February 25th, 1959

Born on February 25th, 1959

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What happened on February 25th?

February 25th, 1994

Israeli physician Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Palestinian Muslims praying at the mosque in Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs, killing 29 people and wounding 125 others.

February 25th, 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.

February 25th, 1980

The first prime minister of independent Suriname, Henck Arron (pictured), was deposed in a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.

February 25th, 1951

After being postponed due to World War II, the inaugural edition of the Pan American Games opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

February 25th, 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.

February 25th, 1933

USS Ranger (pictured), the United States Navy's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, was launched.

February 25th, 1870

Mississippi senator Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American to be seated in the U.S. Congress.

February 25th, 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.

February 25th, 1843

Royal Navy captain Lord George Paulet began a five-month occupation of the Hawaiian Islands.

February 25th, 1705

George Frideric Handel's opera Nero premiered in Hamburg.

February 25th, 0628

Khosrow II, the last great king of the Sasanian Empire, was overthrown by his son Kavad II.

February 25th, 2026

Four people are killed and several more are injured when Cuban Border Guard Troops confront and open fire on a US-registered speedboat violating Cuban waters.

February 25th, 2015

At least 310 people are killed in avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan.

February 25th, 2009

Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashes during landing at the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, primarily due to a faulty radio altimeter, resulting in the death of nine passengers and crew including all three pilots.

February 25th, 1999

Alitalia Flight 1553 crashes at Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport in Genoa, Italy, killing four.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 25th

Born on February 25th, 1959

54

Aleksei Balabanov

Russian film director and screenwriter (1959-2013)

*February 25th, 1959, Yekaterinburg †May 18th, 2013, Sestroretsk

67

Johannes Herrschmann

German actor

*February 25th, 1959, Landshut

67

Andrea Kremer

American sports journalist

*February 25th, 1959, Philadelphia

67

Mike Peters

Welsh musician and lead singer of The Alarm

*February 25th, 1959, Prestatyn

Same year
Born in 1959

67

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

67

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

66

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Dag Erik Pedersen

Norwegian racing cyclist and cycling journalist (1959-2024)

*June 6th, 1959, Skien †June 3rd, 2024, Helgeroa

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

66

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

67

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

67

Josip Juratovic

German politician

*January 15th, 1959, Koprivnica

67

Andreas Lämmel

German politician

*April 19th, 1959, Falkenstein, Saxony

67

Hartmut Koschyk

German politician

*April 16th, 1959, Forchheim

67

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

66

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

66

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Musician

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

67

Rainer Balzer

German politician

*June 10th, 1959, Heidelberg

67

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

67

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 13th, 1959, Güímar

66

Marcia Gay Harden

American actress

*August 14th, 1959, La Jolla

67

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

67

Franz Rieger

German politician (CSU)

*May 24th, 1959, Regensburg

66

Allison Janney

American actress (born 1959)

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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