Historical eventFebruary 252026

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 Cuban waters.

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When
Wednesday, February 25 20260 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2020s
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Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays. Situated at the convergence of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean, Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula, south of both Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola, and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Cuba is the largest country in the Caribbean by area and the third-largest by population,

February 25 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1986People Power Revolution
  2. 1991Warsaw Pact
  3. 1994Baruch Goldstein
  4. 1999Minerva Airlines Flight 1553
  5. 2009Border Guard Bangladesh
  6. 2009Pilkhana, Bangladesh
  7. 2009Turkish Airlines Flight 1951
  8. 20152015 Afghanistan avalanches
  9. 2016Hesston shootings
  10. 2020Gui Minhai
  11. 2026Cuba

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February 25 2026 — 0 years ago, on a Wednesday.

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