FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Today is Friday, February 25, the 56th day of 2011. There are 309 days left in the year.

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

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

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

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

1919 ― League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty

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

1932 ― Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship

1954 ― Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier

1956 ― Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference

1986 ― Corazon Aquino becomes President of Philippines; Former Philippines President Ferdinand E. Marcos flees in defeat