Historical Events on February 25, Special Events on This Day

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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
1952 Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle road racing champion; holds record for most wins (26) at the Isle of Man TT (d. 2000)
1928 Richard G. Stern, American author and academic (d. 2013)
1475 Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (d. 1499)
1907 Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (d. 1948)
1935 Oktay Sinanoglu, Turkish physical chemist and molecular biophysicist; two-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2015)
1898 William Astbury, physicist and molecular biologist (d. 1961)
1962 Birgit Fischer, German kayaker; winner of eight Olympic gold medals
1992 Jorge Soler, Cuban baseball player
1974 Dominic Raab, British politician; First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1881 William Z. Foster, American union leader and politician (d. 1961)
Famous People Deaths On February 25

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Date Name
1899 Paul Reuter, German-English journalist and businessman, founded Reuters (b. 1816)
2022 Farrah Forke, American actress (b. 1968)
1920 Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist and engineer (b. 1844)
2001 A. R. Ammons, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
1756 Eliza Haywood, English actress and poet (b. 1693)
1655 Daniël Heinsius, Flemish poet and scholar (b. 1580)
1865 Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (b. 1813)
1877 Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816)
1914 John Tenniel, English illustrator (b. 1820)
1971 Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)