Hong Kong–based writer and publisher Gui Minhai, known for writing about Chinese Communist Party politicians, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for intelligence violations.
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Four people are killed and several more are injured when Cuban Border Guard Troops confront and open fire on a US-registered speedboat violating Cuban waters.
Three people are killed and fourteen others injured in a series of shootings in the small Kansas cities of Newton and Hesston.
At least 310 people are killed in avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan.
Soldiers of the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny at their headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh, resulting in 74 deaths, including 57 army officials.
Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashes during landing at the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, primarily due to a faulty radio altimeter, resulting in the death of nine passengers and crew including all three pilots.
“Knowledge itself is power.”
One highlighted entry is from 2020: Hong Kong–based writer and publisher Gui Minhai, known for writing about Chinese Communist Party politicians, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for intelligence violations.
People listed for February 25 include Noah Jupe (2005), Vernon Carey Jr. (2001), and Bo Nix (2000).
Observances listed for February 25 include National Day (Kuwait), Revolution Day in Suriname, and Kitano Baika-sai or "Plum Blossom Festival" (Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan).
