[February 23rd, 1925] A logging train in Hobart, Washington, ran out of control down a steep grade, killing 35-year-old Nick Karis and seriously injuring 4 others, including fractures and head injuries.
[February 23rd, 1925] Major General James Harrison Wilson died in Wilmington, Delaware. He was a Union army corps commander and a member of Gen. Grant's staff. He was 87.
[February 23rd, 1925] Rev. Joel Hastings Metcalf, a distinguished astronomer, former pastor and WWI veteran, dies suddenly of angina pectoris at 59.
[February 23rd, 1925] General formation of troops on Red Square in honor of the seventh anniversary of the Red Army
[February 23rd, 1925] A severe heat wave in Queensland reaches record temperatures: 130°F at Cloncurry, 100.7°F in Brisbane, with 6 reported deaths.
A North East school dinner menu in the UK on February 25, 1980
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22nd of February 1775. General Thomas Gage sent Ensign Henry De Berniere and Captain John Brown on a mission to study the topography of Concord, what supplies local Patriots were storing, and to take notice of the roads to Worcester including landmarks and waterways.
22nd of February 1775. Orders were given by Lord Dunmore of Virginia to build a "Ducking Stool" at the confluence of the Three Rivers. This humiliating Medieval torture device was used to punish scolding wives and those accused of witchcraft in Pittsburgh.
[February 22nd, 1925] The British biplane Gloster Gamecock takes its first flight
[February 22nd, 1925] House of Representatives: A prayer was offered for Julius Kahn, a Representative who passed away on December 18, thanking God for his life, service, and leadership, and invoking blessings on his wife to continue his legacy.
[February 22nd, 1925] Peruvian physician and politician Enrique C. Basadre Stevenson dies in Lima at the age of 77.
[February 22nd, 1925] Is religion losing out to jazz? Cardinal Patrick Hayes blames youth's moral slump on the "jazz age" and parents who have "let down the bars", leading to an increase in juvenile crime, particularly among young girls, who are the church's main concern.
[February 22nd, 1925] The British two-seat touring and training aircraft de Havilland DH.60 Moth takes its first flight
[February 21st, 1925] Eugene V. Debs leads progressive convention transformation, urges Labor Party formation, and criticizes alleged Socialist funding failures.
[February 21st, 1925] UK free libraries remove dictionaries from shelves due to puzzle seekers damaging them. Museums also exclude them, leading to 25% decline in novel sales.
[February 21st, 1925] Olympic runners Joie Ray and Paavo Nurmi beside Pres. Calvin Coolidge at the White House
[February 21st, 1925] Scientists find value in seaweed, potential foods including shredded seaweed and sea moss, which can be nutritious and improve diets.
[February 21st, 1925] " "DOG'S BAR" IN PARIS, MAINTAINED AT CLARIDGE'S HOTEL IN THE CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES" (The Sphere, London)
[February 21st, 1925] Two men killed, four injured in oil barge explosion near Philadelphia's Schuylkill River
[February 21st, 1925] A former Mexican soldier, 27, killed 6 people, including patients and hospital staff, after becoming violent from marijuana use.
21st of February 1825. "Work without Hope" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
21st of February 1825. Thomas Jefferson's letter to Thomas Jefferson Smith
[February 21st, 1925] The first issue of The New Yorker, a new humorous and satirical magazine targeting a middlebrow audience, is published.
20th of February 1775. Lord North's motion to suspend coercive measures against America is praised as a strategic and humane policy. It incorporates conciliatory elements from Lord Chatham's plan, upholds British supremacy, and allows America to avoid war by taxing itself if required.
