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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25: National Chocolate Covered
Nut Day: -- Today and every year on his date, we're here to help
you amazingly celebrate the day. Do you know that it has been
almost 100 years since the first chocolate-covered peanuts were
sold? Chocolate is something we all love, and one of the ways to
make it even better is to add yet another thing that we adore -
nuts! National Chocolate Covered Nut Day is dedicated to the
pleasing combination of chocolate with nuts like peanuts, almonds,
apricots, cashews, and hazelnuts and celebrates these tasteful
treats that are enjoyed by people of all ages. Chocolate is said
to have originated in Mesoamerica where the Aztecs are said to
have grown cacao plants, from which they made chocolate. It is
believed that the Aztecs drank chocolate as part of rituals. Some
even say that it was an ingredient in medicines. The Mayans even
referred to chocolate as the drink of the Gods. In those times,
chocolate was not eaten as solid food, nor was it sweet. It was
consumed in liquid form and was unsweetened, which gave it a
bitter taste. Later in the early 1500s, Hernan Cortes, an explorer
from Spain, introduced chocolate to Spain. It is said that Cortes
was on a visit to Mesoamerica when a Mayan emperor gifted Cortes a
cup of cocoa. Cortes then sowed cocoa seeds in his hometown, and
thus the cocoa plantation rose to prominence in Spain. The
Spaniards added sugar and honey to overcome the bitter taste of
cocoa. Many years later, chocolate traveled to Europe and was a
popular drink amongst the monarchs and the aristocrats. It is said
that the first mixture of chocolate and hazelnut happened during
the 1800s in the northwestern Italian region of Piedmont. The
paste was called 'gianduja.' This was way before even milk
chocolate came into existence. Milk chocolate was born in 1876
when Swiss chocolatier Daniel Peter added dried milk powder to
chocolate. In the 1900s, many companies such as Nestle started
mass producing chocolate-covered nuts, and it soon became a
favorite snack among people of all ages. Though the exact origins
of National Chocolate Covered Nut Day are not known, the day has
been celebrated by millions every year on February 25, giving
recognition to the delicious combination of chocolate with nuts.
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25: People Power Revolution
Day/EDSA Revolution Anniversary Day: -- February 25, 1986: The
Aftermath Of World War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1979-1985):
The Cold War Era Of Stagnation (1964-1982): The Cold War In Asia:
Coups In The Philippines: The People Power Revolution (The EDSA
Revolution, The Philippine Revolution Of 1986, The February
Revolution, The Yellow Revolution): -- President of the
Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of
rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman
president. The People Power Revolution began three days earlier,
on February 22, 1986. Also known as the EDSA Revolution and the
Philippine Revolution of 1986, it was a series of popular
demonstrations mostly in the capital city of Manila from February
22-25, 1986. There was a sustained campaign of civil resistance
against regime violence and alleged electoral fraud. The
nonviolent revolution led to the departure of President Ferdinand
Marcos along with his authoritarian regime and the restoration of
democracy in the Philippines. Between February 22 and 25, 1986, a
series of peaceful demonstrations took place in Metro Manila on a
now-famous avenue called Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, popularly
known as EDSA. These non-violent demonstrations happened in
protest of the oppressive and tyrannical government of President
Ferdinand Marcos. During his 20-year rule, he declared martial
law, and poverty levels in the Philippines skyrocketed. His rule
was fraught with human rights violations, electoral malpractice,
and violence against members of the opposition. The main event
that sparked the demonstrations was the Philippine military's
assassination of Senator Benigno Aquino or Ninoy Aquino, as he was
more commonly known. This act shocked and spurred the people into
action. For three days, people from all walks of life gathered at
EDSA. The mood was surprisingly festive, with concert-like
activities. Priests and nuns led the people in prayer, and
performers kept the people's spirits up. During these events, the
military began defecting and disobeying government orders. A
military squadron sent to attack a gathering of civilians at Camp
Crane disobeyed orders and landed the helicopter on the ground
amidst cheers from the crowd. Finally, on the morning of February
25, 1986, at a place called Club Filipino, the widow of the late
Ninoy Aquino was sworn in as President of the Philippines. In a
symbolic move, the "Bible" on which the oath of office
was sworn was held by her mother-in-law, the mother of Ninoy
Aquino. At midnight, Marcos and his family departed the
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1841: #BOTD: #HBD!
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor who was a
leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style (d.
December 3, 1919) is #born in the city and commune of Limoges, the
prefecture of the Haute-Vienne department in west-central France.
His father, Leonard Renoir, was a tailor of modest means, so, in
1844, Renoir's family moved to Paris in search of more favorable
prospects. The location of their home, in rue d'Argenteuil in
central Paris, placed Renoir in proximity to the Louvre. As a
celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, art
historian Herbert Read wrote in his 1931 book "The Meaning of
Art" that "Renoir is the final representative of a
tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau." He was
the father of actor Pierre Renoir (1885-1952), filmmaker Jean
Renoir (1894-1979) and ceramic artist Claude Renoir (1901-1969).
He was the grandfather of the filmmaker Claude Renoir (1913-1993),
son of Pierre. Pierre-Auguste Renoir died at Cagnes-sur-Mer,
France at the age of 78. He is buried at Essoyes Cimetiere in
Essoyes, in the Aube department in north-central France; Renoir
had a house in there, and the village, which was the hometown of
both his wife and model Aline, and his model and governess of his
children, Aline's cousin Gabrielle Renard, is represented in many
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1873: #BOTD: #HBD! Enrico
Caruso, Italian-American opera singer, first a lyric tenor (a warm
graceful voice with a bright, full timbre that is strong but not
heavy and can be heard over an orchestra) then a dramatic tenor
(an emotive, ringing and very powerful, clarion, heroic tenor
sound) who sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of
Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles from
the Italian and French repertoires that ranged from the lyric to
the dramatic (d. August 2, 1921) is #born poor but not destitute
in the via Santi Giovanni e Paolo No. 7 in Naples, Italy. One of
the first major singing talents to be commercially recorded,
Caruso made 247 commercially released recordings from 1902 to
1920, which made him an international popular entertainment star.
Caruso died of peritonitis shortly after 9:00 a.m. at the Hotel
Vesuvio in Naples, aged 48. The King Of Italy, Victor Emmanuel
III, opened the Royal Basilica of the Church of San Francesco di
Paola for Caruso's funeral, which was attended by thousands of
people. His embalmed body was preserved in a glass sarcophagus at
Del Pianto Cemetery in Naples for mourners to view. In 1929, his
wife Dorothy Caruso had his coffin covered and permanently sealed
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1888: #BOTD: John Foster
Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, Republican senator for New York
and diplomat of the Dulles American political family, 52nd United
States Secretary Of State under President Dwight D. Eisenhower
from 1953 to 1959, a significant figure in the early Cold War era
who advocated an aggressive stance against communism throughout
the world (d. May 24, 1959) is #born in Washington, D.C., one of
five children and the eldest son born to Presbyterian minister
Allen Macy Dulles and his wife, Edith (nee Foster). His maternal
grandfather, John W. Foster, served as 32nd United States
Secretary Of State under President Benjamin Harrison, and doted on
Dulles and his brother Allen, who would later become the director
of the Central Intelligence Agency. His uncle, Robert Lansing,
served as the 42nd United States Secretary Of State under
President Woodrow Wilson. John Foster Dulles joined the leading
New York law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell after graduating from
George Washington University Law School. He served on the War
Industries Board during World War I and he was a U.S. legal
counsel at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. He became a member of
the League of Free Nations Association, which supported American
membership in the League of Nations. Dulles also helped design the
Dawes Plan, which sought to stabilize Europe by reducing German
war reparations. During World War II, Dulles was deeply involved
in post-war planning with the Federal Council of Churches
Commission on a Just and Durable Peace. Dulles served as the chief
foreign policy adviser to Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican
presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948. He also helped draft the
preamble to the United Nations Charter and served as a delegate to
the United Nations General Assembly. In 1949, Dewey appointed
Dulles to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Democratic
Senator Robert F. Wagner. Dulles served for four months before his
defeat in a special election by Herbert H. Lehman. Despite having
supported his political opponents, Dulles became a special advisor
to President Harry S. Truman, with a focus on the Indo-Pacific
region. In this role from 1950 to 1952, he became the primary
architect of the Treaty of San Francisco, which ended World War II
in Asia, the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, which established the
U.S.-Japan Alliance, and the ANZUS security treaty between
Australia, New Zealand, and United States. After Eisenhower won
the 1952 presidential election, he chose Dulles as Secretary Of
State. Throughout his tenure, Dulles favored a strategy of massive
retaliation in response to Soviet aggression and concentrated on
building and strengthening Cold War alliances, most prominently
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He was the architect of
the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, an anti-Communist
defensive alliance between the United States and several nations
in and near Southeast Asia. He also helped instigate the 1953
Iranian coup d'etat and the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'etat. Dulles
advocated support of the French in their war against the Viet Minh
in Indochina but rejected the Geneva Accords between France and
the communists, instead supporting South Vietnam after the Geneva
Conference in 1954. Suffering from cancer, Dulles resigned from
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1894: #BOTD: #HBD! Meher
Baba, Indian spiritual master who claimed he was an Avatar (God in
human form) (d. January 31, 1969) is #born Merwan Sheriar Irani in
Poona, Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India to Irani Zoroastrian
parents. His spiritual transformation began when he was 19 years
old and lasted for seven years. During this time he contacted five
spiritual teachers before beginning his own mission and gathering
his own disciples in early 1922, at the age of 27. From 10 July
1925 to the end of his life, Meher Baba maintained silence,
communicating by means of an alphabet board or by unique hand
gestures. With his mandali (circle of disciples), he spent long
periods in seclusion, during which time he often fasted. He also
traveled widely, held public gatherings, and engaged in works of
charity with lepers and the poor. In 1931, Meher Baba made the
first of many visits to the West, where he attracted followers.
Throughout most of the 1940s, Meher Baba worked with a category of
spiritual aspirants called masts, who he said are entranced or
spellbound by internal spiritual experiences. Starting in 1949,
along with selected mandali, he traveled incognito about India in
an enigmatic and still largely unexplained period he called the
"New Life". After being injured as a passenger in two
serious automobile accidents, one near Prague, Oklahoma in the
United States in 1952 and one in India in 1956, his ability to
walk became severely limited. In 1962, he invited his Western
followers to India for a mass darshan called "The East-West
Gathering". Concerned by an increasing use of LSD and other
psychedelic drugs, in 1966 Baba stated that they did not convey
real benefits. Despite deteriorating health, he continued what he
called his "Universal Work", which included fasting and
seclusion, until his death at his home in Meherazad, Ahmednagar,
Maharashtra, India, aged 74. He conveyed by his last gestures, "Do
not forget that I am God." In time, his devotees called the
anniversary of his death Amartithi (deathless day). Meher Baba's
body was placed at his samadhi (shrine/tomb) at Meherabad, covered
with roses and cooled by ice. His body was kept available to the
public for one week before its final burial. Prior to his death,
Meher Baba had made extensive preparations for a public darshan
program to be held in Poona. His mandali decided to proceed with
the arrangements despite the absence of the host. Several thousand
attended this "Last Darshan," including many hundreds
from the United States, Europe, and Australia. His samadhi has
become a place of international pilgrimage. Meher Baba gave
numerous teachings on the cause and purpose of life, including
teaching reincarnation and that the phenomenal world is an
illusion. He taught that the Universe is imagination, that God is
what really exists, and that each soul is really God passing
through imagination to realize individually his own divinity. In
addition he gave practical advice for the aspirant who wishes to
attain God-realization and thereby escape the wheel of births and
deaths. He also taught about the concept of Perfect Masters, the
Avatar, and those on the various stages of the spiritual path that
he called involution. His most important teachings are recorded in
his principal books Discourses and God Speaks. His legacy includes
the Avatar Meher Baba Charitable Trust he established in India, a
handful of centres for information and pilgrimage, as well as an
influence on pop-culture artists and the introduction of common
expressions such as "Don't Worry, Be Happy." Meher
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1910: #BOTD: #HBD! Millicent
Fenwick, American fashion model, fashion editor, journalist,
politician, diplomat and beauty, four-term Republican member of
the United States House Of Representatives from New Jersey (d.
September 16, 1992) is #born Millicent Vernon Hammond in New York
City, to the politician and later Ambassador to Spain, Ogden
Haggerty Hammond (October 13, 1869 - October 29, 1956) of
Louisville, Kentucky and his first wife, Mary Picton Stevens (May
16, 1885 - May 7, 1915) of Hoboken, New Jersey. Millicent Fenwick
entered politics late in life and was renowned for her energy and
colorful enthusiasm. She was regarded as a moderate and
progressive within her party and was outspoken in favor of civil
rights and the women's movement. She is considered to be the
inspiration behind Lacey Davenport, a fictional character in Garry
Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury. Walter Cronkite called her "the
conscience of Congress". Millicent Fenwick died of heart
failure in her home town of Bernardsville, New Jersey, aged 82.
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1913: #BOTD: #HBD! Jim
Backus, American actor and screenwriter (d. July 3, 1989) is #born
James Gilmore Backus in Cleveland, Ohio. Among his most famous
roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's
Island, the father of James Dean's character in Rebel Without a
Cause, the voice of nearsighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo, the
rich Hubert Updike III on the radio version of The Alan Young
Show, and Joan Davis' character's husband (a domestic court judge)
on TV's I Married Joan. He also starred in his own show of one
season, The Jim Backus Show, also known as Hot Off the Wire. An
avid golfer, Backus made the 36-hole cut at the 1964 Bing Crosby
Pro-Am tournament. He was inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame
in 1960. Jim Backus died aged 76 in Los Angeles from complications
of pneumonia after suffering from Parkinson's disease for many
years. He is buried at the southwest corner of Westwood Village
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1916: The European Civil
War: World War I: The First European War (The European Theater Of
World War I): The Western Front Of World War I: The Battle Of
Verdun (French: Bataille De Verdun; German: Schlacht Um Verdun):
-- The Germans capture Fort Douaumont, the largest and highest
fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected
the city of Verdun, France since the 1890. After the fort was
taken, the German advance slowed for several days, despite
inflicting many French casualties. The Battle Of Verdun (French:
Bataille de Verdun; German: Schlacht um Verdun, was fought from
February 21, 1916 to December 18, 1916 on the Western Front in
France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took
place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse. Using the experience
of the Second Battle of Champagne in 1915, the Germans planned to
capture the Meuse Heights, an excellent defensive position with
good observation for artillery-fire on Verdun. The Germans hoped
that the French would commit their strategic reserve to recapture
the position and suffer catastrophic losses at little cost to the
Germans. By March 6, 20 1/2 French divisions were in the RFV and a
more extensive defence in depth had been constructed. Philippe
Petain ordered no retreat and that German attacks were to be
counter-attacked, despite this exposing French infantry to German
artillery-fire. By March 29, French guns on the west bank had
begun a constant bombardment of Germans on the east bank, causing
many infantry casualties. The German offensive was extended to the
left (west) bank of the Meuse, to gain observation and eliminate
the French artillery firing over the river but the attacks failed
to reach their objectives. The battle lasted for 302 days, the
longest and one of the most costly in human history, with the
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1916: #BOTD: #HBD! Joan
Curran, Welsh physicist who played important roles in the
development of radar, the proximity fuse and the electromagnetic
isotope separation process for the atomic bomb during the Second
World War, inventor of chaff, the radar countermeasure technique
credited with reducing losses among Allied bomber crews that is
still used today (d. February 10, 1999) is #born Joan Elizabeth
Strothers in Swansea, Wales. In later life, Joan, Lady Curran
became a founding member of the Scottish Society for the Parents
of Mentally Handicapped Children. She was married to Sir Samuel
Crowe Curran (May 23, 1912 - February 15, 1998), a physicist who
invented of the scintillation counter (an instrument for detecting
and measuring ionizing radiation, including nuclear radiation),
the proportional counter (a type of gaseous ionization detector
device used to measure particles of ionizing radiation), and the
proximity fuze, and was the first Principal and Vice-Chancellor of
the University of Strathclyde - the first of the new technical
universities in Britain. R. V. Jones, Great Britain's leading
physicist and scientific military intelligence expert during the
war, later declared: "In my opinion, Joan Curran made an even
greater contribution to victory, in 1945, than Sam." Joan
Strothers was educated at Swansea Girls' High School, and in 1934
won an open scholarship to Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1935,
she rowed for the ladies' university eight, in the first real
Women's boat race against Oxford. She gained an honours degree in
physics, which was not awarded because it was before women were
allowed Cambridge degrees. In her seventies, in 1987, she was
honoured with the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa by the
University of Strathclyde. Strothers, who "had the scientific
equivalent of gardening green fingers", was awarded a
government grant to study for a higher degree, and elected to go
to the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge, where she joined Sam
Curran in a team under the direction of Philip Dee. She soon
established a reputation for "extreme dexterity and being
outstandingly neat and skilful in the deployment of equipment."
In 1939, Dee proposed that the team spend a month at the Royal
Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough Airfield. They arrived on 1
September 1939. Two days later, Britain declared war on Germany,
and Britain entered the Second World War. Instead of returning to
the Cavendish, the team moved to Exeter, where Dee and three
others worked on developing rockets as anti-aircraft weapons,
while Strothers and Curran joined a group under John Coles working
on the development of the proximity fuse. Strothers was based at
Leeson House and Durnford School. She and Curran developed a
workable fuse, which was codenamed VT, an acronym of "Variable
Time fuze". The system was a small, short-range, Doppler
radar that used a clever circuit. However, Britain lacked the
capacity to mass-produce the fuze, so the design was shown to the
United States by the Tizard Mission in late 1940. The Americans
perfected and mass-produced the fuse. In due course, these
proximity fuses arrived in the United Kingdom, where they played
an important part in the defence of the kingdom against the V-1
flying bomb. Strothers married Curran on November 7, 1940. Soon
afterwards they were transferred to the Telecommunications
Research Establishment near Swanage, where Sam worked on
centimetric radar, while Joan joined the Counter Measures Group in
an adjoining lab.] It was with this group, at Swanage, and later
at Malvern, that Joan devised the technique that was codenamed
Window, which is also known as chaff. She tried various types of
radar reflectors, including wires and sheets, before settling on
strips of tin foil 1 to 2 centimetres (0.39 to 0.79 in) wide and
25 centimetres (9.8 in) long that could be scattered from bombers,
thus disrupting the enemy's radar. Window was first employed in
Operation Gomorrah, a series of raids on Hamburg, and resulted in
a much lower loss rate than usual. As part of Operation Taxable on
June 5-6, 1944, Window was dropped by Avro Lancasters of 617
Squadron to synthesise a phantom invasion force of ships in the
Straits of Dover and keep the Germans unsure as to whether the
brunt of the Allied assault would fall on Normandy or in the Pas
de Calais area. In early 1944 the Currans were part of a group of
British scientists invited to go to the US to take part in the
Manhattan Project - the Allied project to develop an atomic bomb.
They joined the British Mission at the Berkeley Radiation
Laboratory in California, headed by Mark Oliphant, a distinguished
Australian scientist that Joan knew from the Cavendish Laboratory.
Oliphant also acted as de facto deputy to Ernest Lawrence, the
director of the Radiation Laboratory. The mission of the
laboratory was to develop the electromagnetic isotope separation
process to create enriched uranium for use in atomic bombs. Joan
Curran died of cancer in Glasgow, Scotland aged 82. She was
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1933: Naval History: The
History Of The United States Navy: The New United States Navy (The
New Navy, The United States Navy 1885-Present): -- The USS Ranger,
CV-4, the first US Navy ship to be designed from the start of
construction as an aircraft carrier, is launched. Ranger was a
relatively small ship, closer in size and displacement to the
first US carrier - Langley - than later ships. An island
superstructure was not included in the original design, but was
added after completion. Deemed too slow for use with the Pacific
Fleet's carrier task forces against Japan, the ship spent most of
World War II in the Atlantic Ocean where the German fleet was a
weaker opposition. Ranger saw combat in that theatre and provided
air support for Operation Torch, the British-United States
invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign
of the Second World War. In October 1943, she fought in Operation
Leader, a successful air attack conducted entirely by the Ranger's
aircraft against German shipping in the vicinity of Bodo, Norway,
on October 4 1943, during World War II. The ship was sold for
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1939: The Interwar Period
(The Aftermath Of World War I, The Interbellum, Between The Wars):
The Road To War: The European Civil War: World War II: The Second
European War (The European Theater Of World War II): -- The first
of an ultimate 2 1/2 million Anderson air raid shelters appear in
North London. The Anderson shelter was designed in 1938 by William
Paterson and Oscar Carl (Karl) Kerrison in response to a request
from the British Home Office. It was named after Sir John
Anderson, then Lord Privy Seal with special responsibility for
preparing air-raid precautions immediately prior to the outbreak
of World War II, and it was he who then initiated the development
of the shelter. After evaluation by David Anderson, Bertram
Lawrence Hurst, and Sir Henry Jupp, of the Institution of Civil
Engineers, the design was released for production. Anderson
shelters were designed to accommodate up to six people. The main
principle of protection was based on curved and straight
galvanised corrugated steel panels. Six curved panels were bolted
together at the top, so forming the main body of the shelter,
three straight sheets on either side, and two more straight panels
were fixed to each end, one containing the door-a total of
fourteen panels. A small drainage sump was often incorporated in
the floor to collect rainwater seeping into the shelter. The
shelters were 6 feet (1.8 m) high, 4.5 feet (1.4 m) wide, and 6.5
feet (2.0 m) long. They were either buried 4 ft (1.2 m) deep in
the soil and then covered with a minimum of 15 inches (38 cm) of
soil above the roof or in some cases installed inside people's
houses and covered with sandbags. When they were buried outside,
the earth banks could be planted with vegetables and flowers, that
at times could be quite an appealing sight and in this way would
become the subject of competitions of the best-planted shelter
among householders in the neighbourhood. The internal fitting out
of the shelter was left to the owner and so there were wide
variations in comfort. Anderson shelters were issued free to all
householders who earned less than 5 pounds a week (equivalent to
330 pounds in 2021). Those with a higher income were charged 7
pounds (460 pounds in 2021) for their shelter. One and a half
million shelters of this type were distributed throughout Great
Britain between February 1939 and the outbreak of war. During the
war a further 2.1 million were erected throughout the country.
Large numbers were manufactured at John Summers & Sons
ironworks at Shotton on Deeside with production peaking at 50,000
units per week. The Anderson shelters performed well under blast
and ground shock, because they had good connectivity and
ductility, which meant that they could absorb a great deal of
energy through plastic deformation without falling apart. (This
was in marked contrast to other trench shelters which used
concrete for the sides and roof, which were inherently unstable
when disturbed by the effects of an explosion - if the roof slab
lifted, the walls fell in under the static earth pressure; if the
walls were pushed in, the roof would be unsupported at one edge
and would fall.) However, when the pattern of all-night alerts
became established, it was realised that in winter Anderson
shelters installed outside were cold damp holes in the ground and
often flooded in wet weather, and so their occupancy factor would
be poor. This led to the development of the indoor Morrison
shelter. At the end of the war in Europe, households who had
received an Anderson shelter were expected to remove their
shelters and local authorities began the task of reclaiming the
corrugated iron. Householders who wished to keep their Anderson
shelter (or more likely the valuable metal) could pay a nominal
fee. Because of the large number made and their robustness, many
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1941: Aviation: The History
Of Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: Maiden Flights:
Military Aviation Maiden Flights: -- First Flight of the
Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant, Germany's gigantic cargo glider
developed and used during World War II, Intended to support large
scale invasions, the Me 321 saw very limited use due to the low
availability of suitable tug aircraft, high vulnerability whilst
in flight and the difficult ground handling, both at base and at
destination landing sites. The Me 321 was developed, in stages,
into the six-engined Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant, which removed
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1943: #BOTD: #HBD! George
Harrison, MBE, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
(d. November 29, 2001) is #born at 12 Arnold Grove in Wavertree,
Liverpool. He achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of
the Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle",
Harrison embraced Hinduism and helped broaden the horizons of his
bandmates as well as their American audience by incorporating
Indian instrumentation into the Beatles' music.Although the
majority of the Beatles' songs were written by John Lennon and
Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at
least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group included
"Taxman", "Within You Without You", "While
My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here Comes the Sun" and
"Something", the last of which became the Beatles'
second-most covered song. By 1965, he had begun to lead the
Beatles into folk rock through his interest in the Byrds and Bob
Dylan, and towards Indian classical music through his use of the
sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)". Having
initiated the band' embracing of transcendental meditation in
1967, he subsequently developed an association with the Hare
Krishna movement. After the band' break-up in 1970, Harrison
released the triple album All Things Must Pass, a critically
acclaimed work that produced his most successful hit single, "My
Sweet Lord", and introduced his signature sound as a solo
artist, the slide guitar. He also organised the 1971 Concert for
Bangladesh with Indian musician Ravi Shankar, a precursor for
later benefit concerts such as Live Aid. In his role as a music
and film producer, Harrison produced acts signed to the Beatles'
Apple record label before founding Dark Horse Records in 1974 and
co-founding HandMade Films in 1978. Harrison released several
best-selling singles and albums as a solo performer. In 1988, he
co-founded the platinum-selling supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.
A prolific recording artist, he was featured as a guest guitarist
on tracks by Badfinger, Ronnie Wood and Billy Preston, and
collaborated on songs and music with Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo
Starr and Tom Petty, among others. Rolling Stone magazine ranked
him number 11 in their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists
of All Time". He is a two-time Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
inductee - as a member of the Beatles in 1988, and posthumously
for his solo career in 2004. Harrison' first marriage, to model
Pattie Boyd in 1966, ended in divorce in 1977. The following year
he married Olivia Arias, with whom he had a son, Dhani. Harrison
died in 2001, aged 58, from lung cancer that was attributed to
years of cigarette smoking. His remains were cremated and the
ashes were scattered according to Hindu tradition in a private
ceremony in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in India. He left an
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1948: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: The Eastern Bloc (The Communist Bloc, The
Socialist Bloc, The Soviet Bloc): Czechoslovakia: The 1948
Czechoslovak Coup D'Etat (The Czech Coup) (Opponents: Czech: Unor
1948, Slovak: Februar 1948, "February 1948"; Supporters:
Czech: Vitezny Unor, Slovak: Vitazny Februar,"Victorious
February"): -- The Communist Party takes control of
government in Czechoslovakia and the period of the Third Republic
ends. The 1948 Czechoslovak Coup began on February 22, 1948,
marking the onset of four decades of communist rule in the
country. The 1948 Czechoslovak Coup d'etat, often called the Czech
Coup (Czech: Unor 1948, Slovak: Februar 1948, both meaning
"February 1948") - in the Communist era known as
"Victorious February" (Czech: Vitezny unor, Slovak:
Vitazny februar) - was an event between February 21, 1948 and
February 25, 1948 in which the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia,
with Soviet backing, assumed undisputed control over the
government of Czechoslovakia, marking the onset of four decades of
communist rule in the country. The coup's significance extended
well beyond the state's boundaries as it was a clear marker along
the already well-advanced road to full-fledged Cold War. The event
alarmed Western countries and helped spur quick adoption of the
Marshall Plan, the creation of a state in West Germany, vigorous
measures to keep communists out of power in France, Greece and
especially Italy, and steps toward mutual security that would, in
little over a year, result in the establishment of NATO and the
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1964: Sports: The History Of
Sports: The History Of Sports In The United States: The History Of
Boxing: The History Of Heavyweight Boxing: Sonny Liston vs.
Cassius Clay I: -- Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston fight for
boxing's World Heavyweight Championship in one of the most
controversial fights in the sport's history. Sports Illustrated
magazine named their first meeting, the Liston-Clay fight (Ali had
not yet changed his name from Cassius Clay), as the fourth
greatest sports moment of the twentieth century. It was heldin
Miami Beach, Florida. Clay, who was a 8-1 underdog, won in a major
upset, when the champion gave up at the opening of the seventh
round. Liston was the World Heavyweight Champion at the time of
the first Liston-Clay fight in Miami Beach on February 25, 1964,
having demolished former champion Floyd Patterson by a first-round
knockout in September 1962. Ten months later, Liston and Patterson
met again with the same result - Patterson was knocked out in the
first round. At the time of the fight, Liston was generally
considered the most intimidating fighter in the world, and among
the best heavyweight boxers of all time. With the Patterson
victory, Liston had defeated eight of the top 10 ranked contenders
at heavyweight, seven of which by knockout. Many were reluctant to
meet him in the ring. Henry Cooper, the British champion, said he
would be interested in a title fight if Clay won, but he was not
going to get in the ring with Liston. Cooper's manager, Jim Wicks,
said, "We don't even want to meet Liston walking down the
same street." Boxing promoter Harold Conrad said, "People
talked about [Mike] Tyson before he got beat, but Liston was more
ferocious, more indestructible. ... When Sonny gave you the evil
eye - I don't care who you were - you shrunk [sic] to two feet
tall." Tex Maule wrote in Sports Illustrated: "Liston's
arms are massively muscled, the left jab is more than a jab. It
hits with true shock power. It never occurred to Liston that he
might lose a fight." Johnny Tocco, a trainer who worked with
George Foreman and Mike Tyson as well as Liston, said Liston was
the hardest hitter of the three. Several boxing writers actually
thought Liston could be damaging to the sport because he could not
be beaten. Liston's ominous, glowering demeanor was so central to
his image that Esquire magazine caused a controversy by posing him
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1967: The United States: The
History Of The United States: The Supreme Court Of The United
States (SCOTUS): -- President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates civil
rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to be the first Black Supreme
Court justice. ========= The United States: The History Of The
United States: The Supreme Court Of The United States (SCOTUS): --
February 25, 2022: On the 55th anniversary of President Lyndon B.
Johnson nomination of civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to be
the first Black Supreme Court justice, President Joe Biden
nominates federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first
Black female Supreme Court Justice. ========= Thurgood Marshall,
American lawyer, civil rights activist, jurist, Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court, 32nd Solicitor General of the United States,
first African American Supreme Court justice on the U.S. Supreme
Court (from October 1967 until October 1991), and Prince Hall
Freemason (July 2, 1908 - January 24, 1993) was born in Baltimore,
Maryland. Prior to his judicial service, he successfully argued
several cases before the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board
of Education. Marshall graduated from the Howard University School
of Law in 1933. He established a private legal practice in
Baltimore before founding the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational
Fund, where he served as executive director. In that position, he
argued several cases before the Supreme Court, including Smith v.
Allwright, Shelley v. Kraemer, and Brown v. Board of Education,
the latter of which held that racial segregation in public
education is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause. In 1961,
President John F. Kennedy appointed Marshall to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Four years later,
President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Marshall as the United
States Solicitor General. In 1967, Johnson successfully nominated
Marshall to succeed retiring Associate Justice Tom C. Clark.
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1991: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1985-1991) (The End Of The
Cold War): The Gulf War (The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I):
Operation Desert Storm: -- An Iraqi scud missile hits an American
military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army
Reservists from Pennsylvania and injuring 98 civilians. The Gulf
War (August 2, 1990 - February 28, 1991), codenamed Operation
Desert Shield (August 2, 1990 - January 17, 1991) for operations
leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia, and
Operation Desert Storm (January 17, 1991 - February 28, 1991) in
its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35
nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to
Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The war is also known
under other names, such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War,
Gulf War I, Kuwait War, First Iraq War or Iraq War, before the
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25, 1991: The Aftermath Of World
War II: The Cold War: The Cold War (1985-1991) (The End Of The
Cold War): The Gulf War (The Persian Gulf War, Gulf War I):
Operation Desert Storm: -- The day after Coalition forces invaded
Iraq, 20K Iraqi troops surrender to the coalition; by the end of
February, about 100K Iraqi troops will have surrendered. On
February 23, U.S. President George H. W. Bush had issued a 24-hour
ultimatum: Iraq must withdraw from Kuwait to avoid starting a
ground war. That same day, Iraq had agreed to a Soviet-proposed
ceasefire agreement which called for Iraq to withdraw troops to
pre-invasion positions within six weeks following a total
ceasefire, and called for monitoring of the ceasefire and
withdrawal to be overseen by the UN Security Council. The
coalition rejected the proposal, but said that retreating while
Iraqi forces would not be attacked, Iraq would still have to
withdraw from Kuwait within 24 hours. The following day, February
23, fighting resulted in the capture of 500 Iraqi soldiers, and
the day following that, on February 24 , British and American
armored forces crossed the Iraq-Kuwait border and entered Iraq in
large numbers, taking hundreds of prisoners. Iraqi resistance was
light, and four Americans were killed. The Gulf War (August 2,
1990 - February 28, 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield
(August 2, 1990 - January 17, 1991) for operations leading to the
buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia, and Operation
Desert Storm (January 17, 1991 - February 28, 1991) in its combat
phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by
the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq' invasion and
annexation of Kuwait. The war is also known under other names,
such as the Persian Gulf War, First Gulf War, Gulf War I, Kuwait
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Today, February 25, 2026
February 25: National Clam Chowder Day:
-- Have a bowl and spoon ready to be filled with clam chowder (the
Kennedy Brothers used to drink it in a cup!) which in its simplest
form is a soup or stew containing clams or fish. The most common
type of chowder includes milk or cream as well as potatoes, though
the Manhattan clam chowder has tomatoes. The origin of the word
"chowder" is up for a little bit of debate. The French
word for cauldron is "chaudiere." The English word
"jowter" means fish peddler. Both are on the hook for
possible origins. In chowder, along with the clams, it is common
to find diced potatoes, onions (often sauteed with pork or bacon
drippings) and celery. Clam chowder variants New England clam
chowder (a Kennedy Family favorite); Manhattan clam chowder; Rhode
Island clam chowder; Delaware clam chowder; New Jersey clam
chowder; Hatteras clam chowder; Minorcan clam chowder; Long Island
clam chowder; and Puget Sound clam chowder! Chowder dates back as
early as 1795 when chowder was originally made as water-based fish
soup and various thickness featuring onions, potatoes, and
carrots. The origins of this kind of stew are said to have begun
with the French, Nova Scotian, and British as it was a commoner's
dish during the 1700s. Crackers and croutons are usually added as
a thickener, and it was just around that time when clam chowder
started popping up as a popular version within the Boston area. By
1836, clam chowder became a staple for sailors, as it was another
way to make a constant diet of fish palatable. Most were then a
creamy white soup, as a diary, later on, became a more popular
addition to the soup in cooler regions where milk animals
flourished. Here's a fun fact; In 1939, a bill was introduced into
the in the Maine state legislature that almost made the use of
tomatoes in clam chowder against the law. That's how much they
love their clam chowder! Today, clam chowder has become a staple
for many restaurants all over the United States and has also
become more accessible for people when companies such as
Campbell's and Progresso introduced clam chowder in a soup can. On
this day, people either go out to their favorite places to eat
clam chowder, buy a can of soup for dinner, or attempt to make
their own clam chowder for dinner that day.
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Today, February 25, 2026February 25: Quiet Day: -- Today is about
taking a pause and appreciating the sound of silence. Noise is
everywhere - be it on the train, in a busy office, in the pub, in
the classroom, or even at home! Modern life is noisy; it seems
like there is simply no way out of it. Being in the constant
presence of noise can be overwhelming and it is important to take
a break every once in a while. We know that quiet is good for both
the body and the mind. Peace calms us down and helps us re-center
ourselves. For the longest time, quietness has been a form of
praying and meditating. Most religious sects advocate for quiet
and the wonders it can do for one's emotional and physical
well-being. Our voices and active interaction with others have
served to keep us spiritually silent and separated from the world
around us, and in some odd ways from the very people we interact
with every day. Quiet Day was established to remind us to slow
down and give silence a chance. In India and many other Asian
countries, there are meditation retreats where time is spent in
quiet contemplation sometimes for as long as 10 days. These are
'vipassana' retreats, a term meaning 'to see things as they are.'
This is an ancient Buddhist practice that is popular even today.
While Quiet Day is just one day, the principles included in these
retreats can be applied to your daily life too. Surrounding
ourselves with peace and clarity can open our minds to new
experiences and inspire us to lead more meaningful lives. Every
day we are surrounded by the chatter of T.V., the radio, and our
loved ones. Quiet Day is the day to engage in a little quiet
contemplation, give our vocal cords a rest, and simply listen to
the world around us and connect with it. On this day, take a
little time off for yourself and listen to the wise voice inside
your head.
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Today, February 25, 2026February 25: Kuwait National Day: -- A
public holiday in Kuwait that commemorates the day that Sheikh
Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah became the ruler of Kuwait in 1950.
Al-Sabah was an exceptional leader. During his reign, he signed a
treaty that secured Kuwait's independence from Britain, putting an
end to its status as a British protectorate in 1961. It was also
during Al-Sabah's rule that the Constitution of Kuwait and the
Parliament of Kuwait were formally established. The first
celebrations were held in 1963. People in Kuwait celebrate this
day by going to different places, watching fireworks at night,
hanging out with friends, and more. People decorate their houses
with colorful lights, flags, and even candles are lit at dinner
time. The historical places like Kuwait National Museum, Al Bahhar
Entertainment Historical Village, Mirror House, and Kuwait Towers
are decorated with light. Flags are hoisted in buildings and
displayed in public spaces. The streets are alive to the early
hours of the next morning each year. In the early 17th century,
Kuwait was established as a small fishing village with a tiny
population. By the end of the 18th century, Kuwait began to
flourish, and it became a major trading and boat building site. In
1756, the Al-Sabah family assumed power to rule Kuwait. Kuwait
became independent in 1961 and Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
from the Al-Sabah family became emperor - this event is celebrated
as National Day in Kuwait. The British protected the country
against the invasion by the Turks in the same year. The history of
Kuwait's National Day can be traced back to 1950 when Sheikh
Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah became the ruler of Kuwait. Born in
1895, Al-Sabah was the first son of Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah.
From the time he ascended the throne in 1950, Al-Sabah
distinguished himself as a unique leader of Kuwait. Unlike past
rulers, Al-Sabah was determined to end British rule in Kuwait,
which was finally accomplished in 1961. After signing a treaty,
Kuwait ceased to be a protectorate of the British. Because of
this, he is regarded as the founder of modern Kuwait. On November
11, 1962, Al-Sabah signed into law the Constitution of Kuwait.
Al-Sabah unfortunately died in 1965 from a heart attack which he
suffered during an opening session of the National Assembly.
Officially known as the 'State of Kuwait', Kuwait is a country
located in Western Asia. It shares borders with Iraq and Saudi
Arabia, as well as a maritime border with Iran. Home to the
world's sixth-largest oil reserves, Kuwait is the fifth richest
country in the world. Its currency, the 'Dinar', is the most
valued currency in the entire world. Kuwait National Day is always
celebrated with pomp and excitement. Public events are often held,
as people gather in parks, restaurants, beaches and on the streets
to commemorate the beautiful day. On the streets of Kuwait, the
country's national flag is displayed with pride and official
receptions are organized by embassies, consulates and permanent
missions. The Emir of Kuwait is working very hard to make the
country a major economic port and a thriving democracy. He has
approved the development plans that will be built to promote
Kuwait as a global financial and commercial center. These projects
are supposed to bring investment and income resources for the
citizens. Along with this, the Emir is working tirelessly to build
the nation's unity and solidarity among the people. Thus far,
Kuwait has emerged as a fair, just, and tolerant nation. From the
day of its independence, Kuwait has made great progress and
achieved prosperity. Normally, most countries celebrate their
national day on the same date they gained independence. For
Kuwait, it would mean that National Day is celebrated on June 19,
marking the date of independence in 1961. However, the first
National Day holiday actually took place on this date in 1962. The
holiday was moved to February due to the extreme heat in June, and
since 1963, the National Day has been celebrated on February 25 to
mark the date that sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah came to power
in 1950.
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Today, February 25, 2026February 25: Pistol Patent Day: --
Pistols, revolvers, and other sidearms have played a significant
part in shaping how civilizations evolved. New patents were
submitted as centuries passed by giving birth to modern sidearms.
Pistol Patent Day is observed to commemorate the day Samuel Colt
received the patent for the revolver in 1835. On this day, we look
at the life and times of the farsighted genius, Samuel Colt. The
word pistol is said to have first emerged in sixteenth-century
Europe when the first-ever handheld firearms were manufactured and
designed to be shot from horsebacks. The word is said to have
derived from the French word 'pistolet.' Another story suggests
that it may come from the Czech word, 'pistala,' which translates
to whistle or pipe. Some also say that pistols came from the word,
'pistolese,' which in turn comes from the name of the city
well-known during the Renaissance Era gunsmithing, Pistoia. In the
nineteenth century, revolvers emerged. Samuel Colt in 1835,
received his patent for the first-ever revolver. A year later he
received his patent for the American model. The firearm included
basic principles of revolving breech-loading. In his patent, he
included the folding trigger firearm which was named Colt
Paterson. It is said that Colt never took credit for inventing the
revolver. He believed that he simply designed a more practical
version of Collier's revolving Flintlock. Colt's new design had
interchangeable parts, and the percussion cap made ignition more
reliable, faster, and safer compared to the Flintlock. In 1916,
the Steyr M1912 was born in the Austro-Hungarian empire. The Steyr
M1912 was capable of firing fully automatic rounds. This was a
revolutionary invention that changed the way firearms were
perceived and paved the way for modern weapons. Since then, many
ultra-modern, sophisticated fully-automatic handguns have come up
that have made people who enjoy practicing shooting extremely
happy. Pistol Patent Day was created to mark the anniversary of
the day Samuel Colt received his first pistol patent. On this day,
people look back at the life and times of Samuel Colt and take
inspiration to come out with remarkable new patents.
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Today, February 25, 2026February 25, 2006: #DOTD: #RIP: Darren
McGavin, American set painter, actor of stage, radio, television
and film, best known on radio and television for Casey, Crime
Photographer (1951-1952); on the Broadway stage in My Three Angels
and The Rainmaker (both 1954); on television as the title
character in Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958-1959), Riverboat
(1959-1961), Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-1975) and Murphy
Brown (1988-1998); and on film in Summertime and The Man with the
Golden Arm (both 1955), No Deposit, No Return (1976), Airport '77
(1977), Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978), A Christmas Story (1983),
Happy Hell Night (1992), and Billy Madison (1995) (b. May 7, 1922)
#dies of cardiovascular disease in a Los Angeles hospital, aged
83. He is interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Wife Kathie
Browne-McGavin is buried at another local cemetery just 6 miles
away at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles
County, California. Darren McGavin was born William Lyle
Richardson in Spokane, Washington. He also starred in the film
Hangar 18 (1980) and the television series Ike: The War Years
(1979) and My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
(1985).
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Today, February 25, 2026February 25, 1983: #DOTD: #RIP: Tennessee
Williams, American playwright and poet (b. March 26, 1911) #dies
aged 71 in his suite at the Hotel Elysee in New York. Chief
Medical Examiner of New York City Elliot M. Gross reported that
Williams had choked to death from inhaling the plastic cap of a
bottle of the type used on bottles of nasal spray or eye solution.
The report was later corrected on August 14, 1983, to state that
Williams had been using the plastic cap found in his mouth to
ingest barbiturates and had actually died from a toxic level of
seconal. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery And Mausoleum in Saint
Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri. He was born Thomas Lanier
Williams III in Columbus, Mississippi, of English, Welsh, and
Huguenot ancestry. Tennessee Williams was, along with his
contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, considered among
the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.
After years of obscurity, at age 33 he became suddenly famous with
the success of The Glass Menagerie (1944) in New York City. This
play closely reflected his own unhappy family background. It was
the first of a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named
Desire (1947) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) (both of which won
the Pulitzer Prize), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), and The Night of
the Iguana (1961). With his later work, he attempted a new style
that did not appeal to audiences. His drama A Streetcar Named
Desire is often numbered on short lists of the finest American
plays of the 20th century alongside Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's
Journey into Night and Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman. Much
of Williams' most acclaimed work has been adapted for the cinema.
He also wrote short stories, poetry, essays and a volume of
memoirs. In 1979, four years before his death, Williams was
inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The Bad
Lord Byron (1949) Docudramatic Biography DVD, MP4, USB Drive
Today, February 25, 2026February 25, 1852: #DOTD: Thomas Moore,
also known as Tom Moore, Irish poet and composer, to whom Lord
Byron gave his memoirs with instructions to publish them after his
death as a literary executor, who instead, at the behest of Byron'
family, who thought the memoirs scandalous, was responsible, with
John Murray, for burning them after Byron's death (some "friend"
:/ ) (b. May 28, 1779) #dies at Sloperton Cottage, Bromham,
Wiltshire, England aged 72, having gone senile in December, 1849.
He is buried in St. Nicholas churchyard, Bromham,Wiltshire,
England, within view of his cottage home, beside his daughter
Anastasia (who had died aged 17). His own literary executor, Lord
John Russell, the Whig leader who just four days before Moore's
death had ended his first term as Prime Minister. Russell
dutifully published Moore's papers in accordance with his late
friend's wishes, unlike how Moore had published his friend Byron's
papers. The Memoirs, Journal, and Correspondence of Thomas Moore
appeared in eight volumes, published between 1853 and 1856. Thomas
Moore (d. February 25, 1852) is #born in Dublin, Ireland.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: War
Jets: The Republic F-105 Thunderchief DVD, MP4 Download, USB Drive
Today, February 25, 2026February 25, 1984: Aviation: The History
Of Aviation: The History Of Military Aviation: Aircraft
Retirements: -- The Republic F-105 Thunderchief retires from
service with the last flight of the F-105Ds of the Air Force
Reserve (AFRES) 466th Tactical Fighter Squadron. The Thunderchief
was rapidly withdrawn from USAF service after the end of the
Vietnam War. Of the 833 F-105s built, a combined 395 F-105s were
lost in Southeast Asia, including 334 (296 F-105Ds and 38
two-seaters) lost to enemy action and 61 lost in operational
accidents. Following the war the USAF began transferring the
remaining aircraft to AFRES and Air National Guard (ANG) units. By
the late 1970s, these aging Thunderchiefs were becoming difficult
to maintain. The last F-105Gs with the 128th Tactical Fighter
Squadron of the Georgia ANG were retired on 25 May 1983. The
Republic F-105 Thunderchief is an American supersonic
fighter-bomber used by the United States Air Force. Capable of
Mach 2, it conducted the majority of strike bombing missions
during the early years of the Vietnam War; it was the only
American aircraft to have been removed from combat due to high
loss rates. It was originally designed as a single-seat,
nuclear-attack aircraft; a two-seat Wild Weasel version was later
developed for the specialized Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
(SEAD) role against surface-to-air missile sites. The F-105 was
commonly known as the "Thud" by its crews. As a
follow-on to the Mach 1 capable North American F-100 Super Sabre,
the F-105 was also armed with missiles and a rotary cannon;
however, its design was tailored to high-speed low-altitude
penetration carrying a single nuclear weapon internally. First
flown in 1955, the Thunderchief entered service in 1958. The
single-engine F-105 could deliver a bomb load greater than some
American heavy bombers of World War II such as the Boeing B-17
Flying Fortress and Consolidated B-24 Liberator. The F-105 was one
of the primary attack aircraft of the Vietnam War; over 20,000
Thunderchief sorties were flown, with 382 aircraft lost including
62 operational (non-combat) losses (out of the 833 produced).
Although less agile than smaller MiG fighters, USAF F-105s were
credited with 27.5 kills. During the war, the single-seat F-105D
was the primary aircraft delivering heavy bomb loads against the
various military targets. Meanwhile, the two-seat F-105F and
F-105G Wild Weasel variants became the first dedicated SEAD
platforms, fighting against the Soviet-built S-75 Dvina (NATO
reporting name: SA-2 Guideline) surface-to-air missiles. Two Wild
Weasel pilots were awarded the Medal of Honor for attacking North
Vietnamese surface-to-air missile sites, with one shooting down
two MiG-17s the same day. The dangerous missions often required
them to be the "first in, last out", suppressing enemy
air defenses while strike aircraft accomplished their missions and
then left the area. When the Thunderchief entered service it was
the largest single-seat, single-engine combat aircraft in history,
weighing approximately 50,000 pounds (23,000 kg). It could exceed
the speed of sound at sea level and reach Mach 2 at high altitude.
The F-105 could carry up to 14,000 lb (6,400 kg) of bombs and
missiles. The Thunderchief was later replaced as a strike aircraft
over North Vietnam by both the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
and the swing-wing General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. However, the
"Wild Weasel" variants of the F-105 remained in service
until 1984 after being replaced by the specialized F-4G "Wild
Weasel V".
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Western Tradition TV Series DVD, MP4 Video Download, USB Drive
Today, February 25, 2026February 25, 1634: #DOTD: #RIP: Albrecht
Von Wallenstein, Austrian general and politician, Imperial
generalissimo by land, and Admiral of the Baltic Sea, Bohemian
military leader and Holy Roman Empire Count palatine, who offered
his services, an army of 30,000 to 100,000 men, during the Thirty
Years' War (1618-48), to emperor Ferdinand II, ruler of the lands
of the Duchy of Friedland in northern Bohemia, supreme commander
of the armies of the Habsburg Monarchy and was a major figure of
the Thirty Years' War (b. September 24, 1583) #dies when he is
assassinated at Eger/Cheb in Bohemia by one of the army's
officials, an Irish general, Walter Devereux, with the emperor's
approval. He is buried at The Castle of Mnichovo Hradisti in
Mnichovo Hradiste, Okres Mlada Boleslav, Central Bohemia, Czechia
(modern Czech Republic). Wallenstein found himself released from
the emperor's service on August 13, 1630 after Ferdinand grew wary
of his ambition. Dissatisfied with the Emperor's treatment of him,
Wallenstein considered allying with the Protestants, Several
Protestant victories over Catholic armies induced Ferdinand to
recall Wallenstein, who again turned the war in favor of the
Imperial cause. Wallenstein realised the war could last decades
and, during the summer of 1633, arranged a series of armistices to
negotiate peace. These proved to be his undoing as plotters
accused him of treachery and Emperor Ferdinand II ordered his
assassination. Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius Von Wallenstein, also Von
Waldstein, was born in Hermanice, Kingdom of Bohemia, the
easternmost and largest region in what was then the Holy Roman
Empire, in the present-day Czech Republic, into a poor Protestant
Wallenstein branch of the noble Waldstein family, who owned
Hermanice Castle and seven surrounding villages. The Thirty Years'
War was fought primarily in Central Europe, and was one of the
longest and most destructive conflicts in human history, as well
as the deadliest European religious war in history, resulting in
eight million fatalities.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Nikita
Khrushchev Biography Documentary Set MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, February 25, 2026February 25, 1956: The Soviet Union (The
Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR): The History Of The
Soviet Union: The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union: The
Congress Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union: The 20th
Congress Of The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union: On The Cult
Of Personality And Its Consequences (The Secret Speech): -- On the
last night of the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union that began on February 14, Premier Nikita Khrushchev
condemns Joseph Stalin's crimes and his cult of personality. It
was sharply critical particularly with respect to the purges which
had especially marked the last years of the 1930s. Khrushchev
charged Stalin with having fostered a leadership cult of
personality despite ostensibly maintaining support for the ideals
of communism. The speech was leaked to the west by the Israeli
intelligence agency, the Mossad, which received it from the Polish
journalist Viktor Grievsky.The speech was shocking in its day.
There are reports that the audience reacted with applause and
laughter at several points. There are also reports that some of
those present suffered heart attacks and others later committed
suicide due to shock at the revelations of Stalin's use of terror.
The ensuing confusion among many Soviet citizens, bred on the
panegyrics and permanent praise of the "genius" of
Stalin, was especially apparent in Georgia, Stalin's homeland,
where the days of protests and rioting ended with the Soviet army
crackdown on March 9, 1956. In the West, the speech politically
devastated the organised left; the Communist Party USA alone lost
more than 30K members within weeks of its publication. The speech
was a major cause of the Sino-Soviet split in which China (under
Chairman Mao Zedong) and Albania (under First Secretary Enver
Hoxha) condemned Khrushchev as a revisionist. In response, they
formed the anti-revisionist movement, criticizing the post-Stalin
leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for
allegedly deviating from the path of Lenin and Stalin. The speech
was a milestone in the Khrushchev Thaw. However, it possibly
served Khrushchev's ulterior motives to legitimize and consolidate
his control of the Soviet Union's party and government after
political struggles with Georgy Malenkov and firm Stalin loyalists
such as Vyacheslav Molotov, who were involved to varying degrees
in the purges. The Khrushchev report's "Secret Speech"
name came because it was delivered at an unpublicized closed
session of party delegates, with guests and members of the press
excluded. The text of the Khrushchev report was widely discussed
in party cells in early March, often with the participation of
non-party members; however, the official Russian text was openly
published only in 1989 during the glasnost campaign of the Soviet
leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Second Russian Revolution TV Series DVD, Video Download, USB Drive
Today, February 25, 2026February 25, 2020: #DOTD: Dmitry Yazov,
Marshal Of The Soviet Union, veteran of the Great Patriotic War,
Minister Of Defence from 1987 until he was arrested for his part
in the 1991 August Coup, four months before the fall of the Soviet
Union (b. November 8, 1924) #dies, the last living Marshal of the
Soviet Union at the time of his death in Moscow at the age of 95,
following what the Defence Ministry of Russia called "a
serious and prolonged illness". He is buried at the Federal
Military Memorial Cemetery outside Moscow. Dmitry Yazov was born
Dmitry Timofeyevich Yazov in the village of Lyebyezhye (modern
Yazovo), Krestinsky Volost, Kalachinsky District, Omsk province.
Yazov was the last person to be appointed to the rank of Marshal
of the Soviet Union on April 28, 1990, the only Marshal born in
Siberia.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title:
Portraits Of Power: Gamal Abdel Nasser DVD, Video Download, USB
Drive
Today, February 25, 2026February 25, 1954: Egyptian History:
Modern Egyptian History: Gamal Abdel Nasser's Seizure Of Power: --
Gamal Abdel Nasser is made premier of Egypt. Gamal Abdel Nasser,
Egyptian colonel and politician, was the second President of
Egypt, serving from 1956 until his death. Nasser led the 1952
overthrow of the monarchy and introduced far-reaching land reforms
the following year. Following a 1954 attempt on his life by a
Muslim Brotherhood member, he cracked down on the organization,
put President Muhammad Naguib under house arrest, and assumed
executive office, officially becoming president in June 1956.
Nasser's popularity in Egypt and the Arab world skyrocketed after
his nationalization of the Suez Canal and his political victory in
the subsequent Suez Crisis. Calls for pan-Arab unity under his
leadership increased, culminating with the formation of the United
Arab Republic with Syria (1958-1961). In 1962, Nasser began a
series of major socialist measures and modernization reforms in
Egypt. Despite setbacks to his pan-Arabist cause, by 1963 Nasser's
supporters gained power in several Arab countries, but he became
embroiled in the North Yemen Civil War. He began his second
presidential term in March 1965 after his political opponents were
banned from running. Following Egypt's defeat by Israel in the
1967 Six-Day War, Nasser resigned, but he returned to office after
popular demonstrations called for his reinstatement. By 1968,
Nasser had appointed himself prime minister, launched the War of
Attrition to regain lost territory, began a process of
depoliticizing the military, and issued a set of political
liberalization reforms. After the conclusion of the 1970 Arab
League summit, Nasser suffered a heart attack and died. His
funeral in Cairo drew five million mourners and an outpouring of
grief across the Arab world. Nasser remains an iconic figure in
the Arab world, particularly for his strides towards social
justice and Arab unity, modernization policies, and
anti-imperialist efforts. His presidency also encouraged and
coincided with an Egyptian cultural boom, and launched large
industrial projects, including the Aswan Dam and Helwan City.
Nasser's detractors criticize his authoritarianism, his human
rights violations and his dominance of military over civil
institutions, establishing a pattern of military and dictatorial
rule in Egypt.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: The
Controversial Dr. Koop (1989) DVD, Video Download, USB Flash Drive
Today, February 25, 2026February 25, 2013: #DOTD: #RIP: C.
Everett Koop, American admiral, pediatric surgeon and public
health administrator, 13th United States Surgeon General (b.
October 14, 1916) #dies at the age of 96 at his home in Hanover,
New Hampshire. According to a Koop aide, he had been ill for
several months and had suffered kidney failure the previous week.
No official determination of cause of death has yet been
announced. He is buried at Pine Knoll Cemetery in Hanover, Grafton
County, New Hampshire. Charles Everett Koop was born Charles
Everett Koop in Brooklyn, New York. He was vice admiral in the
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and served as Surgeon
General under President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1989. According
to the Associated Press, "Koop was the only surgeon general
to become a household name." Koop was known for his work on
tobacco use, AIDS, and abortion, and for his support of the rights
of disabled children. The Surgeon General Of The United States is
the operational head of the U.S. Public Health Service
Commissioned Corps (PHSCC) and thus the leading spokesperson on
matters of public health in the federal government of the United
States. The Surgeon General's office and staff are known as the
Office of the Surgeon General (OSG) which is housed within the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. The U.S. Surgeon
General is nominated by the president of the United States and
confirmed by the Senate. The surgeon general must be appointed
from individuals who (1) are members of the regular corps of the
U.S. Public Health Service, and (2) have specialized training or
significant experience in public health programs. The Surgeon
General serves a four-year term of office and, depending on
whether the current assistant secretary for health is a Public
Health Service commissioned officer, is either the senior or next
most senior uniformed officer of the commissioned corps, holding
the rank of a vice admiral.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Al
Capone Documentary Biography MP4 Video Download DVD
Today, February 25, 2026February 25, 1957: #DOTD: Bugs Moran,
American Chicago Prohibition-era gangster mob boss (b. August 21,
1893) #dies of lung cancer a few months into his 10-year sentence
at Leavenworth Prison in Kansas at the age of 63. He is buried at
The United States Penitentiary Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas. He
was born Adelard Cunin to a French immigrant father, Jules Adelard
Cunin, and a mother of Canadian descent, Marie Diana Gobeil, in
Saint Paul, Minnesota. George Clarence Moran was head of the North
Side Gang of Chicago, also known as the North Side Mob. He was
incarcerated three times before turning 21. On February 14, 1929,
in an event that has become known as the Saint Valentine's Day
Massacre, seven members of his gang were gunned down in a
warehouse, supposedly on the orders of Moran's rival Al Capone.
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Today's
EarthStation1.com #OnThisDay Commemorative Memorial Title: Women
Of Courage: The WASP Aviators Of WWII DVD MP4 Download USB Drive
Today, February 25, 2026February 24, 2022: #DOTD: #RIP: Deanie
Parrish (sometimes spelled as Parish), US air force pilot who
served as a WASP pilot during World War II, known for being one of
Florida's first female air force aviators (b. February 25, 1922)
#dies one day before her 100th birthday. Public services were held
at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Blvd., Waco,
Texas, and a private graveside service with military honors was be
at Waco Memorial Park on March 4, 2022, as Deanie requested.
Deanie Parrish was born Marie Odean Bishop in Avon Park, Florida.
She joined the air force aged 21, and after earning her wings,
worked as an engineering test pilot at Greenville air force base.
She later retrained to tow target planes during training
exercises. She married a career USAF pilot who had been a combat
pilot who evaded capture after being shot down in Yugoslavia. They
had two daughters. She spent much of her life after the WASP's
were disbanded as a hospital volunteer. In later life she worked
to commemorate the efforts made by female pilots towards the war
effort during WWII. Her work directly resulted in the Women
Airforce Service Pilots being awarded a Congressional Gold Medal
in 2010, she accepted the award on behalf of the 1074 WASP
aviators. Deanie was inducted into the WAI Pioneer Hall of Fame in
2015. Parish has been highly influential in the efforts to get the
work of the WASP's recognised, and has organised several websites,
written books and created initiatives to achieve this, and even
written a rap song about the WASP's, "The Right Stuff".
The medal ceremony on capitol hill was attended by over 200
surviving WASP personnel. The award comes 65 years after the
service was disbanded. The WASP's (known as "fly girls")
were volunteer pilots who flew military aircraft around America
during the second world war to allow more USAF pilots to fly
frontline missions in Europe, they were recognised as a military
group in 1977, and their contribution to the war effort recognised
with the Congressional Gold Medal in 2010. The medal was presented
by congressional officials and accepted by Deanie Parish on behalf
of the WASP's.
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