TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Today is Tuesday, February 25, the 56th day of 2014. There are 309 days left in the year.

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

1910 — Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies

1919 — League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty

1923 — Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark

1932 — Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship

1957 — Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport

1964 — Cassius Clay, a 7-1 underdog, TKOs champion Sonny Liston in the 7th round to win the world heavyweight championship

1971 — “Oh! Calcutta!” opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 1,316 performances

1986 — Corazon Aquino becomes President of Philippines; Former Philippines

President Ferdinand E. Marcos flees in defeat

1988 — South Korea adopts constitution