MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · February 25
THE DAY IN HISTORY · FEBRUARY 25
February 25 in history
1948 — The Prague coup
25 Feb 1948 — Czechoslovakia, the last democracy east of the curtain, falls to a communist coup without a shot. Western resistance to Stalin hardens overnight.
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1956 — The Secret Speech
25 Feb 1956 — Khrushchev denounces Stalin’s crimes to a closed party congress. Delegates faint; Eastern Europe hears “reform is possible” — Budapest tests how much.
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