Historical Events In February - 25

1994  On February - 25 jersey Joe Walcott, world heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52), dies in Camden, NJ, at age 80.   

1994  On February - 25 peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31   

1994  On February - 25 baruch Goldstein, physician/murderer (53 in mosque), lynched at 42   

1995  Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed) on this day in history.   

1995  On February - 25 moslem fundamentalists shoot 20 Shiite mosque goers dead   

1995  On this day in history jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73   

1996  On February - 25 haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45   

1997  On this day in history andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic, dies at 71   

1998  On February - 25 pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges   

1998  On February - 25 switzerland's first legal brothel opens in Zurich   

1998  On February - 25 luigi Veronesi, Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico), dies at 90   

2005  On this day in history 60th anniversary of Radio Canada International2006 Police officers, and protesters injured when a protest prior to the Love Ulster parade turns into a major riot.   

2005  On this day in history american police apprehended the so-called BTK serial killer Dennis Rader 31 years after his first murder   

2005  Terrorists killed 5 people and wounded 50 people in Tel Aviv, Israel. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for attack on February - 25.   

2006  Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins his second re-election, sparking riots in Kampala by opposition supporters on February - 25.   

2006  Police officers, and protesters injured when a protest prior to the Love Ulster parade turns into a major riot on February - 25.   

2007  On February - 25 the 79th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, takes place at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. The Departed wins Best Picture.   

2007  The European Space Agency confirms Rosetta's successful Mars trajectory fly-by on this day in history.   

2009  On February - 25 bDR massacre in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 74 People are being killed, including more an 50 Army officials, by Bangladeshi Boaer Guas inside its headquarter.   

2012  Syrian Army kills 100 civilians in artillery shelling of Homs and Hama on this day in history.   

2013  On this day in history italy Common Good, a centre left alliance, wins the Italian general election   

2014  On this day in history 50 students are killed in a Boko Harem attack on a college in Buni, Nigeria   

2017  Tom Perez is elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee on February - 25.   

2018  Winter Olympics end in Pyeongchang, Korea with Norway winning a record 39 medals, 14 gold on February - 25.   

2018  On February - 25 china briefly bans the letter 'N' as part of widespread censorship efforts   

2018  Winter Olympics: Marit Bjoergen (Norway) becomes the most successful winter athlete of all time (15 medals) with gold in the 30k cross country on February - 25.   

2021  On February - 25 chinese President Xi Jinping claims the country has eradicated extreme poverty (earning less than US$620 a year), though many observers remain skeptical about the accuracy of Chinese data due to widespread corruption and lack of transparency [1]   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 2.5 million on February - 25.   

2021  On February - 25 the Armenian military calls for prime minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign. Pashinyan accuses the military of attempting a coup d'état.[40]   

2023  Nigerian general election: Bola Tinubu is elected as Nigeria's president, defeating former vice president Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi on February - 25.   

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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  Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen was born on this day in history.   

1643  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) was born on this day in history.   

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

1680  On February - 25 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  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on February - 25.   

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  On this day in history death of berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)   

1553  Death of Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) on February - 25.   

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