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February 25th, 2008EventThe country of Kosovo declares independence from Serbia.
February 25th, 2006EventHeavy rioting takes place in Dublin, Ireland after a "Love Ulster" march is opposed by counter-activists.
February 25th, 2000EventThe Swedish political party New Democracy is declared financially bankrupt.
February 25th, 1994EventMosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Dr. Baruch Kappel Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors. Subsequent rioting kills 26 more Palestinians and 9 Israelis.
February 25th, 1992EventKhojaly massacre: about 613 civilians killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan
February 25th, 1991EventGulf War: An Iraqi Scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reservists from Pennsylvania.
February 25th, 1986EventPeople Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president.
February 25th, 1980EventThe Suriname government ( elected after gaining independence from the Netherlands in 1975 ) was overthrown by a military coup which was initiated with the bombing of the police station from an army ship of the coast of the nations capital; Paramaribo
February 25th, 1971EventThe first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online.
February 25th, 1969EventGermany gives $5 million to an Arab terrorist as ransom for the passengers and crew of a hijacked jumbo jet.

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