📜 This Day in History

February 25

• 138Roman emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius as his son and successor following the death of Hadrian's first adopted son Lucius Aelius.
• 1843Royal Navy captain Lord George Paulet began a five-month occupation of the Hawaiian Islands.
• 1933USS Ranger, the United States Navy's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, was launched.
• 1951After being postponed due to World War II, the inaugural edition of the Pan American Games opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1986Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda were ousted from power by the non-violent People Power Revolution, with Corazon Aquino succeeding as president.
• 2020Hong Kong–based writer and publisher Gui Minhai, known for writing about Chinese Communist Party politicians, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for intelligence violations.

Born on this day

• 1707Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and composer (died 1793)
• 1841Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (died 1919)
• 1871Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poet and playwright (died1913)
• 1943George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and film producer (died 2001)