February 25 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for February 25
In the headlines today:

1994	Baruch Goldstein shoots and kills 29 worshippers inside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank. He is later beaten to death by survivors.
1994	'Jersey' Joe Walcott, world heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52), dies in Camden, New Jersey, at age 80.
1991	28 Americans are killed in the Gulf War when an Iraqi Scud missile hits their barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
1986	Philippines President Ferdinand E. Marcos flees after 20 years of rule, following that country's national election; Corazon Aquino is elected successor.
1940	The first televised hockey game is broadcast, with the NY Rangers beating the Montreal Canadiens by a score of 6-2 (W2XBS, New York City).
1921	Jack Haley (Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz) marries Florence McFadden.
1919	Oregon becomes the first state in the US to tax gasoline sales.
1901	The US Steel Corporation is incorporated by industrialist J.P. Morgan.
1899	Paul Julius Reuter, founder of the Reuters British news agency, dies in Nice, France.
1836	Samuel Colt receives a US patent for the revolver.
1793	US president George Washington and his department heads hold the first Executive Cabinet meeting. (photo credit: NARA)
1570	England's Queen Elizabeth I is excommunicated by Pope Pius V.