January 25

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on January 25. From 1900 until now. January 25 is under the sign of Aquarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Corazon Aquino (1933), Alicia Keys (1981) and Alicia Keys (1981). Several movies were released around January 25 over the years, such as Modern Times in 1936 directed by Charles Chaplin and Taxi Driver in 1976 directed by Martin Scorsese.
But much more happened on January 25 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

St. Dwynwen's Day and Patron Saint of Lovers - Welsh celebration of love Dirwnod Santes Dwynwen.
Tatiana Day, celebrated as the Day of Russian students since 1755, when the Moscow University was founded.
Catholicism and Anglicanism - Conversion of Saint Paul.
Christian ecumenism ? Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends.
Burns Night - Burns suppers are held in many parts of the world around this date. (Originated in Scotland)
Winter-Een-Mas - celebration of videogames and the people that play them. Winter-een-mas lasts for a whole week, which is always the very last week in January, the 25th through the 31st.
Roman Empire - second day of the Sementivae in honour of Ceres and Terra
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Events

2019 18 people were killed and 23 others were injured when gunmen belonging to the "Union for Peace" group, attacked a funeral ceremony in the town of Ippy, Central African Republic. (The Tribune)
2018 Thirteen civilians travelling from Burkina Faso are killed after their vehicle struck a landmine near the village of Boni in Mali's Mopti Region. (Reuters) (AFP via Daily Sabah)
2017 Somali Civil War (2009–present): Twenty-eight people are killed in a coordinated attack on the Dayah Hotel in central Mogadishu. The terrorist group Al-Shabaab claims responsibility. (Yahoo) (Al Jazeera)
2016 Boko Haram insurgency: Suicide bombers kill at least 32 people and injure 66 others in northern Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria. (Reuters Africa)
2015 Moro insurgency in the Philippines: Around 30-50 people die in clashes between the Philippine National Police and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front threatening a peace agreement between the Philippines government and the rebels. (Reuters)
2014 Civil conflict in the Philippines: The Philippines and the Bangsamoro agree to a peace deal that would help end the 45-year conflict. (Fox News)
2013 Syrian civil war:: Two car bombs explode in the Syrian controlled part of Golan Heights killing 8 people. (AP via Fox News) (Voice of America) (AP via Washington Post)
2012 2011–2012 Syrian uprising: 18 protesters are shot dead by Syrian security forces. (Naharnet)
2011 Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins in Egypt, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, and throughout other cities in Egypt.
2010 Live Nation and Ticketmaster complete their merger, following an agreement with the United States Department of Justice to divest some interests. (Reuters)
2009 Sudan bombs the town of Muhajeria, Darfur, killing a child. (MSNBC)
2008 In Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino is evacuated due to a fire which engulfed parts of the upper floors, facade and roof before being brought under control.
2007 A curfew is imposed in Beirut after deadly clashes erupted between pro-government supporters and Hezbollah-led factions. (CNN)
2006 Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in conjunction with the serial killing of at least 10 elderly women.
2005 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake: Indonesia has again raised its estimate of the number of people killed by December's earthquake and tsunami to 220,000; the total known to have been killed in the region is now 280,000. (BBC)
2004 Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars.
2003 2003 Invasion of Iraq: A group of people left London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
1999 A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
1998 Patti LaBelle On Broadway, closes at St. James Theater, New York City
1997 71st Australian Women's Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (6-2, 6-2).
1996 Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the United States of America.
1995 Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of European Committee.
1994 Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court.
1993 Mir Aimal Kasi fires a rifle and kills two employees outside US Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
1992 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41 seconds.
1991 Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US government.
1990 Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami Florida jail.
1989 Augusto Alcalde, 1st South American Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission
1988 George Harrison releases When We Was Fab
1987 Super Bowl XXI: New York Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena Super Bowl MVP: Phil Simms, New York Giants, QB
1986 The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
1985 Black & Blue, premieres in Paris
1983 Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit
1982 9th American Music Awards: Kenny Rogers win.
1981 Super Bowl XV: Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10 in New Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Jim Plunkett, Oakland, QB
1980 Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail and deported
1979 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan.
1978 Muriel Humphrey (Democrat-Minnesota) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat.
1976 Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut India versus New Zealand Auckland.
1974 Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old
1973 English actor Derren Nesbitt is convicted of assaulting his wife Anne Aubrey.
1972 25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota.
1971 WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis, IN (IND) begins broadcasting
1969 US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris, France.
1968 Risse St. in Bronx named
1966 WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, New Jersey (NBC) 1st broadcast
1964 Echo 2 US communications satellite launched.
1961 Military coup in El Salvador.
1960 In Washington, D.C., the National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records.
1959 First transcontinental commercial jet flight (American Airlines) (Los Angeles to New York for US$301).
1957 FBI arrests Jack and Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR.
1956 96.5 cm (38 inches) of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record).
1955 Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years.
1954 The foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union meet at the Berlin Conference.
1953 WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting
1952 Test debut of Richie Benaud, versus West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
1951 Dutch author Anne de Vries releases the first volume of her novel ''Journey Through the Night'' (''Reis door de nacht'') set during World War II.
1949 1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale and Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win
1947 Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at age 48.
1946 The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
1945 New York Yankees sold by Ruppert estate to Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping
1942 Lieutenant General Rommels African corps reaches Msus
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.
1939 Joe Louis knocks out John Henry Lewis in one round for heavyweight boxing title.
1938 A brilliant aurora borealis described variously as quota curtain of firequot and a quothuge blood-red beam of lightquot startles people across Europe and is visible as far south as Gibraltar.
1937 1st broadcast of Guiding Light on NBC radio
1932 Bradman scores 167 NSW vs. Victoria, 224 mins, 22 fours
1924 1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France
1919 Founding of League of Nations, first meeting one year later.
1918 Russia declared a republic of Soviets.
1916 Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary.
1915 Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
1910 Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem.
1909 Richard Strauss' opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
1907 Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to National Institute of Arts & Letters
1905 Largest diamond, Cullinan (3106 carets), found in South Africa
1904 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick Pennsylvania.
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