Historical Events In February - 25

1979  Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on February - 25.  

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

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

1982  Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs on February - 25.  

1982  House of Commons starts inquiry into bank profits, in wake of record interest rates on this day in history.  

1982  On February - 25 record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph)  

1982  J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies on this day in history.  

1983  John Cowles Sr, US publisher, dies at 84 on February - 25.  

1984  Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500 on February - 25.  

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

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

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 February - 25.  

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  On this day in history south Korea adopts constitution  

1988  On this day in history amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78  

1989  On this day in history first independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms  

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

1989  On February - 25 mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title  

1989  On February - 25 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  Nationwide pro-democracy marches in the Soviet Union on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1591  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on February - 25.  

1635  On this day in history 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  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1692  On February - 25 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  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 February - 25 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  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.