Today in History - 25th of February

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What Happened On This Day – 25 February

• 1994 An Israeli doctor kills 30 unarmed Palestinians in the Mosque of Abraham

  The massacre by right-wing extremist Baruch Goldstein was widely condemned, also in Israel.

• 1991 The Warsaw Pact is disbanded

  Following the end of the Cold War, the defense treaty between 8 communist states had lost its purpose. It had been signed in 1955 as an antagonist of NATO.

• 1986 Corazon Aquino is sworn in as the 11th President of the Philippines

  Aquino's presidency ended 20 years of dictatorship. She was the first female president in Asia.

• 1964 Muhammad Ali becomes world heavyweight champion

  Ali, who still used his original name Cassius Clay at the time, is considered one of the greatest heavyweight boxers in history.

• 1947 The state of Prussia is dissolved

  At its peak, the most important state of the German empire encompassed parts of modern-day Germany, Poland, and Russia

Births On This Day – 25 February

• 1943 George Harrison

  English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer

• 1917 Anthony Burgess

  English author

• 1873 Enrico Caruso

  Italian tenor

• 1861 Rudolf Steiner

  Austrian philosopher, educator

• 1778 José de San Martín

  Argentinian general, politician, 1st President of Peru

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