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02/25/1975
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Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago at 78
Type: Death
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02/25/1976
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Chris Pitman, rocker (Zaum, Tool)
Type: Birth
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02/25/1976
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Samaki Walker, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
Type: Birth
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02/25/1977
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New Orleans' Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pts
Type: Event
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02/25/1977
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Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons
Type: Event
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02/25/1977
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Soyuz 24 returns to Earth
Type: Event
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02/25/1978
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Botham scores 1st Test Cricket century, 103 v NZ Christchurch
Type: Event
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02/25/1978
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Daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired Air Force general, dies at 58
Type: Death
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02/25/1979
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
Type: Event
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02/25/1979
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Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station is launched
Type: Event
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02/25/1980
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Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname
Type: Event
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02/25/1981
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23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins
Type: Event
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02/25/1981
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Calgary Flames scored 11 goals against the Islanders
Type: Event
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02/25/1981
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Exec Board of Players' Assn votes unanimously to strike on May 29
Type: Event
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02/25/1981
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L Calvo Sotelo elected premier of Spain
Type: Event
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02/25/1981
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NHL most penalized game; Bruins vs Northstars, 84 penalties (392 mins)
Type: Event
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02/25/1981
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NY Islanders give up their most goals (11) vs Calgary Flames
Type: Event
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02/25/1981
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Rita Jenrette (wife of Abscam congressman) appears on Donahue
Type: Event
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02/25/1981
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Type: Event
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02/25/1981
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Exec Board of Baseball Players' Assn votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved
Type: Event
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02/25/1982
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Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs
Type: Event
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02/25/1982
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Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph)
Type: Event
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02/25/1982
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J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies
Type: Death
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02/25/1983
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John Cowles Sr, US publisher, dies at 84
Type: Death
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02/25/1983
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Tennessee Williams, writer (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 71
Type: Death
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02/25/1984
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Oil fire in Cubatao Brazil kills 500
Type: Event
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02/25/1986
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28th Grammy Awards: We Are the World, Sade, Phil Collins wins
Type: Event
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02/25/1986
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Corazon Aquino becomes president of Philippines, Marcos flees
Type: Event
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02/25/1986
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Iran conquerors Iraq peninsula Fao
Type: Event
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02/25/1986
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Thousands of Egyptian military police riot, destroy 2 luxury hotel
Type: Event
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02/25/1987
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LaMarr Hoyt is banned from baseball for 1987, due to drug abuse
Type: Event
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02/25/1987
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Michael Jordan, scores Chicago Bull record 58 points in a game
Type: Event
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02/25/1987
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US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action
Type: Event
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02/25/1987
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James Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58
Type: Death
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02/25/1988
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Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester Mass
Type: Event
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02/25/1988
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South Korea adopts constitution
Type: Event
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02/25/1988
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Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78
Type: Death
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02/25/1989
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1st independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms
Type: Event
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02/25/1989
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Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career
Type: Event
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02/25/1989
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Dallas Cowboys' new owner fires 29-year coach Tom Landry
Type: Event
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02/25/1989
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Javed Miandad scores 271 v NZ at Eden Park
Type: Event
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02/25/1989
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Lowest baramotric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt)
Type: Event
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02/25/1989
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Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
Type: Event
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02/25/1990
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Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup
Type: Event
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02/25/1990
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Nicaraguans votes out Sandinistas
Type: Event
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02/25/1990
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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
Type: Event
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02/25/1990
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Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30
Type: Death
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02/25/1991
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Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons v Sri Lanka (122 and 100*)
Type: Event
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02/25/1991
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Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky and John Candy buy CFL's Toronto Argonauts
Type: Event
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02/25/1991
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US, barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28
Type: Event
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