Page 7: Historical Events In February - 25

1954  On this day in history abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier   

1955  Marij Kogoj, composer, dies at 59 on February - 25.   

1956  On this day in history khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference   

1957  Buddy Holly &the Crickets record "That'll Be the Day" on February - 25.   

1957  Buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day" on this day in history.   

1957  On February - 25 kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76   

1960  On February - 25 john Cage's "Music for Amplified Toy Pianos," premieres   

1960  On this day in history everhardus J van Romondt, Dutch Antillean minister, dies at 51   

1961  On this day in history niagara ends St Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak   

1962  On February - 25 india Congress Party wins elections   

1962  Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81   

1963  On this day in history beatles release their first single in US "Please Please Me"   

1964  Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns on this day in history.   

1964  On February - 25 cassius Clay, a 7-1 underdog, TKOs champion Sonny Liston in the 7th round to win the world heavyweight title   

1964  On February - 25 alexander Archipenko, sculptor, dies   

1966  On February - 25 syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad   

1967  On February - 25 john Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 57   

1968  On February - 25 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea   

1968  Makarios re-elected President of Cyprus on February - 25.   

1968  On February - 25 camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96   

1969  On February - 25 beatles begin recording for the Abbey Road album   

1969  Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars on this day in history.   

1969  On February - 25 jan Zajic, Czech student, self incinerates   

1970  Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66 on February - 25.   

1971  "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 1,316 performances on this day in history.   

1972  Ontario Hydro opens $75 million Pickering nuclear power plant; has been the largest single producer of electricity in the world on February - 25.   

1972  Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single on this day in history.   

1973  On February - 25 juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders   

1975  On February - 25 elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago at 78   

1976  On February - 25 india announces plans to take action against parents who had more than two children   

1977  On this day in history oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons   

1977  On February - 25 soyuz 24 returns to Earth   

1978  On this day in history daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired Air Force general, dies at 58   

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

1591  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on this day in history.   

1635  Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen was born on February - 25.   

1643  Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) was born on February - 25.   

1663  On February - 25 birth of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)   

1680  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on February - 25.   

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

1692  On this day in history birth of karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775)   

0779  On this day in history walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies   

1246  Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on February - 25.   

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 February - 25.   

1536  On February - 25 death of berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)   

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 February - 25.