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January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 340 days remaining until the end of the year (341 in leap years ).
Events
41 - After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.1327 - Edward III becomes King of England .1494 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples .1533 - Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn .1554 - Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil .1573 - Battle of Mikatagahara , in Japan ; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu .1755 - Moscow University established on Tatiana Day .1787 - American Daniel Shays leads rebellion to seize Federal arsenal to protest debtor's prisons .1791 - The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada .1792 - The London Corresponding Society is founded.1858 - The Wedding March Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria 's daughter, Victoria , and Friedrich of Prussia .1879 - The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company .1890 - Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.1909 - Richard Strauss ' opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera .1915 - Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service.1917 - The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million.1919 - The League of Nations is founded.1924 - The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps ), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games .1937 - The Guiding Light airs on radio for the first time. Also went to television making this show the longest running broadcast program in United States radio and television history.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 .1942 - World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom .1945 - World War II: Battle of the Bulge ends.1946 - The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor .1949 - At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented.1949 - The first Israeli election -- David Ben-Gurion becomes Prime Minister .
1955 - Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany.1959 - Pope John XXIII proclaims upcoming Second Vatican Council .1960 - The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the Payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records.1961 - In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference .1971 - Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders .1971 - Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda 's president.
1971 - Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state.
1981 - Jiang Qing , the widow of Mao Zedong , is sentenced to death.1986 - The National Resistance Movement topple the government of Tito Okello in Uganda .1990 - The Burns' Day storm hits northwestern Europe.1990 - Honduras becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty .
1990 - Avianca Flight 52 crashes, killing 73 passengers.
1993 - Five people were shot outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia resulting in two murders.1994 - The Clementine space probe launches.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.1998 - During a historic visit to Cuba Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.1998 - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE ) suicide attack on Sri Lanka 's Temple of the Tooth , killing 8 people injuring 25 others.
1999 - A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
Births
750 - Leo IV the Khazar , Byzantine Emperor 1477 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany , wife of Charles VIII of France (d. 1514 )1509 - Giovanni Morone , Italian cardinal (d. 1580 )1615 - Govert Flinck , Dutch painter (d. 1660 )1627 - Robert Boyle , Irish chemist (d. 1691 )1634 - Gaspar Fagel , Dutch statesman (d. 1688 )1640 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire , English soldier and statesman (d. 1707 )1688 - Juraj Jánošík , famous Slovak outlaw (d. 1713 )1736 - Joseph Louis Lagrange , Italian-born mathematician (d. 1813 )1741 - Benedict Arnold , American general notorious for treason (d. 1801 )1739 - Charles François Dumouriez , French general (d. 1823 )1759 - Robert Burns , Scottish poet (d. 1796 )1794 - François-Vincent Raspail , French chemist (d. 1878 )1796 - William MacGillivray , Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (d. 1852 )1825 - George Pickett , American Confederate General (d. 1875 )1841 - Jackie Fisher , British First Sea Lord (d. 1920 )1858 - Kokichi Mikimoto , Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. 1954 )1860 - Charles Curtis , 31st Vice President of the United States (d. 1936 )1864 - Julije Kempf , Croatian historian and writer (d. 1934 )1874 - W. Somerset Maugham , English writer (d. 1965 )1878 - Ernst Alexanderson , Swedish-born television pioneer (d. 1975 )1882 - Virginia Woolf , English writer (d. 1941 )1885 - Kitahara Hakushū , Japanese poets and children's writers (d. 1942 )1886 - Wilhelm Furtwängler , German conductor (d. 1954 )1899 - Paul-Henri Spaak , Belgian politician (d. 1972 )1900 - Theodosius Dobzhansky , Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (d. 1975 )1900 - Yojiro Ishizaka , Japanese writer (d. 1986 )
1901 - Martin De Alzaga , Argentine racing driver (d. 1982 )1902 - Pablo Antonio , Filipino modernist architect (d. 1975 )1905 - Maurice Roy , French Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Quebec (d. 1985 )1913 - Witold Lutosławski , Polish composer (d. 1994 )1913 - Luis Marden , American photojournalist (d. 2003 )
1916 - Frank "Pop" Ivy , American and Canadian football coach (d. 2003 )1917 - Ilya Prigogine , Russian scientist Nobel Laureate (d. 2003 )1917 - Jânio Quadros , Brazilian politician (d. 1992 )
1918 - Ernie Harwell , American baseball sportscaster1919 - Edwin Newman , American journalist and writer1923 - Rusty Draper , American country and pop singer (d. 2003 )1923 - Shirley Mason , American psychiatric patient (Commonly known as "Sybil") (d. 1998 )
1924 - Lou Groza , American football player (d. 2000 )1924 - Speedy West , Country Hall of Fame steel guitar player (d. 2003 )
1925 - Giorgos Zampetas , Greek musician and songwriter (d. 1992 )1927 - Antonio Carlos Jobim , Brazilian musician (d. 1994 )1928 - Eduard Shevardnadze , President of Georgia 1928 - Jérôme Choquette , Quebec lawyer and politician
1929 - Benny Golson , American jazz musician1930 - Tanya Savicheva , Russian diarist (d. 1944 )1931 - Dean Jones , American actor1933 - Corazon Aquino , 11th President of the Philippines 1935 - António Ramalho Eanes , 17th President of Portugal 1936 - Diana Hyland , American actress (d. 1977 )1937 - Ange-Félix Patassé , President of the Central African Republic 1937 - Judith Ann Mayotte , American humanitarian, author.1938 - Shotaro Ishinomori , Japanese manga author (d. 1998 )1938 - Leiji Matsumoto , Japanese creator of anime.
1938 - Etta James , American singer
1938 - Vladimir Vysotsky , Russian poet (d. 1980 )
1939 - Gabriel Romanus , Swedish politician1941 - Buddy Baker , American race car driver1941 - Gregory Sierra , American actor
1942 - Carl Eller , American football player1942 - Eusébio , Portuguese footballer
1942 - Shinobu Tsukasa , Japanese kumicho (supreme Godfather) of the largest yakuza organization.
1943 - Tobe Hooper , American film director1944 - Anita Pallenberg , Italian model1945 - Leigh Taylor-Young , American actress1947 - Tostão , Brazilian footballer1947 - Ángel Nieto , Spanish motorcycle racer
1948 - Gueorgui Chichkine , Russian painter1948 - Ros Kelly , Australian politician
1949 - John Cooper Clarke , English punk-poet1949 - Paul Nurse , English biochemist, Nobel Laureate
1951 - Steve Prefontaine , American runner (d. 1975 )1952 - Sara Mandiano , French singer and songwriter1952 - Timothy White , American journalist (d. 2002 )
1953 - The Honky Tonk Man , American professional wrestler1953 - Mark Weil , Uzbek theatre director (d. 2007 )
1954 - Ricardo Bochini , Argentinian footballer1954 - Richard Finch , American bass player (KC and the Sunshine Band )
1954 - Kim Gandy , American feminist
1955 - Terry Chimes , English musician (The Clash )1956 - Andy Cox , English musician (The Beat , Fine Young Cannibals )1957 - Jenifer Lewis , American actress1957 - Eskil Erlandsson , Swedish politician
1957 - Andrew P. Harris , American politician
1958 - Dinah Manoff , American actress1961 - Vivian Balakrishnan , Singaporean politician1961 - Willie Revillame , Filipino game show host and comedian
1962 - Chris Chelios , American ice hockey player1965 - Esa Tikkanen , Finnish ice hockey player1966 - Chet Culver , American politician, governor of Iowa 1967 - Randy McKay , Canadian ice hockey player1967 - Mark Bamford , American writer/director
1969 - Kina , American singer1971 - Luca Badoer , Italian race car driver1971 - China Kantner , American actress
1971 - Ana Ortiz , American actress and singer
1973 - Geoff Johns , American comic book writer1973 - Chris Guy , American professional wrestler
1974 - Robert Budreau , Canadian film director1975 - Mia Kirshner , Canadian actress1975 - Tim Montgomery , American athlete
1975 - Dat Phan , Vietnamese stand-up comedian
1976 - Mario Haberfeld , Brazilian racing car driver1978 - Denis Menchov , Russian cyclist1978 - Jason Roberts , English-born footballer
1978 - Derrick Turnbow , Major League Baseball Player
1979 - Pi Hongyan , French badminton player1979 - Gabe Jennings , American distance runner
1979 - Rodrigo Ribeiro , Brazilian racing driver
1979 - Christine Lakin , American actress
1980 - Michelle McCool , American professional wrestler1980 - Xavi , Catalan Spanish footballer
1980 - Efstathios Tavlaridis , Greek footballer
1981 - Tose Proeski , Macedonian Singer (d. 2007)
1981 - Francis Jeffers , English footballer1981 - Alicia Keys , American singer
1982 - Sho Sakurai , Japanese singer and actor1982 - The-Dream , singer
1982 - Shawna Waldron , American actress
1983 - Andrée Watters , Canadian singer1984 - Robinho , Brazilian footballer1985 - Tina Karol , Ukrainian singer1985 - Acie Law IV , National Basketball Association player
1986 - Chris O'Grady , English footballer1986 - Shahriar Nafees , Bangladeshi cricketer
1987 - Maria Kirilenko , Russian tennis player1988 - Tatiana Golovin , French tennis player1989 - Sheryfa Luna , French singer1989 - Patrick Power (tenor) , American opera singer
Deaths
389 - Gregory Nazianzus , theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329 )477 - Geiseric , King of the Vandals and Alans 844 - Pope Gregory IV 1067 - Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032 )1366 - Henry Suso , German mystic1431 - Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364 )1494 - King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423 )1559 - King Christian II of Denmark , Sweden and Norway (b. 1481 )1573 - Hirate Hirohide , Japanese samurai (b. 1553 )1586 - Lucas Cranach the Younger , German painter (b. 1515 )1640 - Robert Burton , English scholar (b. 1577 )1670 - Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612 )1726 - Guillaume Delisle , French cartographer (b. 1675 )1733 - Gilbert Heathcote , Mayor of London (b. 1652 )1751 - Paul Dudley , Attorney-General of Massachusetts (b. 1675 )1852 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen , Russian explorer (b. 1778 )1881 - Konstantin Thon , Russian architect (b. 1794 )1907 - René Pottier , French cyclist (b. 1879 )1908 - Mikhail Chigorin , Russian chess player (b. 1850 )1908 - Ouida , English writer (b. 1839 )
1912 - Dmitry Milyutin , Russian Field Marshal (b. 1816 )1925 - Ivan Vucetic , Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858 )1940 - Elias Simojoki , Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899 )1947 - Al Capone , American gangster (b. 1899 )1949 - Makino Nobuaki , Japanese statesman (b. 1861 )1957 - Kiyoshi Shiga , Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871 )1957 - Ichizo Kobayashi , Japanese industrialist and Minister of Commerce and Industry (b. 1873 )
1963 - Wilson Kettle , Guinness World Record holder for most living descendants (b. 1860 )1969 - Irene Castle , English dancer (b. 1887 )1970 - Jane Bathori , French mezzo-soprano (b. 1877 )1970 - Eiji Tsuburaya , Japanese television writer and producer (Ultraman 1901 )
1972 - Erhard Milch , German field marshal (b. 1892 )1975 - Charlotte Whitton , Canadian politician, mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896 )1976 - Chris Kenner , American singer and songwriter (b. 1929 )1980 - Queenie Watts , English actress (b. 1926 )1981 - Adele Astaire , American dancer (b. 1897 )1982 - Mikhail Suslov , Soviet politician (b. 1902 )1990 - Ava Gardner , American actress (b. 1922 )1994 - Stephen Cole Kleene , American mathematician (b. 1909 )1996 - Jonathan Larson , American composer (b. 1960 )1999 - Sarah "Sadie" Delany , American author (b. 1889 )1999 - Ted Mallie , American radio and television announcer (b. 1924 )
1999 - Robert Shaw , American conductor (b. 1916 )
2003 - Samuel Weems , Arkansas judge (b. 1936 )2004 - Fanny Blankers-Koen , Dutch athlete (b. 1918 )2004 - Miklós Fehér , Hungarian footballer (b. 1979 )
2005 - Stanisław Albinowski , Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923 )2005 - William Augustus Bootle , American judge (b. 1902 )
2005 - Philip Johnson , American architect (b. 1906 )
2005 - Manuel Lopes , Cape Verdean writer and poet (b. 1907 )
2005 - Ray Peterson , American singer (b. 1935 )
2005 - Nettie Witziers-Timmer , Dutch athlete (b. 1923 )
2006 - Anna Malle , adult film star (b. 1967 )2008 - Christopher Allport , American actor (b. 1947 )2008 - Evelyn Barbirolli ,English musician (b. 1911 )
Holidays and observances
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