Historical Events In February - 25

1979  Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on February - 25.   

1980  Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname on February - 25.   

1981  L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain on February - 25.   

1981  The Calgary Flames score 11 goals against New York Islanders on this day in history.   

1981  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1982  Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs on February - 25.   

1982  House of Commons starts inquiry into bank profits, in wake of record interest rates on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph)   

1982  J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history john Cowles Sr, US publisher, dies at 84   

1984  On this day in history oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500   

1986  Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao on this day in history.   

1986  Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos flees after 20 years of rule, following that country's national election; Corazon Aquino was elected successor on February - 25.   

1986  President Marcos of the Philipines escapes to the United States on February - 25.   

1986  Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel on February - 25.   

1987  US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action on February - 25.   

1987  On this day in history james Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58   

1988  On February - 25 bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester MA   

1988  South Korea adopts constitution on February - 25.   

1988  Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78 on February - 25.   

1989  On this day in history first independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms   

1989  On this day in history lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt)   

1989  On February - 25 mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

1989  Rob Boyd wins a World Cup downhill race in home town of Whistler; first Canadian to win a FIS World Cup Ski race in Canada on February - 25.   

1990  Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup on this day in history.   

1990  Nationwide pro-democracy marches in the Soviet Union on February - 25.   

1990  Nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas on this day in history.   

1990  On February - 25 on a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children &no man can stand her for long   

1990  Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30 on February - 25.   

1991  On this day in history 28 Americans are killed in the Gulf War when an Iraqi Scud missile hits their barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.   

1992  On February - 25 guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies at 79   

1993  South Korea elects its first civilian President for 23 years on February - 25.   

1993  Eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75 on February - 25.   

1994  On this day in history baruch Goldstein shoots and kills 29 worshippers inside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank. He is later beaten to death by survivors.   

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1398  On February - 25 birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)   

1591  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)   

1635  On February - 25 birth of walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen   

1643  On this day in history birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)   

1663  Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718) was born on February - 25.   

1680  On this day in history birth of philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer   

1682  Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1692  On February - 25 birth of karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)   

0779  Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies on this day in history.   

1246  Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.   

1247  On this day in history hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies   

1495  On this day in history djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35   

1522  Death of William Lilye, English classical scholar on this day in history.   

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1553  On February - 25 death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)   

1558  Death of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498) on this day in history.