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  On this day in history peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31   

1994  Baruch Goldstein, physician/murderer (53 in mosque), lynched at 42 on February - 25.   

1995  On this day in history bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed)   

1995  Moslem fundamentalists shoot 20 Shiite mosque goers dead on this day in history.   

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

1996  Haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1997  Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic, dies at 71 on February - 25.   

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  On February - 25 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 on February - 25.   

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

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

2006  Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins his second re-election, sparking riots in Kampala by opposition supporters on this day in history.   

2006  On February - 25 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  The European Space Agency confirms Rosetta's successful Mars trajectory fly-by on February - 25.   

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 February - 25 syrian Army kills 100 civilians in artillery shelling of Homs and Hama   

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  Winter Olympics end in Pyeongchang, Korea with Norway winning a record 39 medals, 14 gold on February - 25.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

2021  On this day in history 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] on this day in history.   

2023  On this day in history nigerian general election: Bola Tinubu is elected as Nigeria's president, defeating former vice president Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.   

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1398  On February - 25 birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)   

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

1635  Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen was born on this day in history.   

1643  On this day in history birth of ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95)   

1663  Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718) was born on February - 25.   

1680  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1682  Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) was born on February - 25.   

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  On February - 25 djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35   

1522  On this day in history death of william Lilye, English classical scholar   

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 this day in history.