Page 7: Historical Events In February - 25

1954  On February - 25 abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier   

1955  Marij Kogoj, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1956  On February - 25 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 February - 25.   

1957  Kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76 on February - 25.   

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

1960  Everhardus J van Romondt, Dutch Antillean minister, dies at 51 on February - 25.   

1961  On February - 25 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  Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81 on February - 25.   

1963  On February - 25 beatles release their first single in US "Please Please Me"   

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

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

1964  Alexander Archipenko, sculptor, dies on February - 25.   

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 this day in history 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea   

1968  On February - 25 makarios re-elected President of Cyprus   

1968  On this day in history camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96   

1969  Beatles begin recording for the Abbey Road album on this day in history.   

1969  Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars on February - 25.   

1969  Jan Zajic, Czech student, self incinerates on this day in history.   

1970  Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1971  "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 1,316 performances on February - 25.   

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  Juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders on this day in history.   

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

1976  India announces plans to take action against parents who had more than two children on February - 25.   

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

1977  Soyuz 24 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

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

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1398  On this day in history 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 February - 25.   

1643  On February - 25 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  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on February - 25.   

1682  On February - 25 birth of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771)   

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

0779  Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies on February - 25.   

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

1247  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on this day in history.   

1495  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on February - 25.   

1522  On February - 25 death of william Lilye, English classical scholar   

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on February - 25.   

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

1558  On this day in history death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)