Page 9: Historical Events In February - 25

1994  On February - 25 jersey Joe Walcott, world heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52), dies in Camden, NJ, at age 80.   

1994  Peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31 on this day in history.   

1994  On February - 25 baruch Goldstein, physician/murderer (53 in mosque), lynched at 42   

1995  Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed) on this day in history.   

1995  On February - 25 moslem fundamentalists shoot 20 Shiite mosque goers dead   

1995  On this day in history jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73   

1996  On this day in history haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45   

1997  On this day in history andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic, dies at 71   

1998  Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges on February - 25.   

1998  Switzerland's first legal brothel opens in Zurich on this day in history.   

1998  Luigi Veronesi, Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico), dies at 90 on February - 25.   

2005  On this day in history 60th anniversary of Radio Canada International2006 Police officers, and protesters injured when a protest prior to the Love Ulster parade turns into a major riot.   

2005  American police apprehended the so-called BTK serial killer Dennis Rader 31 years after his first murder on February - 25.   

2005  Terrorists killed 5 people and wounded 50 people in Tel Aviv, Israel. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for attack on this day in history.   

2006  On February - 25 uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins his second re-election, sparking riots in Kampala by opposition supporters.   

2006  On this day in history police officers, and protesters injured when a protest prior to the Love Ulster parade turns into a major riot.   

2007  The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, takes place at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. The Departed wins Best Picture on February - 25.   

2007  On this day in history the European Space Agency confirms Rosetta's successful Mars trajectory fly-by.   

2009  BDR massacre in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 74 People are being killed, including more an 50 Army officials, by Bangladeshi Boaer Guas inside its headquarter on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history syrian Army kills 100 civilians in artillery shelling of Homs and Hama   

2013  On this day in history italy Common Good, a centre left alliance, wins the Italian general election   

2014  On this day in history 50 students are killed in a Boko Harem attack on a college in Buni, Nigeria   

2017  On this day in history tom Perez is elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee   

2018  On this day in history winter Olympics end in Pyeongchang, Korea with Norway winning a record 39 medals, 14 gold   

2018  China briefly bans the letter 'N' as part of widespread censorship efforts on this day in history.   

2018  Winter Olympics: Marit Bjoergen (Norway) becomes the most successful winter athlete of all time (15 medals) with gold in the 30k cross country on February - 25.   

2021  On this day in history chinese President Xi Jinping claims the country has eradicated extreme poverty (earning less than US$620 a year), though many observers remain skeptical about the accuracy of Chinese data due to widespread corruption and lack of transparency [1]   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 2.5 million on February - 25.   

2021  The Armenian military calls for prime minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign. Pashinyan accuses the military of attempting a coup d'état.[40] on February - 25.   

2023  On February - 25 nigerian general election: Bola Tinubu is elected as Nigeria's president, defeating former vice president Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.   

2024  On February - 25 lewis Koumas is an unused substitute in the 2024 EFL Cup final where Liverpool beat Chelsea 1–0 after extra time   

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1398  Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435) was born on February - 25.   

1591  On February - 25 birth of friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)   

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  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  On this day in history 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  Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies on February - 25.   

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

1247  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on February - 25.   

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

1553  On this day in history death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)   

1558  On this day in history death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)