Cuba
Four people are killed and several more are injured when Cuban Border Guard Troops confront and open fire on a US-registered speedboat violating...
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Noah Jupe
Noah Jupe, English actor
On February 25, 1991, the U.S. and its allies launched a ground offensive in the Gulf War, leading to the liberation of Kuwait from...
"Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
George Bernard Shaw
Hesston shootings
Three people are killed and fourteen others injured in a series of shootings in the small Kansas cities of Newton and Hesston.
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George Bernard Shaw
"Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
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Public holidays in Hungary
Memorial Day for the Victims of the Communist Dictatorships (Hungary)
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Kitano Tenmangū
Kitano Baika-sai or "Plum Blossom Festival" (Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan)
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February 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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February 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Saint Walpurga
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Saint Walpurga (she was canonised on 1 May c. 870 and Walpurgis Night is celebrated 30 April)
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Robert of Arbrissel
Christian feast days:
Blessed Robert of Arbrissel, founder of Fontevraud Abbey
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Hamburg
Christian feast days:
Hamburg Matthiae-mahl, feast of Hanseatic League cities on the mediaeval first day of spring
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John Roberts (missionary)
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John Roberts, writer and missionary (Anglican Communion)
