Page 8: Historical Events In February - 25

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

1980  On this day in history coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname   

1981  On this day in history l Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain   

1981  On February - 25 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  On this day in history house of Commons starts inquiry into bank profits, in wake of record interest rates   

1982  On February - 25 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  John Cowles Sr, US publisher, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1984  On February - 25 oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500   

1986  Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao on February - 25.   

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

1987  On this day in history uS Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action   

1987  On this day in history james Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58   

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 February - 25.   

1989  On February - 25 first independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms   

1989  Lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt) on this day in history.   

1989  Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

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 February - 25 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  Nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas on February - 25.   

1990  On this day in history 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 February - 25 eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75   

1994  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 on this day in history.   

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1398  On this day in history birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)   

1591  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on February - 25.   

1635  Walraad, the Elder, Dutch fieldmarshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen was born on February - 25.   

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

1682  Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

1692  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

0779  On this day in history walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies   

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

1247  On February - 25 hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies   

1495  On this day in history djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35   

1522  Death of William Lilye, English classical scholar on this day in history.   

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.