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. |
| 1939 | As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}1⁄2 milli |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 1881 | William Z. Foster, American union leader and politician (d. 1961) |
| 1860 | William Ashley, English historian and academic (d. 1927) |
| 1907 | Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (d. 1948) |
| 1898 | William Astbury, physicist and molecular biologist (d. 1961) |
| 1981 | Park Ji-sung, South Korean footballer; the most successful Asian player with 19 career trophies |
| 1928 | A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., prominent African-American civil rights advocate, author, and federal court judge (d. 1998) |
| 1995 | Viktoriya Tomova, Bulgarian tennis player |
| 1856 | Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian and academic (d. 1915) |
| 1952 | Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle road racing champion; holds record for most wins (26) at the Isle of Man TT (d. 2000) |
| 1938 | Herb Elliott, Australian 1500 metres runner; 1960 Olympic champion and world record holder |
Famous People Deaths On February 25
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on February 25. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian journalist and publisher (b. 1925) |
| 2008 | Hans Raj Khanna, Indian judge and advocate; upholder of civil liberties (b. 1912) |
| 1877 | Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816) |
| 1912 | William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852) |
| 1920 | Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist and engineer (b. 1844) |
| 1980 | Robert Hayden, American poet and academic (b. 1913) |
| 1878 | Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1804) |
| 1805 | Thomas Pownall, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1722) |
| 1911 | Friedrich Spielhagen, German author, theorist, and translator (b. 1829) |
| 1964 | Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887) |
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