Historical Events In February - 25

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

1980  Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname on February - 25.   

1981  L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain on February - 25.   

1981  On February - 25 the Calgary Flames score 11 goals against New York Islanders   

1981  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on February - 25.   

1982  Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs on this day in history.   

1982  House of Commons starts inquiry into bank profits, in wake of record interest rates on February - 25.   

1982  Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph) on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history j K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies   

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  Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao on this day in history.   

1986  On February - 25 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  On February - 25 thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel   

1987  On February - 25 uS Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action   

1987  James Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58 on February - 25.   

1988  Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester MA on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history south Korea adopts constitution   

1988  Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history 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  On February - 25 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 February - 25.   

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

1990  Nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1990  Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30 on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history 28 Americans are killed in the Gulf War when an Iraqi Scud missile hits their barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.   

1992  On February - 25 guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies at 79   

1993  South Korea elects its first civilian President for 23 years on this day in history.   

1993  Eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1994  On February - 25 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  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on February - 25.   

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 February - 25.   

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  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  On February - 25 walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies   

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

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  On February - 25 death of william Lilye, English classical scholar   

1536  Death of Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1553  Death of Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) on this day in history.   

1558  On February - 25 death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)