Page 8: Historical Events In February - 25

1979  Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on February - 25.   

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

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

1981  The Calgary Flames score 11 goals against New York Islanders on February - 25.   

1981  On February - 25 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1982  Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs on February - 25.   

1982  On this day in history house of Commons starts inquiry into bank profits, in wake of record interest rates   

1982  On this day in history record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph)   

1982  On February - 25 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 February - 25.   

1986  Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao on February - 25.   

1986  On this day in history 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  On February - 25 james Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58   

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

1988  South Korea adopts constitution on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78   

1989  First independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt)   

1989  On February - 25 mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title   

1989  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1990  On this day in history nicaraguans vote out Sandinistas   

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 February - 25.   

1990  On February - 25 deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30   

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  On February - 25 south Korea elects its first civilian President for 23 years   

1993  On this day in history eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75   

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 February - 25.   

1591  Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1495  Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 on February - 25.   

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  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.