Historical Events In February - 25

1994  Jersey Joe Walcott, world heavyweight boxing champ (1951-52), dies in Camden, NJ, at age 80 on this day in history.   

1994  Peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31 on February - 25.   

1994  On February - 25 baruch Goldstein, physician/murderer (53 in mosque), lynched at 42   

1995  On February - 25 bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed)   

1995  Moslem fundamentalists shoot 20 Shiite mosque goers dead on February - 25.   

1995  Jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73 on February - 25.   

1996  On this day in history haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45   

1997  On this day in history andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic, dies at 71   

1998  Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges on this day in history.   

1998  Switzerland's first legal brothel opens in Zurich on this day in history.   

1998  Luigi Veronesi, Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico), dies at 90 on February - 25.   

2005  On February - 25 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.   

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

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

2006  On February - 25 uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins his second re-election, sparking riots in Kampala by opposition supporters.   

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 this day in history.   

2009  On this day in history bDR massacre in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 74 People are being killed, including more an 50 Army officials, by Bangladeshi Boaer Guas inside its headquarter.   

2012  Syrian Army kills 100 civilians in artillery shelling of Homs and Hama on this day in history.   

2013  Italy Common Good, a centre left alliance, wins the Italian general election on this day in history.   

2014  50 students are killed in a Boko Harem attack on a college in Buni, Nigeria on February - 25.   

2017  On this day in history tom Perez is elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee   

2018  On this day in history winter Olympics end in Pyeongchang, Korea with Norway winning a record 39 medals, 14 gold   

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

2018  Winter Olympics: Marit Bjoergen (Norway) becomes the most successful winter athlete of all time (15 medals) with gold in the 30k cross country on this day in history.   

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 February - 25 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 February - 25.   

2023  Nigerian general election: Bola Tinubu is elected as Nigeria's president, defeating former vice president Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi on February - 25.   

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

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 February - 25.   

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

1663  On February - 25 birth of pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718)   

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

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

1692  Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775) was born on February - 25.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 February - 25.   

1558  On this day in history death of eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498)