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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
1591	Friedrich Spee, German poet and author (d. 1635)
1915	S. Rajaratnam, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore (d. 2006)
1999	Rocky, South Korean singer, dancer and songwriter
1946	Jean Todt, French racing driver and team manager; FIA President, 2009–2021
1989	Kana Hanazawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
1908	Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (d. 2001)
1937	Tom Courtenay, award-winning English actor
1950	Neil Jordan, Irish film director, screenwriter and author
1883	Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (d. 1981)
1901	Zeppo Marx, American comedian (the youngest of the Marx Brothers) and theatrical agent (d. 1979)

Famous People Deaths On February 25

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Date	Name
2010	Ihsan Dogramaci, Turkish pediatrician and academic (b. 1915)
1975	Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (b. 1897)
1971	Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
1950	George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
1983	Tennessee Williams, American playwright, and poet (b. 1911)
1997	Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian journalist and publisher (b. 1925)
1756	Eliza Haywood, English actress and poet (b. 1693)
1957	Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
1970	Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (b. 1903)
1547	Vittoria Colonna, marchioness of Pescara (b. 1490)