sábado, 25 de febrero de 2012

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ON THIS DAY

On This Day: February 25

Updated February 24, 2012, 1:28 PM
On Feb. 25, 1870, Hiram R. Revels, R-Miss., became the first black member of the United States Senate as he was sworn in to serve out the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis.
On Feb. 25, 1888, John Foster Dulles, the American Secretary of State from 1953-1959, was born. Following his death on May 24, 1959, his obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date

1570Pope Pius V excommunicated England's Queen Elizabeth I.
1836Inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver.
1870Hiram Revels, a Mississippi Republican, was sworn in as the first black member of the U.S. Senate.
1901United States Steel Corp. was incorporated by J.P. Morgan.
1913The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes, was declared in effect.
1943Beatles guitarist George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England.
1950"Your Show of Shows" debuted on NBC.
1956Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev harshly criticized the late Josef Stalin in a speech before a Communist Party congress in Moscow.
1964Cassius Clay (who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali) became the world heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.
1986President Ferdinand E. Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule in the wake of a tainted election. Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency.
1990Nicaraguans voted in an election that led to victory for opponents of the ruling Sandinistas.
1991An Iraqi Scud missile hit a U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 28 Americans during the Persian Gulf War.
1999A jury in Jasper, Texas, sentenced white supremacist John William King to death for the dragging death of James Byrd Jr., an African-American man.

Current Birthdays

Rashida Jones, Actress (“Parks and Recreation,” “The Office”)
Actress Rashida Jones ("Parks and Recreation," "The Office") turns 36 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
Chelsea Handler, Comedian
Comedian Chelsea Handler turns 37 years old today.
AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
1919Monte Irvin, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 93
1937Bob Schieffer, Broadcast journalist, turns 75
1942Karen Grassle, Actress ("Little House on the Prairie"), turns 70
1949Jack Handey, Author, former TV writer ("Saturday Night Live"), turns 63
1958Jeff Fisher, Football coach, turns 54
1965Veronica Webb, Actress, turns 47
1966Alexis Denisof, Actor ("Angel"), turns 46
1966Tea Leoni, Actress, turns 46
1967Carrot Top, Comedian, turns 45
1971Sean Astin, Actor ("Lord of the Rings" movies), turns 41
1973Julio Iglesias Jr., Singer, turns 39

Historic Birthdays

75Johann Philipp Krieger 2/25/1649 - 2/7/1725
German composer
85Carlo Goldoni 2/25/1707 - 2/6/1793
Italian dramatist
78Pierre-Auguste Renoir 2/25/1841 - 12/3/1919
French painter
86Benedetto Croce 2/25/1866 - 11/20/1952
Italian historian, humanist, and philosopher
48Enrico Caruso 2/25/1873 - 8/2/1921
Italian operatic tenor
96Vyacheslav M. Molotov 2/25/1890 - 11/8/1986
Russian statesman and foreign minister
75Dame Myra Hess 2/25/1890 - 11/25/1965
English pianist
79Marcel Paul Pagnol 2/25/1895 - 4/18/1974
French writer and film producer/director
76Anthony Burgess 2/25/1917 - 11/22/1993
English novelist and critic
78Barney Ewell 2/25/1918 - 4/4/1996
American Olympic sprinter

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