THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Today is Thursday, February 25, the 56th day of 2010. There are 309 days left in the year.

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

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

1910 _ Dali 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

1926 _ Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords

1932 _ Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship

1956 _ Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference

1969 _ Beatles begin recording for the Abbey Road album

1988 _ South Korea adopts constitution