User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/February 25
- 1836 - Samuel Colt receives an American patent for the Colt revolver.
- 1921 - The Democratic Republic of Georgia is occupied by Soviet Russia.
- 1933 - The USS Ranger is launched, becoming the first custom-built aircraft carrier.
- 1991 - Gulf War: An Iraqi Scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 US Marines.