On this day: February 25
POSTED: 08:08 PM PST Feb 24, 2013
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Feb 24, 2013
Samuel Colt patents his revolver, the first black U.S. senator takes his seat, Muhammad Ali wins his first heavyweight title, and Ferdinand Marcos flees the Philippines, all on this day.
National Archives and Records Administration
1888: John Foster Dulles, who served as U.S. secretary of state under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1959 and was a significant figure in the early Cold War era, is born in Washington, D.C. The Washington Dulles International Airport, located in Dulles, Va., is named in his honor. He's seen here with Eisenhower in 1956.
