User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/February 25

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.