Page 8: Historical Events In February - 25

1979  On February - 25 soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station   

1980  On February - 25 coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname   

1981  L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain on this day in history.   

1981  The Calgary Flames score 11 goals against New York Islanders on February - 25.   

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  House of Commons starts inquiry into bank profits, in wake of record interest rates on February - 25.   

1982  On this day in history record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph)   

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 February - 25.   

1986  On February - 25 iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao   

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 February - 25 president Marcos of the Philipines escapes to the United States   

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 this day in history.   

1987  On February - 25 james Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58   

1988  On this day in history bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester MA   

1988  South Korea adopts constitution on this day in history.   

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

1989  First independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms on this day in history.   

1989  Lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt) on February - 25.   

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

1989  On this day in history 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  Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup on this day in history.   

1990  Nationwide pro-democracy marches in the Soviet Union on February - 25.   

1990  Nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas on February - 25.   

1990  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 on February - 25.   

1990  On this day in history deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30   

1991  28 Americans are killed in the Gulf War when an Iraqi Scud missile hits their barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on February - 25.   

1992  On this day in history guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies at 79   

1993  On February - 25 south Korea elects its first civilian President for 23 years   

1993  Eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75 on February - 25.   

1994  On this day in history 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  Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435) was born on this day in history.   

1591  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635)   

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

1246  On this day in history death of dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd   

1247  On this day in history hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies   

1495  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1522  Death of William Lilye, English classical scholar on February - 25.   

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on February - 25.   

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

1558  Death of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498) on February - 25.