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- 1956 25 Feb Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounces Stalin in a secret speech to the Communist Party Congress.
- 1964 25 Feb Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) defeats Sonny Liston in one of the greatest shocks in boxing history.
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