February 25, a Day That Will Live in Infamy

On February 25, 1994, Dr. Baruch Goldstein murdered 29 Muslims and wounded 270 others with an assault rifle and hand grenades at the al-Ibrahimi Mosque while they were kneeling in prayer in Hebron. This became known as the Hebron Massacre or al-Ibrahimi Massacre.

On February 25, 1860, 3-7 white men rowed out into Humboldt Bay to an Island called Indian Island in the state currently known as California, USA, and using knives and hatchets, slaughter some 80 Wiyot Indians. The Wiyot were performing an annual ceremony. Simultaneously, hundreds of Indians along the shore were slaughtered as well. This was known as the Wiyot Massacre. The townsfolk of Eureka knew the killers to be fine upstanding men in their community. None were ever brought to justice.