Daily Calendar for February 25th, 2021

The Old Farmer's Almanac daily calendar gives you quick reference for the significant events on any day throughout the year.

1720s

• Died 1723: Christopher Wren (architect)

1750s

• 1751: First trained monkey act in the U.S.

1790s

• 1793: George Washington held the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States

1840s

• Born 1841: Pierre Auguste Renoir (painter)

1850s

• Died 1852: Thomas Moore (poet)

1860s

• Died 1864: Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison (U.S. First Lady)

1900s

• Born 1901: Zeppo Marx (comedian)

• 1908: First tunnel (railroad) under Hudson River opened, linking New Jersey to New York City

1910s

• Born 1913: Jim Backus (actor)

• Born 1918: Bobby Riggs (tennis player)

• 1919: First state gasoline tax began, Oregon

1930s

• 1933: USS Ranger, first true aircraft carrier, launched

1940s

• 1940: First hockey game on TV

• 1942: "Battle of Los Angeles" with UFO, California

• Born 1943: George Harrison (musician)

1960s

• 1964: Cassius Clay (later called Muhammad Ali) defeated Sonny Liston in seven rounds to win the world heavyweight boxing title

1970s

• Born 1971: Sean Astin (actor)

1980s

• Died 1983: Tennessee Williams (playwright)

• Born 1986: James and Oliver Phelps (actors)

• Born 1986: Justin Berfield (actor)

2000s

• Died 2006: Darren McGavin (actor)

2010s

• Died 2014: Jim Lange (original host of The Dating Game)

• Died 2017: Bill Paxton (actor)