What are the important events that happened on February 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

February 25: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 25 is the 56^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 310 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 12, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,708,819,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘pentacontahexagon’ day.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 339 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,083 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 25 Historical Events

• 138 –
  The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
• 1919 –
  Oregon places a 1 cent per U.S. gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
• 1928 –
  Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
• 1947 –
  The State of Prussia ceases to exist.
• 1951 –
  The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 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.
• 1986 –
  People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines’ first woman president.
• 1994 –
  Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors.
• 2009 –
  BDR massacre in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 74 people are killed, including more than 50 army officials, by Bangladeshi Border Guards inside its headquarters.
• 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.

Who were born on February 25?

• 1591 –
  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)
• 1692 –
  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)
• 1707 –
  Carlo Goldoni, Italian writer (d. 1793)
• 1871 –
  Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poet (d.1913)
• 1897 –
  Peter Llewelyn Davies, British namesake of Peter Pan (d. 1960)
• 1903 –
  King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
• 1938 –
  Herb Elliott, Australian runner
• 1982 –
  Jamie Lynn, American pornographic actress
• 1987 –
  Kwaku Afriyie, Ghanaian footballer
• 1988 –
  Jimmy Monaghan, Irish musician

Who died on February 25?

• 1553 –
  Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)
• 1643 –
  Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (b. 1582)
• 1928 –
  William O'Brien, Irish author, journalist and politician (M.P.) (b. 1852)
• 1964 –
  Alexander Archipenko, a Ukrainian avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic artist (b. 1887)
• 1964 –
  Kenneth Lee Spencer, American opera singer and actor (b. 1913)
• 1978 –
  Daniel “Chappie” James Jr., American general (b. 1920)
• 1993 –
  Mary Walter, Filipino actress (b. 1912)
• 2006 –
  Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2007 –
  Mark Spoelstra, American singer/songwriter (b. 1940)
• 2010 –
  İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish academic and the founder of YÖK (b. 1915)