- 1836] Run and gun: Inventor Samuel Colt receives a patent for the Colt .45 - the gun not the malt liquor...
- 1940] Dropping the puck: The Rangers and Montreal play the first televised NHL game on W2XBS in New York, using just one camera in a fixed position. The Rangers beat the Canadiens 6-2 at Madison Square Garden...
- 1950] Debuted on this date: "Your Show of Shows" debuts on NBC-TV. Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris become household names. Woody Allen, Mel Brooks and Neil Simon were writers on the show...
- 1964] Eat your words: That's what Cassius Clay told Sonny Liston after upsetting Liston to win the heavyweight crown. Liston couldn't answer the bell for round 7...
- 1983] 'Happy Trails': Playwright Tennessee Williams is found in his New York hotel suite after choking on a bottle cap. Williams was 71...
- 1989] This Cowboy gets roped: After 29 seasons and 2 Super Bowl Championships as Dallas coach, Tom Landry is dumped by new Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Jimmy Johnson replaces Landry...
- 1994] Holy Cow: That was the reaction by Phil Rizzuto when told he was finally elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame at age 76...
- 1994] Lucy faced: Bad girl Tonya Harding puts the 'Peanuts' Lucy face on when a last-minute loose skate lace turns her from lutzing contender to klutzy pretender in the Olympics...
- 1997] Guilty as charged: A jury in Media (PA) convicts multimillionaire John E. DuPont of third-degree murder but decides he was mentally ill when killing world-class wrestler and neighbor, David Schultz...2005] Municipal employee and church leader Dennis Rader is arrested for the BTK serial killings that terrorized Wichita, Kansas. Rader is now serving 10 years to life...
- 2000] Acquitted: A jury in Albany (NY) acquits four NYPD officers of second-degree murder and lesser charges in the February, 1999 shooting death of Amadou Diallo...For more on February 25th:
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