Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On February 25, 1964, a brash 22-year-old shocked boxing by dethroning Sonny Liston — and soon became Muhammad Ali.
On February 25, 1956, Khrushchev stunned a closed Party session by exposing Stalin's terror, cracking the Soviet myth.
On February 25, 1837, a Vermont blacksmith won U.S. Patent No. 132 for a working electric motor — a world first.
