Top Historical Events That Happened on February 25 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1998  Switzerland's inaugural legal brothel opens in Zurich.   

1998  Luigi Veronesi, Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico), dies at 90   

2005  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 inaugural murder   

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

2006  In this year, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni claims 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   

2007  In this year, The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, takes place at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. The Departed claims Best Picture   

2007  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   

2012  Syrian Army results in the deaths of 100 civilians in artillery shelling of Homs and Hama.   

2013  In this year, Italy Common Good, a centre left alliance, claims the Italian general election.   

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

2017  Tom Perez is elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee.   

2018  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.   

2018  Winter Olympics: Marit Bjoergen (Norway) is recorded as becoming the most successful winter athlete of all time (15 medals) with gold in the 30k cross country   

2021  In this year, 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.   

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

2023  Nigerian general election: Bola Tinubu is elected as Nigeria's president, defeating former vice president Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.   

2024  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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