February 25th

• 1814

  Australia introduces its first currency, the holey dollar, made from modified Spanish coins.

• 1836

  Samuel Colt patents the first multi-shot revolver with a revolving cylinder.

• 1838

  A London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours.

• 1862

  US Bureau of Engraving and Printing formed to print new US paper currency.

• 1862

  First Legal Tender Act authorizes the United States Note (greenback) as legal tender.

• 1901

  US Steel Corporation organized under J. P. Morgan, Sr.

• 1925

  Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska.

• 1933

  Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox for $1.25 million.

• 1940

  First televised hockey game in US: NY Rangers defeat Montreal Canadians at Madison Square Garden. View Post →

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• 1977

  Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons.

• 1999

  British chef Gordon Ramsay gains fame with TV documentary 'Boiling Point'.

• 2018

  Olympic Athletes from Russia win ice hockey gold at Pyeongchang Olympics.

• 1919

  Oregon becomes the first state to tax gasoline, at 1 cent per gallon.

• 1964

  Young Muhammad Ali defeats Sonny Liston for his first world title.