February 25
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Art and culture
- 1830 - Hernani premiers in Paris ensuing in riots.
- 1956 - In his speech On the Personality Cult and its Consequences Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounces the actions of Joseph Stalin.
Births
- 1707 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian writer (d. 1793)
- 1841 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter, graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1919)
- 1842 - Karl May, German writer (d. 1912)
- 1873 - Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (d. 1921)
- 1894 - Meher Baba, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1969)
- 1901 - Zeppo Marx, American actor (d. 1979)
- 1917 - Anthony Burgess, English author (d. 1993)
- 1950 - Neil Jordan, Irish director
Deaths
- 1756 - Eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693)
- 1852 - Thomas Moore, Irish poet (b. 1779)
- 1922 - Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (b. 1869)
- 1970 - Mark Rothko, American painter (b. 1903)
- 1983 - Tennessee Williams, American playwright (b. 1911)
- 1993 - Eddie Constantine, American-born actor and singer (b. 1917)
- 1994 - Baruch Goldstein, American-born mass killer (b. 1956)
- 1994 - Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer (b. 1914)
- 1996 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-born actor (b. 1940)
- 1999 - Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
- 2001 - Sir Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
- 2003 - Tom O'Higgins, Irish Chief Justice (b. 1916)
- 2003 - Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
- 2004 - Donald Hings, Canadian inventor (b. 1907)
- 2005 - Peter Benenson, English founder of Amnesty International (b. 1921)
- 2006 - Darren McGavin, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2006 - Charlie Wayman, English footballer (b. 1922)
- 2007 - William R. Anderson, c/o USS Nautilus submarine, US Congressman (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Mark Spoelstra, American singer/songwriter (b. 1940)
Births
Deaths
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Anthony Burgess Eliza Haywood Louis Feuillade Stephen C. Apostolof Hernani (drama) Neil Jordan Tennessee Williams Mark Rothko Edward Gorey Enrico Caruso Eddie Constantine Pierre-Auguste Renoir Christian Schad Meher Baba Terri Schiavo Rudolf Hausner Thomas Moore Henri Désiré Landru John Tenniel Benedetto Croce Maria Rohm
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