February 25 Events

2011 Researchers in Fairbanks, Alaska, discover remains of a 3-year old child from the Ice Age and named it Xaasaa Cheege Ts'eniin, 'Upper Sun River Mouth Child'
2011 In China, Jia Qinglin, senior leader of the People's Republic of China, calls for controls over Tibetan Buddhism and a renewed struggle against the Dalai Lama
2010 After being delayed by the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine, Victor Yanukovych is sworn in as the 4th President of Ukraine
2007 79th Academy Awards hosted by Ellen DeGeneres in Hollywood
2007 'The Departed' wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards
2005 Radio Canada International celebrates its 60th anniversary
1998 Pamela Lee has husband Tommy Lee arrested on battery charges
1998 Switzerland's 1st legal brothel opens in Zurich
1998 40th Grammy Awards, Shawn Colvin, Bob Dylan, Sarah McLachlan, and Elton John win major awards
1996 "Father" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 52 performances
1996 Rajindra Dhanraj takes 16-167 in match Trinidad vs Leeward Is
1995 Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed)
1995 British heavyweight Nigel Benn hits Gerard McClellan in hospital
1995 Moslem fundamentalists shoot 20 shite mosque goers dead
1995 PBA National Championship Won by Scott Alexander
1994 Israeli extremist Baruch Goldstein massacres 30 Palestinians in Hebron
1994 Peruvian Yak-40 crashes into mountain near Tingo Maria, kills 31
1994 Phil Rizzuto elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1993 "Fool Moon" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 207 performances
1993 Florida Marlins introduce their mascot "Billy"
1993 Pakistan all out 43 vs. West Indies, world one-day int record low
1992 34th Grammy Awards: Unforgetable, Marc Cohn wins
1991 Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons vs. Sri Lanka (122 and 100*)
1991 Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky and John Candy buy CFL's Toronto Argonauts
1991 U.S., barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28
1990 Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup
1990 Nicaraguans votes out Sandinistas
1990 On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long
1989 1st independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms
1989 Dallas Cowboys' new owner fires 29-year coach Tom Landry
1989 Javed Miandad scores 271 vs. New Zealand at Eden Park
1989 Lowest baramotric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt)
1989 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1988 Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester Mass
1988 South Korea adopts constitution
1987 LaMarr Hoyt is banned from baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse
1987 Michael Jordan, scores Chicago Bulls record 58 points in a game
1987 U.S. Supreme Court upholds affirmative action, 5-4
1986 28th Grammy Awards: We Are the World, Sade, Phil Collins wins
1986 Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines, Marcos flees
1986 Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao
1986 Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel
1984 Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500
1982 Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs
1982 Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph)
1981 23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins
1981 Calgary Flames scored 11 goals against the Islanders
1981 L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain
1981 NHL most penalized game; Bruins vs Northstars, 84 penalties (392 minutes)