Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 1836 | Samuel Colt is granted an United States patent for the Colt revolver. | Rage Against the Machine | Revolver | Evil Empire |
2 | 1866 | Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover what is now called the Calaveras Skull, human remains that supposedly indicated that man, mastodons, and elephants had co-existed. | 7 Seconds | Rock Together (Live) | The Crew |
3 | 1956 | In his speech On the Personality Cult and its Consequences Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin. | Lloyd Price | Personality | Mr. Personality |
4 | 1964 | Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) dethroned Sonny Liston in the Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston world heavyweight boxing title, Ali's 20th pro boxing fight and first heavyweight title. | Unwed Sailor | The Floating Waltz | Marionette and the Music Box |
5 | 1964 | North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il-sung calls for the removal of feudalistic land ownership aimed at turning all cooperative farms into state-run ones. | Carolina Tar Heels | Got the Farm Land Blues | Anthology of American Folk Music |
(Historical facts about February 25 are from Wikipedia.)
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