donald Hings, Canadian inventor (b. 1907)
• 2005 - Peter Benenson, English founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921)
• 2006 - Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2006 - Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922)
• 2007 - William R. Anderson, c/o USS Nautilus submarine, US Congressman (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances

• Kuwait national day.
• EDSA Revolution, special holiday in the Philippines.

Liturgical feasts

• February 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

February 25 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 309 days remaining until the end of the year (310 in leap years).

February - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Even during the Middle Ages, when the numbered Anno Domini year began on March 25 or December 25, February continued to be the second month whenever all twelve months were displayed ...

BBC ON THIS DAY | 25
1986: Corazon Aquino is Philippines president. The new Philippines president Corazon Aquino is sworn in today, bringing to an end 20 years of dictatorship under Ferdinand Marcos.

Physics News 360, February 25, 1998
PHYSICS NEWS UPDATE The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Physics News Number 360 February 25, 1998 by Phillip F.

Work - February 25 - February 29
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Work - Monday, February 25
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On-This-Day.com - February 25
On-This-Day.com: Daily historical facts and events, famous birthdays, celebrity birthdays, u.s. history, united states history, world history, music history and Quote of the Day.

Science Weekly for February 25: Faking it | Science | Guardian ...
We discuss science, culture and philosophy with controversial physicist Alan Sokal. Plus, we locate the G spot. And a song by Chumbawamba all about Charles Darwin

Defense Department Report, February 25: Missile Defense Update
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