Today is Monday, February 25, the 56th day of 2013. 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
1956 ― Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference
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
1998 ― Switzerland’s first legal brothel opens in Zurich