Historical Events on February 25

1836 Colt

Here are some historical events that took place on February 25: 

1570 - Pope Pius V excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I of England with the papal bull "Regnans in Excelsis," which declared her a heretic and her subjects released from allegiance to her. 

1836 - Samuel Colt received a patent for his revolver, the Colt Paterson. 

1862 - Paper currency (greenbacks) was issued for the first time in the United States by the federal government. 

1870 - Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress. 

1901 - J.P. Morgan incorporated the United States Steel Corporation, combining Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company with Federal Steel Company and a few other steel companies. 

1913 - The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution was declared in effect, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect income taxes. 

1948 - Communist coup in Czechoslovakia: The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia took control of the government in a coup d'état. 

1956 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev criticized the late Joseph Stalin in a speech before a Communist Party congress in Moscow. 

1964 - Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) became the world heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Sonny Liston in a major upset in Miami Beach, Florida. 

1986 - People Power Revolution: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino became president. 

1991 - The Warsaw Pact was declared disbanded as the Soviet Union was collapsing. 

2005 - Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami, resigned amid large anti-Syrian protests in Beirut. 

2011 - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 185 people and injuring several thousand others. 

2013 - Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was charged with murder after shooting and killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in Pretoria, South Africa. 

2020 - Harvey Weinstein, the former Hollywood producer, was found guilty of third-degree rape and first-degree criminal sexual act in a New York court. 

These are just a few events from different years on February 25th, showcasing a range of significant moments in history.