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What Happened on February 25th This Day in History

Year	Name
1991	Disbandment of the Warsaw Pact at a meeting of its members in Budapest.
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.
1980	The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
1956	In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin.
1951	The first Pan American Games are officially opened in Buenos Aires by Argentine President Juan Perón.
1948	In a coup d'état led by Klement Gottwald, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Prague to end the Third Czechoslovak Republic.
1947	The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
1947	Soviet NKVD forces in Hungary abduct Béla Kovács—secretary-general of the majority Independent Smallholders' Party—and deport him to the USSR in defiance of Parliament. His arrest is an important turning point in the Communist takeover of Hungary.
1941	The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.
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1933	Launch of the USS Ranger at Newport News, Virginia. It is the first purpose-built aircraft carrier to be commissioned by the US Navy.
1932	Hitler, having been stateless for seven years, obtains German citizenship when he is appointed a Brunswick state official by Dietrich Klagges, a fellow Nazi. As a result, Hitler is able to run for Reichspräsident in the 1932 election.
1921	Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
1918	German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
1916	In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
1912	Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
1875	Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
1870	Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in Congress.
1843	Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet Affair (1843).
1836	Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for his revolver firearm.
1336	Four thousand defenders of Pilenai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights.
628	Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II.
138	Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor.

Famous People Born on February 25

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Year	Name
1934	Tony Lema, American golfer; winner of the 1964 Open Championship (d. 1966)
1918	Bobby Riggs, American tennis player; winner of three major titles, 1939–1941 (d. 1995)
1971	Sean Astin, American actor, director and producer
1937	Bob Schieffer, American political author, journalist and TV interviewer
1928	Richard G. Stern, American author and academic (d. 2013)
1981	Park Ji-sung, South Korean footballer; the most successful Asian player with 19 career trophies
1950	Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian politician; 51st President of Argentina, 2003–2007 (d. 2010)
1925	Lisa Kirk, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
1857	Robert Bond, Canadian politician; first Prime Minister of Newfoundland (d. 1927)
1778	José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (d. 1850)

Famous People Deaths On February 25

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Date	Name
2008	Hans Raj Khanna, Indian judge and advocate; upholder of civil liberties (b. 1912)
1950	George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
1756	Eliza Haywood, English actress and poet (b. 1693)
1963	Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)
2017	Bill Paxton, American actor and filmmaker (b. 1955)
1953	Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
1997	Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian journalist and publisher (b. 1925)
1971	Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
1878	Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1804)
1920	Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist and engineer (b. 1844)