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  February 25
1836: Samuel Colt patented his revolver. 1837: Thomas Davenport patented the first
practical DC electric motor. 1870:
Hiram Revels,
a Republican from MS, became the first black member of the United States Senate.
1896: German chemist Ida Noddack, who co-discovered
rhenium (named
after the Rhine River), was born. 1901: United States Steel Corp. was incorporated
by J.P. Morgan. 1908: The first tunnel under the Hudson River (Hudson & Manhattan railway tunnel) opened. 1928: The
Federal Radio Commission (FRC) issued the first U.S. television
license for Jenkins Laboratories. 1933: The 1st aircraft carrier,
USS Ranger (CV-4),
was launched. 1952: Brittan's
Windscale
plutonium plant began producing plutonium at Sellafield, on the Irish Sea coast.
1964: French aircraft designer
Maurice Farman
died. 1987: Arthur (Art) Collins, of Collins Radio Company, died.
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