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February 25: Day of the Week
February 25, 2024 was the 56th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 310 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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Here’s the February calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
February 25 Historical Event(s)
1866
Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover what is now called the Calaveras Skull, human remains that supposedly indicated that man, mastodons, and elephants had co-existed.
1912
Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
1928
Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission.
1932
Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.
1947
The State of Prussia ceases to exist.
1964
North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il-sung calls for the removal of feudalistic land ownership aimed at turning all cooperative farms into state-run ones.
1968
Vietnam War: 135 unarmed citizens of Ha My village in South Vietnam’s Quảng Nam Province are killed and buried en masse by South Korean troops in what would come to be known as the Ha My massacre.
1971
The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, the first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online.
1992
Khojaly massacre: about 613 civilians are killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan
1994
Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors.
Who were born on February 25?
1903
King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
1923
Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (d. 2009)
1942
Karen Grassle, American actress
1943
Wilson da Silva Piazza, Brazilian footballer
1950
Neil Jordan, Irish director
1952
Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000)
1964
Lee Evans, English comedian
1975
Chelsea Handler, American comedian and actress
1981
Park Ji-Sung, South Korean footballer
1988
Jimmy Monaghan, Irish musician
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