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What Happened In February 1925 In History

Historical Events for February, 1925

  • 2nd » 1925 serum run to Nome known as Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race named Iditarod race.
  • 15th » 1925 serum run to Nome: The serum arrives in Nome, Alaska, with Balto being the lead dog of the last team.
  • 21st » 'The New Yorker' publishes its first issue.
  • 28th » The 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake known as Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1925

  • 2nd » Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
  • 3rd » Keith Dunstan, Australian journalist and author (d. 2013)
  • 3rd » John Fiedler, American actor (d. 2005)
  • 3rd » Leon Schlumpf, Swiss politician (d. 2012)
  • 4th » Russell Hoban, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
  • 4th » Stanley Karnow, American journalist and historian (d. 2013)
  • 4th » Gerald Sim, English actor
  • 4th » Christopher Zeeman, Japanese-English mathematician and academic
  • 6th » Donald Mitchell (writer) or Donald Mitchell, English musicologist and academic
  • 6th » Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author (d. 2006)
  • 7th » Hans Schmidt (wrestler) known as Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (d. 2012)
  • 8th » Jack Lemmon, American actor, singer, and director (d. 2001)
  • 9th » John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian
  • 9th » Burkhard Heim, German physicist (d. 2001)
  • 10th » Pierre Mondy, French actor and director (d. 2012)
  • 11th » Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist (d. 2013)
  • 11th » Kim Stanley, American actress (d. 2001)
  • 12th » Anthony Berry, English politician (d. 1984)
  • 16th » Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
  • 17th » Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
  • 17th » Hal Holbrook, American actor and director
  • 18th » Marcel Barbeau, Canadian painter and sculptor
  • 18th » Jack Gilbert, American poet (d. 2012)
  • 18th » George Kennedy, American actor
  • 20th » Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
  • 20th » Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Makuuchi Yokozuna known as Yokozuna (d. 1990)
  • 20th » Heinz Kluncker, German union leader (d. 2005)
  • 21st » Sam Peckinpah, American director and screenwriter (d. 1984)
  • 21st » Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014)
  • 22nd » Edward Gorey, American illustrator and poet (d. 2000)
  • 22nd » Gerald Stern, American poet and academic
  • 24th » Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
  • 25th » Janaky Athi Nahappan, Malaysian captain and politician (d. 2014)
  • 26th » Everton Weekes, Barbadian cricketer and referee
  • 26th » Selma Archerd, American actress
  • 27th » Samuel Dash, American politician (d. 2004)
  • 27th » Hardrock Gunter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
  • 28th » Harry H. Corbett, Burmese-English actor (d. 1982)

Famous Deaths for February 1925

  • 2nd » Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
  • 2nd » Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
  • 23rd » Samuel Berger (boxer) named Samuel Berger, American boxer (b. 1884)
  • 24th » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
  • 28th » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (1919–1945) known as President of Germany (b. 1871)

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