Today in History for 14th February 2025
Historical Events
1804 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general who plotted to overthrow Napoleon in the Pichegru Conspiracy, arrested, and exiled to the United States
1903 – President Theodore Roosevelt signs bill into law establishing US Department of Commerce and Labor
1973 – Muhammad Ali beats British heavyweight boxing champion Joe Bugner by unanimous points decision in 12 rounds at Las Vegas Convention Centre
1989 – World’s 1st satellite Skyphone opens
1991 – NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration
1993 – 35th Daytona 500: Dale Jarrett, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing, wins from Dale Earnhardt and Geoff Bodine
Famous Birthdays
1515 – Frederick III, the Pious, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, born in Simmern, Germany (d. 1576)
1941 – Paul Tsongas, American politician (Sen-D-Mass), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 1997)
1945 – Vic Briggs, British guitarist (The Animals, 1966-68), and producer; later known as Antion Vikram Singh, he created Sikhi devotional and Hawaiian music, born in Twickenham, England (d. 2021)
1972 – Drew Bledsoe, American football quarterback (4 × Pro Bowl; NFL passing yards leader 1994 NE Patriots), born in Ellensburg, Washington
1978 – Dean Gaffney, British actor, born in Hammersmith, London
1994 – Paul Butcher, American actor, born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Deaths
1929 – Tom Burke, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 400m 1896), dies at 53
1990 – Graeme Hole, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests, 6 x 50; NSW CA), dies from cancer at 59
1996 – Lady Caroline Blackwood, British journalist and writer (The Last of the Duchess), dies at 64
1996 – Eva Hart, British Titanic passenger, one of last living survivors, dies at 91
2014 – Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch politician and editor-in-chief of “Elsevier”, dies at 80
2021 – Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian three-star general in the Securitate, who defected to the US, dies of Covid-19 at 92
