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February 25, 2005 Radio Canada International celebrates its 60th anniversary February 25, 1998 Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges February 25, 1998 Switzerland's 1st legal brothel opens in Zurich February 25, 1998 40th Grammy Awards, Shawn Colvin, Bob Dylan, Sarah McLachlan, and Elton John win major awards February 25, 1996 "Father" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 52 performances February 25, 1996 Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad vs Leeward Is February 25, 1995 Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed) February 25, 1995 British heavyweight Nigel Benn hits Gerard McClellan in hospital February 25, 1995 Moslem fundamentalists shoot 20 shite mosque goers dead February 25, 1995 PBA National Championship Won by Scott Alexander February 25, 1994 Israeli extremist Baruch Goldstein massacres 30 Palestinians in Hebron February 25, 1994 Peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31 February 25, 1994 Phil Rizzuto elected to Baseball Hall of Fame February 25, 1993 "Fool Moon" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 207 performances February 25, 1993 Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy" February 25, 1993 Pakistan all out 43 vs. West Indies, world one-day int record low February 25, 1992 34th Grammy Awards: Unforgetable, Marc Cohn wins February 25, 1991 Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons vs. Sri Lanka (122 and 100*) February 25, 1991 Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky and John Candy buy CFL's Toronto Argonauts February 25, 1991 U.S., barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28 February 25, 1990 Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup February 25, 1990 Nicaraguans votes out Sandinistas February 25, 1990 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long February 25, 1989 1st independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms February 25, 1989 Dallas Cowboys' new owner fires 29-year coach Tom Landry February 25, 1989 Javed Miandad scores 271 vs. NZ at Eden Park February 25, 1989 Lowest baramotric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt) February 25, 1989 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title February 25, 1988 Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester Mass February 25, 1988 South Korea adopts constitution February 25, 1987 LaMarr Hoyt is banned from baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse February 25, 1987 Michael Jordan, scores Chicago Bulls record 58 points in a game February 25, 1987 U.S. Supreme Court upholds affirmative action, 5-4 February 25, 1986 28th Grammy Awards: We Are the World, Sade, Phil Collins wins February 25, 1986 Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines, Marcos flees February 25, 1986 Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao February 25, 1986 Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel February 25, 1984 Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500 February 25, 1982 Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs February 25, 1982 Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph) February 25, 1981 23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins February 25, 1981 Calgary Flames scored 11 goals against the Islanders February 25, 1981 Exec Board of Players' Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 February 25, 1981 L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain February 25, 1981 NHL most penalized game; Bruins vs Northstars, 84 penalties (392 mins) February 25, 1981 New York Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames February 25, 1981 Rita Jenrette (wife of Abscam congressman) appears on Donahue February 25, 1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site February 25, 1981 Exec Board of Baseball Players Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved February 25, 1980 Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname February 25, 1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic February 25, 1979 Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched February 25, 1978 Botham scores 1st Test Cricket century, 103 vs. NZ Christchurch February 25, 1977 New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts February 25, 1977 Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons February 25, 1977 Soyuz 24 returns to Earth February 25, 1975 Ewen Chatfield flattened by Peter Lever and seriously injured February 25, 1974 Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975 February 25, 1973 "Little Night Music" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 601 performances February 25, 1973 Juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders February 25, 1973 Steven Sondheim's musical "Little Night Music," premieres in New York City February 25, 1972 Lopsided trade, Cards trade Steve Carlton to Phillies for Rick Wise February 25, 1972 Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single February 25, 1971 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 1,316 performances February 25, 1971 P Zindel's "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little," premieres in New York City February 25, 1969 Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album February 25, 1969 Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars February 25, 1969 Pension plan for baseball is agreed to February 25, 1968 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea February 25, 1968 Makarios re-elected president of Cyprus February 25, 1966 Syrian military coup under Hafiz al-Assad February 25, 1964 Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns February 25, 1964 Cassius Clay TKOs Sonny Liston in 7 for heavyweight boxing title February 25, 1963 Beatles release their 1st single in U.S. "Please Please Me" February 25, 1962 India Congress Party wins elections February 25, 1962 Mike O'Hara completes record 97th marathon February 25, 1962 Robert Kennedy visits Netherlands February 25, 1961 Niagara ends St. Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak February 25, 1961 Paul Bikle in glider climbs from 1208 m at release to record 14,10 February 25, 1960 John Cage's "Music for Amplified Toy Pianos," premieres February 25, 1960 Lillian Hellman's "Toys in the Attic," premieres in New York City February 25, 1957 Buddy Holly and Crickets record "That'll Be the Day" February 25, 1957 Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport February 25, 1956 Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference February 25, 1954 Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier February 25, 1953 "Wonderful Town" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 559 performances February 25, 1952 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway February 25, 1951 "Michael Todd's Peep Show" closes at Winter Garden New York City after 278 perf February 25, 1951 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina) February 25, 1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament February 25, 1950 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen February 25, 1949 WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record) February 25, 1948 Communists seize Czechoslovakia/C Gottwald becomes premier February 25, 1945 U.S. aircraft carriers attack Tokyo February 25, 1944 U.S. 1st Army completes invasion plan February 25, 1943 Vietminh forms Indo Chinese Democratic Front February 25, 1941 Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8) February 25, 1941 February strike against persecution of Jews, in Amsterdam February 25, 1940 1st televised (W2XBS, New York City) hockey game (Rangers vs. Canadians) February 25, 1939 1st Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden February 25, 1938 British Lord Halifax becomes Foreign Minister February 25, 1933 1st genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger February 25, 1933 Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line) February 25, 1933 Thomas Yawkey purchases Boston Red Sox February 25, 1932 Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship February 25, 1930 Check photographing device patented February 25, 1930 George Headley completes twin tons in Test Cricket vs. England (114 and 112) February 25, 1927 Gdanks and Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor February 25, 1926 Francisco Franco becomes General of Spain February 25, 1926 Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords February 25, 1925 Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska February 25, 1925 U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran February 25, 1925 U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles February 25, 1924 Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland High School basketball game (163-3) February 25, 1923 Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark February 25, 1921 Georgian SSR proclaimed February 25, 1919 League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty February 25, 1919 Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon) February 25, 1916 German troops conquer Fort Douaumont near Verdun February 25, 1913 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax February 25, 1911 Opera "Natoma," premieres in Phila February 25, 1910 Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies February 25, 1908 1st tunnel under Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens February 25, 1907 George Bernard Shaw's "Philanderer," premieres in London February 25, 1907 U.S. proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic February 25, 1905 Netherlands Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms February 25, 1904 J. M. Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish National Theater Society February 25, 1904 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in 2 games February 25, 1901 George Cohan's musical "Governor's Son," premieres in New York City February 25, 1901 U.S. Steel Corp organized under J. P. Morgan February 25, 1896 Italian government decides to attack governor Baratieri of Eritrea February 25, 1892 James Barrie's "Walker London," premieres in London February 25, 1885 U.S. Congress condemns barbed wire around government grounds February 25, 1879 Congress passed 1st Timberland Protection Act February 25, 1875 Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft. Sill February 25, 1870 Hiram Revels, is sworn in as 1st black member of Congress (Sen-R-MS) February 25, 1863 Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency February 25, 1862 Congress forms U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing February 25, 1862 Paper currency introduced in U.S. by President Abraham Lincoln February 25, 1859 1st use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence February 25, 1847 State University of Iowa is approved February 25, 1839 Seminoles and black allies shipped from Tampa Bay Florida, to West February 25, 1838 London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours February 25, 1837 1st U.S. electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport February 25, 1836 Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm February 25, 1830 Victor Hugo's "Hernani" premieres in Paris February 25, 1828 John Quincy Adam's son John marries in White House February 25, 1804 Jefferson nominated for president at Democratic-Republican caucus February 25, 1803 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states February 25, 1799 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land February 25, 1799 Congress passes 1st federal quarantine legislation February 25, 1793 1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home) February 25, 1791 1st Bank of U.S. chartered February 25, 1751 1st performing monkey exhibited in America, New York City (admission 1cent) February 25, 1746 Cumberlands troops occupy Aberdeen February 25, 1667 Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River February 25, 1643 Dutch U.S. colonists kill Algonquin-indians February 25, 1634 Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills duke Wallenstein February 25, 1623 Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes monarch of Palts February 25, 1605 Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen February 25, 1570 Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance February 25, 1540 Francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico February 25, 1502 Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine February 25, 1497 Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France February 25, 1358 Dalmatie flees Venice February 25, 1095 Council of Rockingham: bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus |