MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Today is Monday, February 25, the 56th day of 2008. There are 310 days left in the year.

1803 _ 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states

1804 _ Jefferson nominated for President at Democratic-Republican caucus

1907 _ George Bernard Shaw's ``Philanderer" premieres in London

1926 _ Kuomintang declares war on government, warlords

1932 _ Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship

1945 _ U.S. aircraft carriers attack Tokyo

1954 _ Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier

1956 _ Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference

1963 _ Beatles release their first single in US ``Please, please me"

1988 _ South Korea adopts constitution