All Events

Historical Events on February 25

  • Colt Firearms

    1836

    Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.

  • Battle of Verdun

    1916

    World War I: The Germans capture Fort Douaumont during the Battle of Verdun.

  • Soviet invasion of Georgia

    1921

    Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.

  • Reichspräsident

    1932

    Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.

  • Turkey

    1945

    World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.

  • Gamal Abdel Nasser

    1954

    Gamal Abdel Nasser is made premier of Egypt.

  • Hà My massacre

    1968

    Vietnam War: One hundred thirty-five unarmed citizens of Hà My village in South Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province are killed and buried en masse by South Korean troops in what would come to be known as the Hà My massacre.

  • Ferdinand Marcos

    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.

  • Scud missile

    1991

    Gulf War: An Iraqi scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reservists from Pennsylvania.

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Famous Deaths on February 25

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