Historical Events In February - 25

1979  Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on this day in history.  

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

1981  L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain on this day in history.  

1981  On this day in history the Calgary Flames score 11 goals against New York Islanders  

1981  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 25.  

1982  On this day in history final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs  

1982  On February - 25 house of Commons starts inquiry into bank profits, in wake of record interest rates  

1982  Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph) on February - 25.  

1982  On February - 25 j K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies  

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

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

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

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  On this day in history thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel  

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

1987  James Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1988  On this day in history 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  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  Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history 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  

1990  On February - 25 australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup  

1990  On this day in history nationwide pro-democracy marches in the Soviet Union  

1990  Nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas on February - 25.  

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

1992  Guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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

1993  On this day in history eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75  

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 February - 25.  

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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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

1522  Death of William Lilye, English classical scholar on February - 25.  

1536  On this day in history 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  On February - 25 death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)