February 25 - This day in History

February 25: General Interest
1964: Clay knocks out Liston

On February 25, 1964, 22-year-old Cassius Clay shocks the odds-makers by dethroning world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout... read more


American Revolution
1779 : British surrender Fort Sackville
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-surrender-fort-sackville


Automotive
1938 : Miami drive-in debuts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/miami-drive-in-debuts


Civil War
1862 : U.S. Congress passes Legal Tender Act
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/legal-tender-act-passed


Cold War
1948 : Communists take power in Czechoslovakia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/communists-take-power-in-czechoslovakia


Crime
1949 : Actor Robert Mitchum is released after serving time for marijuana possession
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actor-robert-mitchum-is-released-after-serving-time-for-marijuana-possession


Disaster
1984 : Explosion kills hundreds in Brazil
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/explosion-kills-hundreds-in-brazil


General Interest
1870 : African American congressman sworn in
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/african-american-congressman-sworn-in

1986 : Marcos flees the Philippines
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marcos-flees-the-philippines


Hollywood
2004 : The Passion of the Christ opens in the United States
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-passion-of-the-christ-opens-in-the-united-states


Literary
1956 : Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes meet
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sylvia-plath-and-ted-hughes-meet


Music
1873 : Enrico Caruso, the greatest tenor who ever lived, is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/enrico-caruso-the-greatest-tenor-who-ever-lived-is-born


Old West
1848 : Railroad baron Edward Harriman is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/railroad-baron-edward-harriman-is-born


Presidential
1828 : John Quincy Adams' son marries relative at the White House
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-quincy-adams-son-marries-relative-at-the-white-house


Sports
1964 : Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cassius-clay-defeats-sonny-liston


Vietnam War
1971 : Congress moves to block widening of the war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-moves-to-block-widening-of-the-war

1972 : U.S. troops fight biggest battle in nearly a year
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-troops-fight-biggest-battle-in-nearly-a-year


World War I
1916 : German troops capture Fort Douaumont (Verdun)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/german-troops-capture-fort-douaumont-verdun


World War II
1890 : Molotov is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/molotov-is-born