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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.

OTD February 25 - King Clancy — 10 / 40

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1903: Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Francis Michael "King" Clancy, who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs and won three Stanley Cup championships, is born Francis in Ottawa, Canada.

OTD February 25 - Queen Elizabeth I

OTD February 25 - Daniel Greysolon

OTD February 25 - Colt revolver patent

OTD February 25 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir

OTD February 25 - Calaveras Skull

OTD February 25 - Hiram Rhodes Revels

OTD February 25 - John Foster Dulles

OTD February 25 - US Steel

OTD February 25 - Zeppo Marx

OTD February 25 - King Clancy

OTD February 25 - 16th Amendment

OTD February 25 - Jim Backus

OTD February 25 - Anthony Burgess

OTD February 25 - Bobby Riggs

OTD February 25 - gas tax

OTD February 25 - Sun Myung Moon

OTD February 25 - Adolf Hitler

OTD February 25 - Faron Young

OTD February 25 - USS Ranger

OTD February 25 - hockey telecast

OTD February 25 - John Saul

OTD February 25 - Ric Flair

OTD February 25 - Neil Jordan

OTD February 25 - PanAmerican Games

OTD February 25 - John Doe

OTD February 25 - Khrushchev

OTD February 25 - Bugs Moran

OTD February 25 - Muhammad Ali

OTD February 25 - Carrot Top

OTD February 25 - Tea Leoni

OTD February 25 - Sean Astin

OTD February 25 - Chelsea Handler

OTD February 25 - Rashida Jones

OTD February 25 - Slap Shot

OTD February 25 - Tennessee Williams

OTD February 25 - Ferdinand Marcos

OTD February 25 - Jersey Joe Walcott

OTD February 25 - Haing S Ngor

OTD February 25 - Dennis Rader

OTD February 25 - The Departed

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