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Daily Calendar for Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Died

  • Christopher Wren (architect) –
  • Thomas Moore (poet) –
  • Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison (U.S. First Lady) –
  • Tennessee Williams (playwright) –
  • Darren McGavin (actor) –
  • Jim Lange (original host of The Dating Game) –
  • Bill Paxton (actor) –

Born

  • Pierre Auguste Renoir (painter) –
  • Zeppo Marx (comedian) –
  • Jim Backus (actor) –
  • Bobby Riggs (tennis player) –
  • George Harrison (musician) –
  • Sean Astin (actor) –
  • James and Oliver Phelps (actors) –
  • Justin Berfield (actor) –

Events

  • First trained monkey act in the U.S.–
  • George Washington held the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States–
  • First tunnel (railroad) under Hudson River opened, linking New Jersey to New York City–
  • First state gasoline tax began, Oregon–
  • USS Ranger, first true aircraft carrier, launched–
  • First hockey game on TV–
  • Battle of Los Angeles with UFO, California–
  • Cassius Clay (later called Muhammad Ali) defeated Sonny Liston in seven rounds to win the world heavyweight boxing title–

Weather

  • Eighteen inches of snow, Society Hill, South Carolina–
  • 21 degrees, San Antonio, Tex.–
  • 49.3 inches of snow fell, Mt. Washington, New Hampshire–
  • Boston, Massachusetts, received 26.3 inches of snow in a two day storm–
  • Light snow in Pocatello, Idaho, raised its seasonal snowfall total to 85.7 inches–
  • 92 degrees F, San Antonio, Texas–

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