What happend on 25th February

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26.02
1925

Glacier Bay National Monument is established in Alaska.

1921

The Democratic Republic of Georgia is occupied by the Soviet Russia.

1919

Oregon places a 1 cent per US gallon (0.26 ¢/l)tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.

1913

The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing a graduated income tax, is ratified.

1912

Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.

1901

J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.

1870

Hiram Rhoades Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.

1837

First US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport

1836

Samuel Colt receives an American patent for the Colt revolver.

1793

George Washington holds the first Cabinet meeting as President of the United States.