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What happend on 25. February in History
In our data base we found 394 events happened on 25. February:
• 138: The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor. [category: Events]
• 493: Odoacer surrenders Ravenna after a 3-year siege and agrees to a mediated peace with Theodoric the Great. [category: Events]
• 1246: Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd [category: Deaths]
• 1336: 4,000 defenders of Pilėnai commit a mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights [category: Events]
• 1398: Emperor Xuande of China (d. 1435) [category: Births]
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• 1522: William Lilye, English classical scholar [category: Deaths]
• 1536: Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492) [category: Deaths]
• 1553: Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492) [category: Deaths]
• 1558: Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (b. 1498) [category: Deaths]
• 1570: Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England. [category: Events]
• 1591: Friedrich von Spee, German writer (d. 1635) [category: Births]
• 1601: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (b. 1566) [category: Deaths]
• 1631: François de Bassompierre, a French courtier, arrested by Richelieu's orders. [category: Events]
• 1634: Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (b. 1583) [category: Deaths]
• 1643: Ahmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1695) [category: Births]
• 1643: Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (b. 1582) [category: Deaths]
• 1651: Johann Philipp Krieger, German Baroque composer and organist (d. 1725) [category: Births]
• 1655: Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580) [category: Deaths]
• 1663: Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (d. 1718) [category: Births]
• 1682: Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) [category: Births]
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• 1682: Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (b. 1639) [category: Deaths]
• 1692: Karl Ludwig, Freiherr von Pöllnitz, German adventurer and writer (d. 1775) [category: Births]
• 1707: Carlo Goldoni, Italian writer (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1708: Felix Benda, Bohemian composer and organist (d. 1768) [category: Births]
• 1710: Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French soldier and explorer (b. c. 1639) [category: Deaths]
• 1713: King Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657) [category: Deaths]
• 1714: René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1714: Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet, British admiral (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1715: Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640) [category: Deaths]
• 1723: Sir Christopher Wren, English architect (b. 1632) [category: Deaths]
• 1725: Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (d. 1798) [category: Births]
• 1727: Armand-Louis Couperin, French composer (d. 1789) [category: Births]
• 1728: John Wood, the Younger, English architect (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1752: John Graves Simcoe, English-born Canadian politician (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1755: François René Mallarmé, French politician (d. 1835) [category: Births]
• 1756: Eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693) [category: Deaths]
• 1778: Don José de San Martín, Argentine military commander (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1796: Samuel Seabury, first American Episcopal bishop (b. 1729) [category: Deaths]
• 1797: Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000-1500 soldiers surrender after the Last Invasion of Britain. [category: Events]
• 1798: Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716) [category: Deaths]
• 1801: Benedikt Stojković, Croatian churchman and philosopher (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1805: Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: Carl Christian Hall, Danish statesman (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1815: Stanoje Glavaš, Serbian revolution warrior (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
• 1816: Giovanni Morelli, Italian art critic and political figure (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1819: Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese poet (b. 1734) [category: Deaths]
• 1822: William Pinkney, American statesman and diplomat (b. 1764) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (b. 1752) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: Battle of Olszynka Grochowska, part of Polish November Uprising against Russian Empire. [category: Events]
• 1833: John St. John (Governor of Kansas) (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1836: Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver. [category: Events]
• 1841: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1841: Philip Pendleton Barbour, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court (b. 1783) [category: Deaths]
• 1842: Karl May, German writer (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1843: Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands established by Lord George Paulet. [category: Events]
• 1845: George Reid, Australian politician (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1848: Provisional government in revolutionary France, by Louis Blanc's motion, guarantees workers right. [category: Events]
• 1850: Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782) [category: Deaths]
• 1852: Thomas Moore, Irish poet (b. 1779) [category: Deaths]
• 1855: Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1855: George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1856: Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1856: Mathias Zdarsky, ski pioneer and instructor (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1856: A Peace conference opened in Paris after Crimean War. [category: Events]
• 1857: Robert Bond, Canadian politician (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1860: Sir William Ashley, English historian (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1860: Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790) [category: Deaths]
• 1861: Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and educator (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1864: Anna Harrison, American First Lady (b. 1775) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Zoravar Andranik Armenian general and activist (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1865: Otto Ludwig, German writer (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1866: Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1866: Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover what is now called the Calaveras Skull, human remains that supposedly indicated that man, mastodons, and elephants had co-existed. [category: Events]
• 1869: Phoebus Levene, Russian-American biochemist (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1870: Henrik Hertz, Danish poet (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1870: Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress. [category: Events]
• 1871: Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poet (d.1913) [category: Births]
• 1873: Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1875: Guangxu Emperor of China began his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency. [category: Events]
• 1877: Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1877: Jang Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: Townsend Harris, American diplomat (b. 1804) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Alexei Rykov, Soviet politician (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1881: William Z. Foster, American party leader (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1883: Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1885: Princess Alice of Battenberg (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1885: Sylvia Brett, English socialite (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1888: John Foster Dulles, American politician (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1888: Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist of Croatian descent (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Homer S. Ferguson, American politician (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1890: Dame Myra Hess, English pianist (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1894: Meher Baba, Indian spiritual figure (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1894: Steele MacKaye, American playwright, actor, inventor (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Lew Andreas, American basketball coach (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1897: Peter Llewelyn Davies, English namesake of Peter Pan (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1899: Paul Julius Reuter, German-born journalist (b. 1816) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Zeppo Marx, American actor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1901: J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation. [category: Events]
• 1903: King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1905: Harald Lander, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1906: Boris Papandopulo, Croatian composer and conductor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1906: Domingo Ortega, Spanish matador (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1906: Anton Arensky, Russian composer (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1910: Millicent Fenwick, American fashion editor and politician (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1910: Worthington Whittredge, American artist (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Friedrich Spielhagen, German novelist (b. 1829) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Brenda Joyce, American actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1912: Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. [category: Events]
• 1913: Gert Fröbe, German actor (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1913: Jim Backus, American actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1914: John Arlott, English cricket journalist (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1914: John Tenniel, British illustrator (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
• 1915: Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist (b. 1845) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Reinhard Bendix, German sociologist (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1916: Germans captured Fort Douaumont during Battle of Verdun. [category: Events]
• 1917: Anthony Burgess, English author (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1918: Barney Ewell, American athlete (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1918: Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1918: Rena Kyriakou, Greek pianist (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1919: Karl H. Pribram, Austrian neuroscientist [category: Births]
• 1919: Monte Irvin, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1919: Josef Christiaens, Belgian racing driver (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Oregon places a 1 cent per U.S. gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax. [category: Events]
• 1920: Gérard Bessette, Canadian author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1920: Philip Habib, American diplomat (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1920: Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader, founder of Unification Church (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1920: Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1921: Andy Pafko, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1921: Pierre Laporte, Canadian statesman (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1921: Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia. [category: Events]
• 1922: Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1924: Hugh Huxley, British biologist [category: Births]
• 1927: Dickie Jones, American actor [category: Births]
• 1927: Ralph Stanley, American musician (Stanley Brothers) [category: Births]
• 1928: Larry Gelbart, American comedy writer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1928: Paul Elvstrøm, Danish yachtsman [category: Births]
• 1928: Richard G. Stern, American writer and educator [category: Births]
• 1928: Gyula Kakas, Hungarian gymnast (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: William O'Brien, Irish author, journalist and politician (M.P.) (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a television license from the Federal Radio Commission. [category: Events]
• 1929: Christopher George, American actor (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1929: Tommy Newsom, American bandleader (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1930: Sister Wendy Beckett, South African-born British art connoisseur [category: Births]
• 1932: Faron Young, American singer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1932: Tony Brooks, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1932: Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident. [category: Events]
• 1933: The USS Ranger is launched. It is the first US Navy ship to be built solely as an aircraft carrier. [category: Events]
• 1934: Bernard Bresslaw, English actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1934: Tony Lema, American golfer (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1934: Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Sally Jessy Raphaël, American talk show host [category: Births]
• 1936: Jiří Černý, Czech music critic [category: Births]
• 1937: Barbara Piasecka Johnson, widow of John Seward Johnson I [category: Births]
• 1937: Bob Schieffer, American broadcast journalist [category: Births]
• 1937: Tom Courtenay, English actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Diane Baker, American actress [category: Births]
• 1938: Herb Elliott, Australian runner [category: Births]
• 1940: Billy Packer, American sports broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1940: Danny Cater, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1940: Monica Proietti, Canadian bank robber (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1940: Ron Santo, American baseball player and broadcaster (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1940: Mary Mills Patrick, American author (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: February Strike: In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis. [category: Events]
• 1942: John Saul, American author [category: Births]
• 1942: Karen Grassle, American actress [category: Births]
• 1943: George Harrison, One of the four Beatles (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1943: Wilson da Silva Piazza, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1944: Matt Guokas, American basketball player & head coach [category: Births]
• 1945: Elkie Brooks, English singer (Vinegar Joe) [category: Births]
• 1945: Herbert Léonard, French singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer and photographer (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany. [category: Events]
• 1946: Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist [category: Births]
• 1946: Jean Todt, French Formula One executive [category: Births]
• 1946: Pete Wernick, American musician [category: Births]
• 1947: Doug Yule, American bass guitarist (The Velvet Underground and American Flyer) [category: Births]
• 1947: Giuseppe Betori, Archbishop of Florence [category: Births]
• 1947: Lee Evans, American athlete [category: Births]
• 1947: Marc Sautet, French writer, teacher and philosopher (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1947: The State of Prussia ceases to exist. [category: Events]
• 1948: Aldo Busi, Italian writer [category: Births]
• 1948: Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1948: The Communist Party takes control of government in Czechoslovakia and the period of the Third Republic ends. [category: Events]
• 1949: Amin Maalouf, Lebanese writer [category: Births]
• 1949: Jack Handey, American humorist [category: Births]
• 1949: Ric Flair, American professional wrestler [category: Births]
• 1950: Emitt Rhodes, American singer/songwriter [category: Births]
• 1950: Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1950: Neil Jordan, Irish director [category: Births]
• 1950: Néstor Kirchner, Argentine politician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1950: George Minot, American physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: César Cedeño, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1951: Don Quarrie, Jamaican runner [category: Births]
• 1951: James Brown, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1951: The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [category: Events]
• 1952: Inger Segelström, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1952: Jerry Chamberlain, American musician (Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies) [category: Births]
• 1952: Joey Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1953: José María Aznar, Spanish politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Kim Yeong-cheol, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1953: Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Gerardo Pelusso, Uruguayan football manager [category: Births]
• 1954: John Doe, American musician (X) [category: Births]
• 1954: Auguste Perret, French architect (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Gamal Abdul Nasser is made premier of Egypt. [category: Events]
• 1955: Camille Thériault, Canadian politician, 29th Premier of New Brunswick [category: Births]
• 1956: In his speech On the Personality Cult and its Consequences Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin. [category: Events]
• 1957: Chuck Strahl, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Sérgio Marques, Portuguese politician [category: Births]
• 1957: George "Bugs" Moran, American gangster (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Mark Aldanov, Russian emigrant writer (b. 1886-89?) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Jeff Fisher, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1958: Kurt Rambis, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1958: Panagiotis Beglitis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Carl Marotte, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Mike Peters, Welsh musician (The Alarm and Big Country) [category: Births]
• 1960: Stefan Blöcher, German field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Chris Pitman, American keyboardist (Guns N' Roses) [category: Births]
• 1961: Davey Allison, American race car driver (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1961: Todd Blackledge, American football player and television color commentator [category: Births]
• 1962: Birgit Fischer, German kayaker [category: Births]
• 1962: Faron Moller, Canadian-born British computer scientist [category: Births]
• 1962: Foster Sylvers, American singer, (The Sylvers) [category: Births]
• 1963: Joseph E. Duncan III, American convicted serial killer and sex offender [category: Births]
• 1963: Paul O'Neill, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1963: Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Don Majkowski, American football player [category: Births]
• 1964: Lee Evans, English comedian [category: Births]
• 1964: Luigi Troiani, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1964: Alexander Archipenko, a Ukrainian avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic artist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: David Logan (politician), a British Labour Party politician (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Grace Metalious, American writer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Hinrich Lohse, a Nazi German politician (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Johnny Burke (lyricist), (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Kenneth Lee Spencer, American opera singer and actor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Mariano Jesús Cuenco, a Filipino Cebuano politician and writer (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Maurice Farman, French Grand Prix motor racing champion (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston, Ali took the title. [category: Events]
• 1964: North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il-sung calls for the removal of feudalistic land ownership aimed at turning all cooperative farms into state-run ones. [category: Events]
• 1964: U.S. Air Force launches a satellite employing a US Air Force Atlas/Agena combination from Point Arguello (LC-2-3) in California and from Cape Kennedy in Florida. [category: Events]
• 1965: Brian Baker, American guitarist (Minor Threat and Bad Religion) [category: Births]
• 1965: Carrot Top, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1965: Maricel Soriano, Filipina actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Veronica Webb, American supermodel and actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Alexis Denisof, American actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Nancy O'Dell, American television personality [category: Births]
• 1966: Samantha Phillips, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1966: Téa Leoni, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: James D. Norris, American sports businessman (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Evridiki, Greek Cypriot singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Vietnam War: 135 unarmed citizens of Ha My village in South Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province are killed and buried en masse by South Korean troops in what would come to be known as the Ha My massacre. [category: Events]
• 1969: Paul Trimboli, Australian soccer player [category: Births]
• 1970: Julie Hesmondhalgh, English actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Mark Rothko, Latvian-born American painter (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Walter Koch, German astrologer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Daniel Powter, Canadian musician [category: Births]
• 1971: Dave Harris, American disc jockey [category: Births]
• 1971: Sean Astin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, the first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online. [category: Events]
• 1973: Anson Mount, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Julio Iglesias, Jr., Spanish singer [category: Births]
• 1973: Normann Stadler, German triathlete [category: Births]
• 1974: Divya Bharti, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Kevin Skinner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1975: Chelsea Handler, American comedian, author, and actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Mandingo, Pornographic actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Elijah Muhammad, American Black Muslim leader (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Rashida Jones, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Samaki Walker, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Josh Wolff, American footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Niña Corpuz, Filipino journalist [category: Births]
• 1977: Sarah Jezebel Deva, English singer (Angtoria and Cradle of Filth) [category: Births]
• 1978: Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., American general (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: David Hoflin, Swedish-born Australian Actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Jennifer Ferrin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Antonio Burks, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Christy Knowings, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Robert Hayden, American poet (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: The Suriname government is overthrown by a military coup which is initiated with the bombing of the police station from an army ship off the coast of the nation's capital, Paramaribo [category: Events]
• 1981: Duc Nguyen, Vietnamese conjoined twin [category: Births]
• 1981: Jamie Lynn, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Park Ji-Sung, South Korean footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Viet Nguyen, Vietnamese conjoined twin (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1982: Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Bert McCracken, American singer-songwriter (The Used) [category: Births]
• 1982: Chris Baird, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Flavia Pennetta, Italian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1982: Kimberly Caldwell, American singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Maria Kanellis, American model and wrestler [category: Births]
• 1982: Tara Wilson, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Eduardo da Silva, Brazilian-Croatian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: John Cowles, Sr., American publisher (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Tennessee Williams, American playwright (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Statute of Autonomy approved for the Balearic Islands. [category: Events]
• 1984: Craig Mackail-Smith, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Dane Swan, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: João Pereira, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Logan Leistikow, American filmmaker and comedian [category: Births]
• 1984: Lovefoxxx, Brazilian singer (CSS) [category: Births]
• 1985: Benji Marshall, New Zealand rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Joakim Noah, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1986: Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer (E.M.D.) [category: Births]
• 1986: James Starks, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: James and Oliver Phelps, English actors [category: Births]
• 1986: Justin Berfield, American actor [category: Births]
• 1986: People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president. [category: Events]
• 1987: Adrián López Rodríguez, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Andrew Poje, Canadian figure skater [category: Births]
• 1987: Eva Avila, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Justin Abdelkader, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Kwaku Afriyie, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Mevlüt Erdinç, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: James Coco, American actor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Jimmy Monaghan, Irish musician (Music for Dead Birds) [category: Births]
• 1988: Luca Di Matteo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Sören Ludolph, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1988: Roh Tae-woo became president of South Korea. [category: Events]
• 1989: E'Twaun Moore, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Jimmer Fredette, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1989: Kana Hanazawa, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Alejandra Andreu, Spanish pageant contestant [category: Births]
• 1990: Jefferson Alves Oliveira, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Violeta Chamorro wins presidential elections in Nicaragua, against Daniel Ortega. [category: Events]
• 1991: Gerran Howell, Welsh actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Tony Oller, American actor [category: Births]
• 1991: André Turp, Canadian tenor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Gulf War: An Iraqi scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reservists from Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1991: Warsaw Pact declared disbanded. [category: Events]
• 1992: Khojaly massacre: about 613 civilians are killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan [category: Events]
• 1993: Christina Kirkman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1993: Mohammed Milon, Bangladeshi archer [category: Births]
• 1993: Eddie Constantine, American-born actor and singer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Mary Walter, Filipino actress (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Eugenie Bouchard, Canadian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1994: Baruch Goldstein, American-born mass murderer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors. [category: Events]
• 1996: Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-born actor (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Isabelle Fuhrman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1997: Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian writer and dissident (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Cal Abrams, American major league baseball outfielder (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Brendon Baerg, American actor [category: Births]
• 1998: Celestine Tate Harrington, a quadriplegic street musician and writer. (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: W. O. Mitchell, Canadian writer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Margaret Meagher, Canadian diplomat (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Luce Maced Martinique supercentenarian (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: A. R. Ammons, American poet (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: L. R. Wright, Canadian writer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Margaret Tafoya, American potter (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Sigurd Raschèr, American saxophonist of German birth (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Non-reformed communists won the elections in Moldova. [category: Events]
• 2003: Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Tom O'Higgins, Irish Chief Justice (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Donald Hings, Canadian inventor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Ben Bowen, Brain Cancer victim (b. 2002) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Edward Patten, American singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Leo Labine, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Peter Benenson, English founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Thomas Koppel, Danish musician (Savage Rose) (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Mark Spoelstra, American singer/songwriter (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: William R. Anderson, American Naval Officer and Congressman (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ashley Cooper, Australian race car driver (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Charles Chan, father of Jackie Chan (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Hans Raj Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Static Major, American singer (b. 1974) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Philip José Farmer, American novelist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Members of the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny at their headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh, resulting in 74 deaths, including more than 50 army officials. [category: Events]
• 2010: İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish academic and the founder of YÖK (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: In the Irish general election, the Fianna Fáil-led government suffers the worst defeat of a sitting government since the formation of the Irish state in 1921. [category: Events]
• 2012: Buck Compton, American Judge, Lawyer, and member of the Band Of Brothers in the 101st Airborn in WW2 (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Erland Josephson, Swedish actor, author and film director (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• _: Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani, OSB [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Kitano Baika-sai or "Plum Blossom Festival" (Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine, Kyoto) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Memorial Day for the Victims of the Communist Dictatorships (Hungary) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (Kuwait) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: People Power Day (Philippines) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Soviet Occupation Day (Georgia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tarasius (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Traditional Roman Catholics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Walburga [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Æthelberht of Kent [category: Holidays and observances]