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What Happened on January 25th This Day in History

Year	Name
2019	A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing at least seven people and leaving 200 missing.
2015	A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines kills 44 members of Special Action Force (SAF), at least 18 from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
2013	At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
2011	The first wave of the Egyptian revolution begins throughout the country, marked by street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes.
2010	Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Na'ameh, Lebanon, killing 90.
2006	Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.
2005	A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258.
2003	Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
1999	A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
1998	During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
1998	A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
1996	Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the United States.
1995	The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
1994	The spacecraft Clementine by BMDO and NASA is launched.
1993	Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.
1990	Avianca Flight 52 crashes in Cove Neck, New York, killing 73.
1986	The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
1980	Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
1979	Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
1971	Charles Manson and four "Family" members (three of them female) are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders.
1971	Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.
1969	Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
1967	South Vietnamese junta leader and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky fires rival, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Nguyen Huu Co, while the latter is overseas on a diplomatic visit.
1964	Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes.
1961	In Washington, D.C., US President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
1960	The National Association of Broadcasters in the United States reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
1949	The first Emmy Awards are presented in the United States; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
1947	Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
1946	The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
1946	United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
1945	World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
1942	World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
1941	Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
1937	The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
1932	Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
1924	The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
1918	The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Soviet Russia.
1918	The Finnish Defence Forces (The White Guards) are established as the official army of independent Finland, and Baron C. G. E. Mannerheim is appointed its Commander-in-Chief.
1917	Sinking of the SS Laurentic after hitting two German mines off the coast of Northern Ireland.
1915	Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
1909	Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
1890	Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
1881	Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
1879	The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
1858	The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding processional.
1819	University of Virginia chartered by Commonwealth of Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson one of its founders.
1792	The London Corresponding Society is founded.
1791	The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
1787	Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
1765	Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
1755	Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
1704	The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.
1585	Walter Raleigh is knighted, shortly after renaming North America region "Virginia", in honor of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen".
1575	Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
1573	Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
1554	São Paulo, Brazil, is founded by Jesuit priests.
1533	Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
1515	Coronation of Francis I of France takes place at Reims Cathedral, where the new monarch is anointed with the oil of Clovis and girt with the sword of Charlemagne.
1494	Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
1348	A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.
750	In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty.
41	After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.

Famous People Born on January 25

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Year	Name
1905	Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (d. 1985)
1981	Francis Jeffers, English footballer
1949	Paul Nurse, English geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1923	Jean Taittinger, French politician, French Minister of Justice (d. 2012)
1921	Josef Holeček, Czechoslovakian canoeist (d. 2005)
1971	Philip Coppens, Belgian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1957	Andrew Harris, American politician
1640	William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Steward of the Household (d. 1707)
1943	Tobe Hooper, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2017)
1922	Raymond Baxter, English television host and pilot (d. 2006)

Famous People Deaths On January 25

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on January 25. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1982	Mikhail Suslov, Russian economist and politician (b. 1902)
1586	Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
863	Charles of Provence, Frankish king (b. 845)
2002	Cliff Baxter, employee at Enron (b. 1958)
2015	John Leggett, American author and academic (b. 1917)
1985	Ilias Iliou, Greek jurist and politician (b. 1904)
1578	Mihrimah Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1522)
1968	Louie Myfanwy Thomas, Welsh writer (b. 1908)
844	Pope Gregory IV (b. 795)
1559	Christian II of Denmark (b. 1481)