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Today in History
Today is Thursday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2021. There are 309 days left in the year.
TodayÃs Highlight in History:
On Feb. 25, 1986, President Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines after 20 years of rule in the wake of a tainted election; Corazon Aquino assumed the presidency.
On this date:
In 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.
In 1901, United States Steel Corp. was incorporated by J.P. Morgan.
In 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.
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Former President Fidel V. Ramos on Wednesday urged Filipinos to continue observing nationalism and to embody the "spirit" of the 1986 People Power Revolution, ahead of its anniversary on Thursday.