Page 9: 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  On this day in history peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31   

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

1995  Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed) on February - 25.   

1995  On February - 25 moslem fundamentalists shoot 20 Shiite mosque goers dead   

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

1996  Haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1997  Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1998  On February - 25 pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges   

1998  Switzerland's first legal brothel opens in Zurich on February - 25.   

1998  On this day in history luigi Veronesi, Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico), dies at 90   

2005  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2005  Terrorists killed 5 people and wounded 50 people in Tel Aviv, Israel. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for attack on this day in history.   

2006  Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins his second re-election, sparking riots in Kampala by opposition supporters on this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history 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 February - 25.   

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

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  Winter Olympics end in Pyeongchang, Korea with Norway winning a record 39 medals, 14 gold on February - 25.   

2018  On this day in history china briefly bans the letter 'N' as part of widespread censorship efforts   

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 February - 25.   

2021  COVID-19 pandemic: The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 2.5 million on February - 25.   

2021  On February - 25 the Armenian military calls for prime minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign. Pashinyan accuses the military of attempting a coup d'état.[40]   

2023  Nigerian general election: Bola Tinubu is elected as Nigeria's president, defeating former vice president Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi on this day in history.   

2024  On this day in history lewis Koumas is an unused substitute in the 2024 EFL Cup final where Liverpool beat Chelsea 1–0 after extra time   

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1398  On February - 25 birth of xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435)   

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

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  On February - 25 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 February - 25.   

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  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  On February - 25 death of william Lilye, English classical scholar   

1536  On February - 25 death of berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)   

1553  On February - 25 death of hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)   

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