Today in history 25

Here are some historical events that occurred on February 25th:

1755: The Lisbon earthquake, one of the deadliest earthquakes in history, strikes Lisbon, Portugal, killing an estimated 10,000 to 100,000 people.

1862: The Homestead Act is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln, allowing settlers to claim up to 160 acres of public land for free, provided they live on it and farm it for five years.

1919: The Paris Peace Conference opens, marking the beginning of the Treaty of Versailles negotiations, which will end World War I.

1945: The Yalta Conference ends, with the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union agreeing on post-war reorganization and the formation of the United Nations.

1964: The Beatles arrive in the United States for the first time, landing at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

1986: The Soviet Union launches the Mir space station, which will remain in orbit until 2001.

2013: The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft becomes the first to orbit a comet, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

These are just a few of the many events that have occurred on February 25th throughout history.