February 25

Events

 * 1927 - A new telephone long distance record of 7,287 miles was established in a conversation between parties in San Francisco, California and London



Births

 * 1890 - Dame Myra Hess, English pianist (d. 1965)
 * 1918 - Rena Kyriakou, Greek pianist (d. 1994)
 * 1927 - Ralph Stanley, American musician
 * 1932 - Faron Young, American singer (d. 1996)
 * 1943 - George Harrison, English musician (The Beatles) (d. 2001)
 * 1945 - Herbert Léonard, French singer
 * 1945 - Elkie Brooks, English singer
 * 1947 - Doug Yule, American bass guitarist (The Velvet Underground)
 * 1952 - Jerry Chamberlain, American musician
 * 1954 - John Doe, American musician
 * 1959 - Mike Peters, Welsh musician (The Alarm)
 * 1960 - Tony Grimaud, Maltese-born singer and songwriter
 * 1965 - Brian Baker, American guitarist
 * 1968 - Evridiki, Greek Cypriot singer
 * 1971 - Dave Harris, American disc jockey
 * 1971 - Daniel Powter, Canadian musician
 * 1973 - Justin Jeffre, American singer (98 Degrees)
 * 1973 - Julio José Iglesias, Spanish singer
 * 1976 - Chris Pitman, American keyboardist and member of Guns N' Roses
 * 1977 - Sarah Jezebel Deva, English singer
 * 1982 - Bert McCracken, American singer (The Used)
 * 1984 - Lovefoxxx, Brazilian singer (CSS)
 * 1986 - Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer