What Happened on February 25th

Many events happen in our everyday life. Some of those turn out to be significant whereas some are not. We want to remind our readers of those events that came to be historical as time reels.

Events

1992 - Armenian forces slaughtered more than 600 Azerbaijani citizens, including nearly 200 women and children near Khojaly, Azerbaijan.

Births

1304 — Ibn Battuta — a Muslim Berber Moroccan scholar, and explorer — was born.

1841 — Pierre-Auguste Renoir — a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style — was born. 

1861 — Rudolf Steiner — an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, economist, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant — was born.

1943 — George Harrison — an English musician, singer-songwriter, and music and film producer — was born.

Deaths

1852 — Thomas Moore — an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer — died.

2001 — Don Bradman —  an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time — died.