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What happened in history on this day: February 25?
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- 779 - Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies.
- 1095 - Council of Rockingham bishop Anselmus versus King William II Rufus.
- 1247 - Hendrik IV duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies.
- 1358 - Dalmatië flees Venice.
- 1495 - Djem Sultan son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at age 35.
- 1497 - Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France.
- 1502 - Austrian emperor Maximilian I reformats government machine.
- 1540 - Francisco Vásquez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola México.
- 1570 - Pope Pius V issues papal bull Regnans in Excelsis, excommunicating Queen Elizabeth of England, absolving her subjects from allegiance. This was in response for her seizing the crown of England and becoming the supremem head of the church in England.
- 1601 - Earl of Essex executed for treason in revolt against Queen Elizabeth.
- 1602 - Everard van Reyd Dutch historian, dies at about age 51.
- 1605 - Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen.
- 1623 - Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria becomes monarch of Palts.
- 1634 - Irish captain Walter Devereaux assassinates Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein at age 50, German duke, the commanding general of the Holy Roman Empire in the Thirty Years' War.
- 1635 - Birth of Walraad the Elder, Dutch field marshall/earl of Nassau-Usingen.
- 1643 - Birth of Ahmed II 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95).
- 1643 - Dutch US colonists kill Algonquin-Indians.
- 1649 - Birth of Johann Philipp Krieger in Nürnberg; composer, court organist at Bayreuth (1670), music director at Halle and Weissenfels (1680+).
- 1667 - Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River.
- 1707 - Birth of Carlo Goldoni Italy, lawyer/playwright (Belisario, Love of the 3 Oranges).
- 1713 - Frederik I King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at age 55.
- 1725 - Birth of Armand-Louis Couperin Paris France, composer/organist (Notre Dame).
- 1725 - Birth of Karl Wilhelm Ramler German poet (Geistliche Kantaten).
- 1746 - Cumberlands troops occupy Aberdeen.
- 1751 - First performing monkey exhibited in America, New York City (admission 1 cent).
- 1778 - Birth of José Francisco de San Martín; liberated Argentina, Chile and Perú.
- 1791 - President George Washington signs a bill into law establishing a national bank, with 20 year charter. The Bank is capitalized with US$10 million, with $8 million from private investors.
- 1793 - First US cabinet meeting (at George Washington's home).
- 1794 - Birth of Gerrit Schimmelpenninck; Dutch earl of Nijenhuis/Peckedam.
- 1803 - 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states.
- 1807 - Birth of George Alfred Trenholm; Secretary Treasurer (Confederacy) (dies 1876).
- 1808 - Birth of James Bowen; US Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1886).
- 1809 - Birth of George Washington Cullom; US Brevet Major General (Union Army) (dies 1892).
- 1815 - Birth of Robert Hall Chilton; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1879).
- 1826 - Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of Saint Petersburg, dies at age 60.
- 1832 - Birth of Theodorus J I Arnold; bibliographer (Bibliotheca Belgian).
- 1833 - Birth of Clement Anselm Evans; Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (dies 1911).
- 1836 - Samuel Colt patents first revolving barrel multishot firearm.
- 1837 - First US electric motor-powered printing press patented by Thomas Davenport of Rutlant, Vermont.
- 1839 - Seminole Indians and black allies shipped from Tampa Bay, Florida, to the West.
- 1840 - Birth of Otto Liebmann; German philosopher (Climax of Theories).
- 1841 - Birth of Pierre Auguste Renoir in Limoges, France; Impressionist painter/sculptor.
- 1842 - Birth of Karl May; German writer (Old Shatterhand, Winnetou).
- 1847 - Birth of John Watson; Canadian philosopher (Objective Idealism).
- 1848 - Birth of King William II of Württemberg (dies 1921).
- 1852 - Thomas Moore, writer (Odes of Anacreon), dies.
- 1855 - Birth of George Bonnor; cricket player (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888).
- 1862 - Paper currency is introduced in the USA, as Congress passes the Legal Tender Act. US$150 million of United States Notes is authorized, of which $60 million is legal tender.
- 1862 - US Congress establishes the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
- 1863 - US President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Currency Act into law, creating national banking system, comptroller of currency, allowing qualified banks to issue government-sponsored paper money in the banks' names.
- 1865 - Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at age 47.
- 1868 - Birth of Anthony J Block; Dutch lawyer (strafproces).
- 1871 - Birth of Oliver Samuel Campbell; tennis champion (US Open-1890).
- 1873 - Birth of Enrico Caruso in Naples, Italy; operatic tenor (Faust).
- 1875 - Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Fort Sill.
- 1876 - Birth of Charles Freer; art collector, endowed Freer Gallery.
- 1879 - US Congress passes first Timberland Protection Act.
- 1879 - Death by hanging of longtime thief/burglar/murderer Charles Frederick Peace in Armley Prison in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.
- 1881 - Birth of William Foster in Massachusetts, USA; Communist Presidential candidate (1924,28,32).
- 1882 - Birth of Bruno Traven; German writer (Sierra Madre).
- 1882 - Birth of Jozef Goossenaerts; Flemish philologist (Language boundary).
- 1882 - Birth of Ludvig Nordström in Sweden; writer (Story of Peter Svensk).
- 1887 - Birth of Leonard Carey in England; actor (Laughter).
- 1888 - Birth of John Foster Dulles; US Secretary of State (1953-59).
- 1894 - Birth of Ernst Friedrich in Breslau, Germany; pacifist (War Against War!).
- 1894 - Birth of Howard Wendell in Poland; actor (Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake).
- 1895 - Birth of DeBenneville "Bert" Bell in Pennsylvania, USA; NFL owner/commissioner/Hall of Fame (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1896 - Birth of John J McClellan; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Arkansas).
- 1896 - Italian government decides to attack governor Baratieri of Eritrea.
- 1898 - Birth of William Thomas Astbury; English physicist/chemist (textiles).
- 1899 - Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of news agency Reuters, dies.
- 1900 - Birth of Jed Harris; producer/director (Billy Rose Show, Operation Mad Ball).
- 1901 - Birth of Herbert Zeppo Marx in New York City, New York, USA; comedian/actor (Marx Brothers).
- 1901 - US Steel Corporation organizes under directorship of J. Pierpoint Morgan.
- 1902 - Birth of Max Kommerell; German literary/author (Die Gefangenen).
- 1902 - Birth of Oscar Cullmann; Swiss theologist (Das Petrusproblem).
- 1904 - Birth of Adelle Davis; author (Lets Stay Healthy), nutritionist (died of cancer).
- 1904 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver Seven sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in two games.
- 1905 - Netherlands Workers van Vakverenigingen, (NVV) political party forms.
- 1906 - Birth of Warren Hymer in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob).
- 1907 - Birth of Mary Coyle Chase; playwright (Harvey - Pulitzer Prize).
- 1907 - Birth of Shimen Rushkin in Poland; actor (Beau Brummel, Having a Wonderful Time).
- 1907 - US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic.
- 1908 - First tunnel under the Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens in New York.
- 1908 - Birth of Frank G Slaughter; author (Sangaree).
- 1909 - Birth of Edgar Pangborn; US sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy).
- 1910 - Birth of Millicent Vernon Hammond AKA Millicent Hammond Fenwick in New York City, New York, USA; American politician (Representative-Republican-New Jersey 1975-83).
- 1910 - Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troops to British-Indies.
- 1912 - Birth of Richard Wattis in England; actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince and Showgirl).
- 1913 - US 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax.
- 1913 - Birth of Gert Froebe in Saxony, Germany; actor (Goldfinger).
- 1913 - Birth of Jim Backus in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Mr Magoo, Thurston Howell III - Gilligan's Island).
- 1914 - Birth of John Arlott; cricket player (the doyen of cricket commentators and writers).
- 1914 - John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at age 93.
- 1915 - George Mimot, physician (Nobel Prize-1934), dies.
- 1916 - Birth of Ralph Baldwin; harness driver (set 11 major world records).
- 1916 - (3:00PM) German 24th Brandenburg Infantry troops assult and quickly capture Fort Douaumont near Verdun, France.
- 1917 - Birth of Anthony Burgess; essayist/novelist (A Clockwork Orange).
- 1917 - Birth of Asta E R Elstak; Suriname/Dutch social worker.
- 1918 - Birth of Henry Norwood Ewell in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA; 4x100 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1948).
- 1918 - Birth of Robert Lorimer Riggs AKA Bobby Riggs; US tennis star (US Open 1939, 1941).
- 1919 - Birth of Monty Irvin; baseball hall of famer (New York Giants).
- 1919 - Oregon is first state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon).
- 1920 - Birth of Hayes Gordon in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Sky Pirates, Dark Room).
- 1921 - Georgian SSR proclaimed.
- 1923 - Birth of Roger Parker; British Lord Justice of Appeal.
- 1923 - Bread in Berlin, Germany rises to 2,000 marks.
- 1924 - Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland High School basketball game (163-3).
- 1925 - Birth of Bert Remsen in Glen Cove, New York, USA; actor (Mario - It's a Living).
- 1925 - Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska.
- 1925 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran.
- 1925 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles.
- 1926 - Birth of Harvey McGregor; Queen's Council/warden (New College-Oxford).
- 1926 - Francisco Franco becomes General of Spain.
- 1926 - Kwo-Min-Tang (Guomindang) declares war on government/warlords.
- 1927 - Birth of Dick Jones in Snyder, Texas, USA; actor (Buffalo Bill Jr).
- 1927 - Birth of Jane Nigh in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Lorelei - Big Town).
- 1927 - Gdansk and Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor.
- 1928 - Birth of Keith Williamson; British RAF marshal.
- 1928 - Birth of Larry Gelbart; writer/producer/actor (Oh God!, M*A*S*H).
- 1929 - Birth of Christopher George in Royal Oak, Minnesota, USA; actor (Rat Patrol, Immortal).
- 1929 - Birth of Peter Bingham in Hinchcliff, England; British church historian (One Sided Reciprocity).
- 1929 - Birth of Tommy Newsom in Virginia, USA; musician/bandleader/saxophonist (The Tonight Show).
- 1930 - Check photographing device patented.
- 1930 - George Headley completes twin tons in Test Cricket versus England (114 and 112).
- 1931 - Birth of J R Stephenson; Lieutenant-Colonel/Secretary (MCC).
- 1932 - Birth of Faron Young; country singer/actor (Hidden Guns, Daniel Boone).
- 1932 - Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship.
- 1933 - First genuine aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger.
- 1933 - Major NFL rule changes: hash mark 10 yards in, posts on goal line.
- 1933 - Thomas Yawkey purchases the Boston Red Sox.
- 1934 - John J McGraw, manager (New York Giants), dies at age 60.
- 1937 - Birth of Basia Johnson; maid (inherited Johnson and Johnson fortune).
- 1937 - Birth of Bob Schieffer in Austin, Texas, USA; newscaster (CBS Weekend News).
- 1937 - Birth of Tom Courtenay in England; actor (Dresser, Dr Zhivago, To Catch a Spy).
- 1938 - Birth of Diane Baker in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Marnie).
- 1938 - Birth of Farokh Engineer; Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75).
- 1938 - Birth of Herb Elliott in Australia; 1500 metre runner (Olympics-gold-1960).
- 1938 - British Lord Halifax becomes Foreign Minister.
- 1939 - First Anderson bomb shelter in Britain erected in an Islington garden.
- 1939 - Birth of A C F Verity; master (Dulwich College).
- 1939 - Birth of Marisa Mell in Vienna, Austria; actress (Masquerade, Casanova '70).
- 1940 - First televised (W2XBS, New York City) hockey game (New York Rangers versus Montreal Canadiens).
- 1940 - Birth of Billy Packer in Wellsville, New York, USA; basketball sportscaster (CBS).
- 1940 - Birth of George Paul; CEO (Norwich Union Insurance Group).
- 1940 - Birth of Jesús Lopez-Cobos in Toro, Spain; conductor (International Conductor Competition).
- 1940 - Birth of Jud Taylor; actor (Dr Gerson - Dr Kildare).
- 1940 - Birth of Ron Santo; Chicago Cubs' shortstop (first baseball player to veto his trade).
- 1941 - Birth of David Puttnam in London, England; film producer/CEO (Columbia Pictures).
- 1941 - Birth of Stewart Sutherland; Principal/Vice-Chancellor (Edinburgh University).
- 1941 - Birth of Susan Browning in Baldwin, New York, USA; actress (Pat - Mary Hartman).
- 1941 - Boston Bruins set NHL record of 23-game unbeaten streak (15-0-8).
- 1941 - February strike against persecution of Jews, in Amsterdam.
- 1943 - Birth of Sally Jesse Raphael in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA; TV talk show host (Sally).
- 1943 - Vietminh forms Indo Chinese Democratic Front.
- 1944 - Birth of Karen Grassle in Berkeley, California, USA; actress (Caroline - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1944 - Birth of Kristina Holland in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA; actor (Tina - Courtship of Eddie's Father).
- 1945 - Birth of Elkie Brooks in Manchester, England; rocker (Pearl's a Singer).
- 1945 - Birth of Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul in Trinidad; novelist, essayist (Fireflies).
- 1945 - US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo, Japan.
- 1947 - Birth of Eddie Thomson; Australian soccer coach (Olyroos, Olympics-1996).
- 1947 - Birth of Lee Edward Evans in Madera, California, USA; 400-metre runner (Olympics-2 gold-1968).
- 1947 - Birth of Lewis Moonie; British Member of Parliament.
- 1947 - The Allied Control Council of Germany issues Law No. 46, disbanding Prussia.
- 1947 - Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at age 82.
- 1948 - Birth of G B Warren; British biochemist.
- 1948 - Communists seize Czechoslovakia; C Gottwald becomes premier.
- 1950 - NBC premieres the Your Show of Shows 90-minute variety TV show, with hosts Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen.
- 1950 - Birth of Anthony Lloyd; British Member of Parliament.
- 1950 - Birth of Emitt Rhodes; musician ("The Merry-go-Round").
- 1950 - Birth of Neil Jordan; director (The Crying Game).
- 1950 - Birth of Rick Flair [Richard Fliehr]; wrestling champion (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA).
- 1951 - First Pan American Games open (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
- 1951 - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament.
- 1952 - VI Olympic Winter Games close at Oslo, Norway.
- 1952 - Birth of James A Barcia; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Michigan).
- 1953 - Wonderful Town opens at Winter Garden Theater in New York City for 559 performances.
- 1953 - Birth of Garrett Glaser; entertainment correspondent (Entertainment Tonight).
- 1954 - Abdul Nasser is appointed Egyptian premier.
- 1954 - Birth of Steve Rixon; Australian cricket wicket-keeper (1977-85).
- 1955 - Birth of Leann Hunley; actress (Dane Carrington - Dynasty, Dawson's Creek).
- 1956 - Russian party leader Nikita Khrushchev denounces Josef Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference.
- 1957 - Birth of Jane Ackroyd; British sculptor.
- 1957 - Birth of Stuart "Woody" Wood in Scotland; guitarist (Bay City Rollers - "Saturday Night").
- 1957 - Mark Aldanov [Mark A Landau], Russian/French chemist, dies at age 70.
- 1957 - US Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust-exempt professional sport.
- 1958 - Birth of Kurt Rambis; NBA forward (Los Angeles Lakers, Charlotte Hornets) / Clark Kent look-alike.
- 1959 - Birth of Mike Peters; rocker (Alarm - "In the Summertime").
- 1960 - Birth of Glen Bishop; cricket player (South Aussie bat, two ODI's for Australia 1987).
- 1960 - Everhardus J van Romondt, Dutch Antillean minister, dies at age 51.
- 1961 - Niagara ends Saint Bonaventura's 99-game home basketball win streak.
- 1961 - Paul Bikle in glider climbs from 1208 metre at release to record 14,100.
- 1962 - Birth of Birgit Fischer in German Democratic Republic; 500 metre kayaker (Olympics-gold-1980).
- 1962 - Birth of Cammy Ciarelli in Iowa City, Iowa, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Best of Beach-second-1995).
- 1962 - India Congress Party wins elections.
- 1962 - Mike O'Hara completes a record 97th marathon.
- 1962 - Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at age 81.
- 1963 - The Beatles release their first single in US "Please Please Me".
- 1963 - Birth of Alison Roberts; fashion designer.
- 1963 - Birth of Paul O'Neill in Columbus, Ohio, USA; right fielder (Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees).
- 1963 - Birth of Tom McHale; NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins).
- 1964 - Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns.
- 1964 - Birth of Don Majkowski; NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions).
- 1964 - Birth of Steve Nevius; film editor (Eden, Fall Time, Damascus).
- 1964 - Cassius Marcellus Clay Junior (later Muhammad Ali) defeats world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout before a crowd of 8,300 at the Convention Hall arena in Miami Beach, Florida.
- 1965 - Birth of Scott Thompson (Carrot Top) in Florida, USA; comedian (American Comedy Award-1994).
- 1965 - Birth of Veronica Webb; supermodel/actress (Jungle Fever, Malcolm X).
- 1966 - Birth of Don Anurasiri; cricket player (Sri Lankan slow left-armer).
- 1966 - Birth of Stacey Cortez; actress (Sheila Cantillan - General Hospital).
- 1966 - Birth of Tea Leoni in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Flying Blind, Naked Truth).
- 1967 - Birth of Jenny Byrne in Perth, Australia; tennis star (1984 Futures-Wyong-Australia).
- 1967 - Birth of Nick Leeson; British banker (Baring bank).
- 1967 - Birth of Rich Rowland; US baseball catcher (Detroit Tigers).
- 1967 - John Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at age 57.
- 1968 - 430 Unification Church couples wed in Korea.
- 1968 - Birth of David Hulse; US baseball outfielder (Texas Rangers).
- 1968 - In Algeria, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake occurs. At El Alen, one person was killed, four injured and 100 houses destroyed.
- 1968 - Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at age 96.
- 1968 - Makarios re-elected President of Cyprus.
- 1969 - Birth of Donald Hodge; NBA center (Charlotte Hornets).
- 1969 - Birth of Kerry Dienelt; Australian softball catcher/first baseman (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Michelle Gibson; equestrian dressage (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1969 - Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars.
- 1969 - Pension plan for baseball is agreed to.
- 1970 - Birth of Alfred Jordan; Canadian Football League cornerback (Calgary Stampeders).
- 1970 - Birth of Brian O'Neal; NFL full back (San Francisco 49ers).
- 1970 - Birth of Corey Mayfield; NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1970 - Birth of Dave Brown; NFL quarterback (New York Giants).
- 1970 - Birth of Joe Bowden; NFL linebacker (Houston/Tennessee Oilers).
- 1970 - Birth of Troy Mallette in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; NHL left wing (Ottawa Senators).
- 1970 - Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at age 66.
- 1971 - Oh! Calcutta! opens at Belasco Theater in New York City for 1,316 performances.
- 1971 - Birth of Andrew Hermann; American 50km walker (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Byron Dafoe in Sussex, England; NHL goalie (Los Angeles Kings).
- 1971 - Birth of David Fox; American 50 metre freestyle (Olympics-6th-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Helen Dobson in Skegness, England; golfer (1993 State Farm Rail Classic).
- 1971 - Birth of Nova Peris in Darwin, Australia; field hockey left halfback (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Sean Astin in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Goonies, Like Father Like Son, Toy Soldiers).
- 1972 - Birth of Chris Harrison; guard (Detroit Lions).
- 1972 - Birth of Erwin van de Looi; soccer player (Vitesse).
- 1972 - Birth of Sean Harris; NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears).
- 1972 - Lopsided trade, Saint Louis Cardinals trade Steve Carlton to Philadelphia Phillies for Rick Wise.
- 1973 - Birth of Daryl Gardener; defensive end (Miami Dolphins).
- 1973 - Birth of Kirrily Sharpe in Bankstown, Australia; tennis star (1995 Futures-Saga-Japan).
- 1973 - Juan Corona sentenced to 25 life sentences for 25 murders.
- 1974 - Birth of Detron Smith; NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1974 - Birth of Tamarick Vanover; NFL wide receiver (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1974 - Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975.
- 1974 - Death of Julian Dash at age 58; composer/saxophonist ("Tuxedo Junction").
- 1975 - Birth of Hercules Kyvelos in Montréal, Québec, Canada; boxer (Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago, Illinois, at age 77.
- 1976 - Birth of Chris Pitman; rocker (Zaum, Tool).
- 1976 - Birth of Samaki Walker; NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks).
- 1977 - New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 points.
- 1977 - The Liberian-registered Hawaiian Patriot oil tanker catches fire in the Northern Pacific west of Honolulu, Hawaii, spilling 115 million litres of oil.
- 1977 - Soyuz 24 returns to Earth.
- 1978 - Botham scores first Test Cricket century, 103 versus New Zealand Christchurch.
- 1978 - Daniel "Chappie" James Junior, retired US Air Force General, dies at age 58.
- 1979 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic.
- 1979 - Soyuz 32 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station.
- 1980 - Military coup under Desi Bouterse and Roy Horb in Suriname ousts Prime Minister Henck Arron, replacing the government with a National Military Council.
- 1981 - L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain.
- 1981 - New York Islanders give up their most goals (11) versus Calgary Flames.
- 1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1981 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 23rd Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: Christopher Cross for "Sailing";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Bette Midler for "The Rose";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Kenny Loggins for "This Is It";
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female: Pat Benatar for "Crimes Of Passion";
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male: Billy Joel for "Glass Houses";
- Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band for "Against The Wind";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female: Anne Murray for "Could I Have This Dance?";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: George Jones for "He Stopped Loving Her Today".
- 1981 - Executive Board of Baseball Players' Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved.
- 1982 - The European Court of Human Rights rules that teachers who cane, belt or tawse children against the wishes of their parents are in breach of the Human Rights Convention.
- 1982 - PBS-TV airs the final episode of The Lawrence Welk Show.
- 1982 - J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (two Tests for India 1947-48), dies.
- 1982 - Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph).
- 1983 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 25th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: Toto for "Rosanna";
- Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for "Up Where We Belong";
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Ernie Watts for "Chariots Of Fire Theme";
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female: Pat Benatar for "Shadows Of The Night";
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male: John Cougar Mellencamp for "Hurts So Good";
- Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Survivor for "Eye Of The Tiger";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: Marvin Gaye for "Sexual Healing";
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male: Willie Nelson for "Always On My Mind".
- 1983 - Tennessee Williams, US writer (Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), chokes to death on a bottle cap at age 71 (born 1911).
- 1984 - Oil fire in Cubatao, Brazil kills 500.
- 1986 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 28th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: Quincy Jones for "We Are The World";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Whitney Houston for "Saving All My Love For You";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Phil Collins for "No Jacket Required";
- Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Quincy Jones for "We Are The World";
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance (orchestra, group or soloist): Jan Hammer for "Miami Vice Theme";
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female: Tina Turner for "One Of The Living";
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male: Don Henley for "The Boys Of Summer";
- Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Dire Straits for "Money For Nothing";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female: Aretha Franklin for "Freeway Of Love";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male: Stevie Wonder for "In Square Circle";
- Best Rhythm and Blues Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: Commodores for "Nightshift".
- 1986 - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and wife Imelda are driven from Manila's Malacañang Palace. Corazon Aquino becomes President of Philippines.
- 1986 - Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao.
- 1986 - Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, protesting against bad salaries, destroying two luxury hotels.
- 1987 - Death of James Coco at age 56 of a heart attack; actor (Calucci's Dept., The Dumplings, St. Elsewhere (Emmy Award), Who's The Boss?).
- 1987 - LaMarr Hoyt is banned from US Major League Baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse.
- 1988 - Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at age 78.
- 1988 - South Korea adopts constitution.
- 1989 - First independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms.
- 1989 - Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career.
- 1989 - Javed Miandad scores 271 versus New Zealand at Eden Park.
- 1989 - Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in five rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1990 - Australia beats Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup.
- 1990 - Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, Two of a Kind), dies at age 30.
- 1991 - Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons versus Sri Lanka (122 and 100).
- 1991 - Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky, and John Candy buy Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts.
- 1991 - Iraqi SCUD missile hits US barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killing 29, injuring 99.
- 1992 - Digital Equipment unveils the 64-bit Alpha processor architecture, with speed estimates of 150 million instructions per second.
- 1992 - Birth of Libby [Elizabeth] Callahan in Columbia, South Carolina, USA; sport pistol (Olympics-1996).
- 1992 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 34th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: Natalie Cole for "Unforgettable";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female: Bonnie Raitt for "Something To Talk About";
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Michael Bolton for "When A Man Loves A Woman";
- Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: R.E.M. for "Losing My Religion";
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance: Michael Kamen for "Robin Hood - Prince Of Thieves";
- Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo: Bonnie Raitt for "Luck Of The Draw";
- Best Rock Instrumental Performance: Eric Johnson for "Cliffs Of Dover".
- 1992 - Guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, One Eyed Soldiers), dies at age 79.
- 1992 - John E Allen Junior, actor (1 2 3), dies.
- 1992 - (to February 26) Massacre of 613 Azerbaijani civilians in Khojaly.
- 1993 - Eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at age 75.
- 1993 - Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy".
- 1993 - Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch Prime Minister (Social Democrat, 1965-69), dies.
- 1993 - Pakistan all out 43 versus West Indies, world one-day international record low.
- 1993 - Troy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at age 45.
- 1994 - Hugh Tayfield, cricket player (170 wickets for South Africa in 37 Tests), dies.
- 1994 - Israeli Kahanist Baruch Goldstein opens fire inside the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank. He kills 29 Muslims before worshippers beat him to death.
- 1994 - Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer, dies at age 80 (born 1914).
- 1994 - Peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31.
- 1994 - Phil Rizzuto elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1994 - Wladyslaw Sila, Lawyer Adviser to Solidarity-Nowicki dies at age 80.
- 1994 - Yann Piat, French Member of Parliament (FN/PR), murdered at age 44.
- 1995 - Bomb attack on train in Assam, India (27 soldiers killed).
- 1995 - British heavyweight Nigel Benn hits Gerard McClellan in hospital.
- 1995 - Jack Clayton, British director (The Great Gatsby), dies at age 73.
- 1995 - Muslim fundamentalists shoot 20 Shiite mosque goers dead.
- 1995 - Oh Jin Woo, Korean minister of defense, dies.
- 1995 - PBA National Championship Won by Scott Alexander.
- 1996 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian doctor/actor (Killing Fields), murdered at age 45 (born 1940).
- 1996 - Marion Farouk, political scientist-Sluglett dies at age 59.
- 1996 - Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad versus Leeward Islands.
- 1998 - CBS live telecasts the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presentation of the 40th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
- Record of the Year: Shawn Colvin for "Sunny Came Home";
- Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Sarah McLachlan for "Building A Mystery";
- Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: Elton John for "Candle In The Wind 1997";
- Best Female Rock Vocal Performance: Fiona Apple for "Criminal";
- Best Male Rock Vocal Performance: Bob Dylan for "Cold Irons Bound";
- Best Rock Instrumental Performance: The Chemical Brothers for "Block Rockin' Beats";
- Best Rap Solo Performance: Will Smith for "Men In Black".
- 1998 - Luigi Veronesi, Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico), dies at age 90.
- 1998 - Umberto Mastroianni, Italian sculptor, dies at age 87.
- 1999 - Death of Glenn Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912).
- 2003 - Roh Moo-hyun is sworn in as new president of South Korea.
- 2004 - Newmarket releases the film The Passion of the Christ to theaters.
- 2005 - Wichita, Kansas police apprehend the so-called BTK serial killer Dennis Rader, 31 years after his first murder.
- 2005 - Terrorists kill five and wound 50 in Tel Aviv, Israel; Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for the attack.
- 2006 - Death of Darren McGavin at age 83; actor (Mike Hammer TV show, Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV show, Riverboat TV show, Crime Photographer TV show, Murphy Brown TV show (Emmy award)).
- 2006 - Police officers and protesters are injured when a protest prior to the Love Ulster parade turns into a major riot.
- 2006 - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni wins his second re-election, sparking riots in Kampala by opposition supporters.
- 2007 - The European Space Agency confirms Rosetta's successful Mars trajectory fly-by.
- 2007 - The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, takes place at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. The Departed wins Best Picture.
- 2008 - Lee Myung-bak is sworn in as South Korea's new president.
- 2009 - In Canada, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec pension fund reveals that it lost CDN$39.8 billion last year, 1/4 of its assets, the biggest loss in its history.
- 2020 - Death of Hosni Mubarak at age 91 in Cairo, Egypt; 41st Prime Minister and 4th President of Egypt.
- 2021 - The global death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 2.5 million.
- 2021 - Death of Sir Michael Somare, 1st Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (born 1936).
- 2022 - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifts its advisory on mask wearing in most public spaces.
- 2022 - Death of Tsewang Norbu at age 25 by self-immolation in Lhasa, Tibet; singer (Sing! China TV show contestant).
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