WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Today is Wednesday, February 25, the 56th day of 2009. There are 309 days left in the year.

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

1804 _ Jefferson nominated for president at Democratic-Republican caucus

1837 _ First U.S. electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport

1910 _ Dalai Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies

1919 _ League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty

1926 _ Francisco Franco becomes General of Spain

1932 _ Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship

1945 _ U.S. aircraft carriers attack Tokyo

1971 _ ``Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 1,316 performances

1988 _ South Korea adopts constitution