February 25 - this day in history

On February 25, 1836, American inventor Samuel Colt received a patent for a six-shooter for shooting, which became a symbol of the American Wild West, the Colt revolver.

1856 - the Paris Congress began, crowned by the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

1918 - At the meeting of the Central Council in Korosten, a law was passed on the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in Ukraine.

1928 - The laboratory of Charles Jenkins in Washington received the first television license.

1940 - The first broadcast of the hockey match between the NHL clubs “New York Rangers” and “Montreal Canadiens” took place.

1964 - in Miami Beach (Florida), in the seventh round of the battle for the world heavyweight title, 22-year-old American Cassius Clay knocked out his compatriot Sonny Liston by technical knockout.

1986 - Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson's song “We Are the World”, recorded by the forty best pop singers in the world, won four Grammy awards.