Page 8: Historical Events In February - 25

1979  On February - 25 soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station   

1980  On this day in history coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname   

1981  On this day in history l Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain   

1981  On February - 25 the Calgary Flames score 11 goals against New York Islanders   

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

1982  On February - 25 final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs   

1982  House of Commons starts inquiry into bank profits, in wake of record interest rates on February - 25.   

1982  Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph) on this day in history.   

1982  J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies on February - 25.   

1983  On February - 25 john Cowles Sr, US publisher, dies at 84   

1984  On February - 25 oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500   

1986  On February - 25 iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao   

1986  On this day in history philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos flees after 20 years of rule, following that country's national election; Corazon Aquino was elected successor.   

1986  On this day in history president Marcos of the Philipines escapes to the United States   

1986  Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel on this day in history.   

1987  US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action on this day in history.   

1987  On February - 25 james Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58   

1988  Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester MA on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history south Korea adopts constitution   

1988  On February - 25 amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78   

1989  First independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms on this day in history.   

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

1989  On this day in history 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  On this day in history nationwide pro-democracy marches in the Soviet Union   

1990  On February - 25 nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas   

1990  On this day in history 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  28 Americans are killed in the Gulf War when an Iraqi Scud missile hits their barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on February - 25.   

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

1993  On this day in history south Korea elects its first civilian President for 23 years   

1993  Eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1994  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 on this day in history.   

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1398  Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435) was born on this day in history.   

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

1635  On this day in history birth of walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen   

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

1663  Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.   

1680  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 25 walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies   

1246  On February - 25 death of dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1247  On February - 25 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  On February - 25 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 this day in history.   

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