THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021

1751-First performing monkey exhibited in America, NYC (admission 1￠)

1799-First federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land

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

1862-Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in U.S. by President Abraham Lincoln

1896-Italian government decides to attack governor Baratieri of Eritrea

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

1919-Oregon is first state to tax gasoline (1￠ per gallon)

1945-U.S. aircraft carriers attack Tokyo

1952-Sixth Winter Olympics games close at Oslo, Norway

1968-430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea

1988-South Korea adopts constitution

1995-Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed)

1998-Switzerland's first legal brothel opens in Zurich