Historical Events In February - 25

1979  On this day in history soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station   

1980  Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname on this day in history.   

1981  On February - 25 l Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain   

1981  On this day in history the Calgary Flames score 11 goals against New York Islanders   

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

1983  On this day in history john Cowles Sr, US publisher, dies at 84   

1984  Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500 on February - 25.   

1986  On this day in history 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 February - 25.   

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

1987  James Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1988  Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester MA on February - 25.   

1988  On this day in history south Korea adopts constitution   

1988  On February - 25 amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78   

1989  On this day in history first independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms   

1989  On February - 25 lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt)   

1989  On this day in history mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

1989  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 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup   

1990  Nationwide pro-democracy marches in the Soviet Union on this day in history.   

1990  On February - 25 nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas   

1990  On February - 25 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   

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

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

1992  On this day in history 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  On this day in history eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75   

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 February - 25 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  Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718) was born on this day in history.   

1680  On February - 25 birth of philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer   

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

1692  On this day in history 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 this day in history djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35   

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  Death of Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498) on this day in history.