Page 7: Historical Events In February - 25

1954  Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier on this day in history.   

1955  On February - 25 marij Kogoj, composer, dies at 59   

1956  Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference on this day in history.   

1957  On February - 25 buddy Holly &the Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"   

1957  On this day in history buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"   

1957  Kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76 on February - 25.   

1960  John Cage's "Music for Amplified Toy Pianos," premieres on February - 25.   

1960  On February - 25 everhardus J van Romondt, Dutch Antillean minister, dies at 51   

1961  On February - 25 niagara ends St Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak   

1962  On this day in history india Congress Party wins elections   

1962  Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands on this day in history.   

1962  Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81 on February - 25.   

1963  On this day in history beatles release their first single in US "Please Please Me"   

1964  Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns on February - 25.   

1964  On February - 25 cassius Clay, a 7-1 underdog, TKOs champion Sonny Liston in the 7th round to win the world heavyweight title   

1964  On February - 25 alexander Archipenko, sculptor, dies   

1966  On February - 25 syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad   

1967  John Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 57 on February - 25.   

1968  430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea on this day in history.   

1968  Makarios re-elected President of Cyprus on February - 25.   

1968  On this day in history camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96   

1969  On this day in history beatles begin recording for the Abbey Road album   

1969  On February - 25 mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars   

1969  On February - 25 jan Zajic, Czech student, self incinerates   

1970  Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1971  On February - 25 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 1,316 performances   

1972  Ontario Hydro opens $75 million Pickering nuclear power plant; has been the largest single producer of electricity in the world on February - 25.   

1972  On this day in history paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single   

1973  Juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders on this day in history.   

1975  Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago at 78 on February - 25.   

1976  On February - 25 india announces plans to take action against parents who had more than two children   

1977  On this day in history oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons   

1977  Soyuz 24 returns to Earth on February - 25.   

1978  On this day in history daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired Air Force general, dies at 58   

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1398  Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435) was born on this day in history.   

1591  On February - 25 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  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 February - 25.   

1680  Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer was born on February - 25.   

1682  On February - 25 birth of giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771)   

1692  On this day in history 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 February - 25.   

1247  Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies on this day in history.   

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  On February - 25 death of berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)   

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

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