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FEBRUARY 25, 1986
Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda were ousted from power by the non-violent People Power Revolution, with Corazon Aquino succeeding as president.
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, politician, dictator, and kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines Read More
FEBRUARY 25, 1956
In a speech to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounced the personality cult and dictatorship of his predecessor Joseph Stalin.
On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences was a report by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party Read More
FEBRUARY 25, 1705
George Frideric Handel's opera Nero premiered in Hamburg.
George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti.
FEBRUARY 25, 1951
After being postponed due to World War II, the inaugural Pan American Games opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The 1951 Pan American Games, officially known as I Pan American Games and commonly known as Buenos Aires 1951, were held in Read More
FEBRUARY 25, 1866
Miners in Calaveras County, California, discovered a human skull that was taken to show that humans had existed during the Pliocene, a thesis that was later disproved.
Calaveras County, officially the County of Calaveras, is a county in both the Gold Country and High Sierra regions of the U.S. Read More
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
At their headquarters in Pilkhana, members of the Bangladesh Rifles began a mutiny that resulted in 82 deaths.
Pilkhana is a para-military cantonment in Dhaka. It is the headquarters of Border Guard Bangladesh, located to the south of Dhanmondi in Dhaka of Bangladesh.
FEBRUARY 25, 1933
USS Ranger (pictured), the United States Navy's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, was launched.
USS Ranger (CV-4) was an interwar United States Navy aircraft carrier, the only ship of its class. As a Treaty ship, Ranger Read More
FEBRUARY 25, 1980
The first prime minister of independent Suriname, Henck Arron (pictured), was deposed in a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron was a Surinamese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Suriname after it gained independence in Read More
FEBRUARY 25, 1870
Mississippi senator Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American to be seated in the U.S. Congress.
The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the U.S. House Read More
FEBRUARY 25, 1948
Fearful of civil war and Soviet intervention in recent unrest, President Edvard Beneš (pictured) ceded control of the government to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
Edvard Beneš was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938, and again from Read More
FEBRUARY 25, 138
Roman emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius as his son and successor following the death of Hadrian's first adopted son Lucius Aelius.
Year 138 (CXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Read More
FEBRUARY 25, 628
Khosrow II, the last great king of the Sasanian Empire, was overthrown by his son Kavad II.
Khosrow II, commonly known as Khosrow Parviz, is considered to be the last great Sasanian King of Kings (Shahanshah) of Iran, ruling Read More
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
Hong Kong–based writer and publisher Gui Minhai, known for writing about Chinese Communist Party politicians, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for intelligence violations.
Gui Minhai, also known as Michael Gui, is a Hong Kong-Swedish book publisher and writer. He is an author of many books Read More

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