TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Feb. 25, 1793

President George Washington held the first Cabinet meeting on record at his Mount Vernon home; attending were Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of War Henry Knox and Attorney General Edmund Randolph.

ALSO ON THIS DATE

1507

England’s Queen Elizabeth I was excommunicated by Pope Pius V, who accused the monarch of heresy.

1836

Inventor Samuel Colt patented his revolver.

1913

The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving Congress the power to levy and collect income taxes, was declared in effect by Secretary of State Philander Chase Knox.

1943

Allied troops reoccupied the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia after clashing with German troops during World War II.

1964

Muhammad Ali became world heavyweight boxing champion as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.

1991

During the Persian Gulf War, 28Americans were killed when an Iraqi Scud missile hit a U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

1994

American-born Jewish settler Baruch Goldstein opened fire with an automatic rifle inside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank, killing 29Muslims before he was beaten to death by worshippers.

2013

A high-stakes civil trial started in New Orleans to assign blame and help figure out exactly howmuch more BP and other companies should pay for the 2010Gulf oil spill.