Page 9: Historical Events In February - 25

1994  Jersey Joe Walcott, world heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52), dies in Camden, NJ, at age 80 on this day in history.   

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  Moslem fundamentalists shoot 20 Shiite mosque goers dead on February - 25.   

1995  On February - 25 jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73   

1996  On February - 25 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  On February - 25 pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges   

1998  On February - 25 switzerland's first legal brothel opens in Zurich   

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

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

2005  On February - 25 terrorists killed 5 people and wounded 50 people in Tel Aviv, Israel. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for attack.   

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

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

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  The European Space Agency confirms Rosetta's successful Mars trajectory fly-by on this day in history.   

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 February - 25.   

2012  Syrian Army kills 100 civilians in artillery shelling of Homs and Hama on February - 25.   

2013  Italy Common Good, a centre left alliance, wins the Italian general election on February - 25.   

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

2017  On February - 25 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  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] on February - 25.   

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  Nigerian general election: Bola Tinubu is elected as Nigeria's president, defeating former vice president Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi on this day in history.   

2024  Lewis Koumas is an unused substitute in the 2024 EFL Cup final where Liverpool beat Chelsea 1–0 after extra time on this day in history.   

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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 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 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  Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1247  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on this day in history.   

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

1522  Death of William Lilye, English classical scholar on this day in history.   

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