Page 8: Historical Events In February - 25

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

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

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  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

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

1982  On this day in history 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 February - 25.   

1984  Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500 on this day in history.   

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  President Marcos of the Philipines escapes to the United States on this day in history.   

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 February - 25.   

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

1988  Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester MA on February - 25.   

1988  South Korea adopts constitution on February - 25.   

1988  Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78 on February - 25.   

1989  On February - 25 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  Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on February - 25.   

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 February - 25 nationwide pro-democracy marches in the Soviet Union   

1990  On this day in history nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas   

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  On this day in history deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30   

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

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 this day in history.   

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1398  On this day in history birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)   

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

1635  Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen was born on this day in history.   

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

1663  On February - 25 birth of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)   

1680  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1246  Death of Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on this day in history.   

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