Page 8: 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 this day in history.   

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

1981  The Calgary Flames score 11 goals against New York Islanders on this day in history.   

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

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

1983  John Cowles Sr, US publisher, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

1986  Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao on February - 25.   

1986  Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos flees after 20 years of rule, following that country's national election; Corazon Aquino was elected successor on February - 25.   

1986  President Marcos of the Philipines escapes to the United States on February - 25.   

1986  On this day in history thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel   

1987  On this day in history uS Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action   

1987  On this day in history james Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58   

1988  On February - 25 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 this day in history.   

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

1989  Lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt) on this day in history.   

1989  Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

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  Nationwide pro-democracy marches in the Soviet Union on February - 25.   

1990  Nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas on February - 25.   

1990  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 on February - 25.   

1990  Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30 on February - 25.   

1991  On this day in history 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 February - 25.   

1993  South Korea elects its first civilian President for 23 years on this day in history.   

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

1994  On this day in history 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.   

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

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

1635  On February - 25 birth of walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen   

1643  On February - 25 birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)   

1663  On this day in history birth of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)   

1680  On February - 25 birth of philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer   

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

1692  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775) was born on February - 25.   

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 February - 25.   

1495  On February - 25 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  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

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.