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Feb. 25. 1986: Mass "People Power" demonstrations overthrow Marcos regime, Philippines. 1994: Jewish settler opens fire, murdering dozens of Palestinians praying in a Hebron mosque.

Feb. 26. 1976: Body of American Indian Movement activist Anna Mae Aquash, in a murder never prosecuted but widely attributed to the FBI, is found in rural South Dakota. 1991: Infamous "turkey shoot" in which U.S. forces massacre thousands of retreating Iraqi troops on the Basra road from Kuwait.

Feb. 27. 1973: At the request of tribal elders, AIM activists occupy Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

Feb. 28. 1967: Radical human rights activist Ramsey Clark named U.S. Attorney General by Pres. Johnson.

Mar. 1. 1847: Michigan becomes first state to abolish death penalty. 1954: Puerto Rican nationalists open fire from visitor's gallery of U.S. Congress.

Mar. 3. 1913: Over 5,000 women march on Washington to demand right to vote. 1991: Rodney King is videotaped being beaten by Los Angeles police officers.



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