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This day in history: 25 January

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Key facts

360 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 25 January.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2019: A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing 270 people.

Holidays and observances

Betico Day (Aruba)

Burns Night (Scotland)

Christian feast day: Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Wales)

Christian feast day: Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)

Christian feast day: Gregory the Theologian (Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: The last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christian ecumenism)

National Nutrition Day (Indonesia)

National Police Day (Egypt)

National Voters' Day (India)

Revolution Day 2011 (Egypt)

Tatiana Day or Russian Students Day (Russia, Eastern Orthodox)

Events

2019A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing 270 people.

2018An Ariane 5 rocket is launched carrying SES-14, Al Yah 3, and NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, but the satellites end up in the wrong orbit.

2015A 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.

2013At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.

2011The 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.

2010Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Na'ameh, Lebanon, killing 90.

2006Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.

2005A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258.

2003Invasion 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.

1999A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.

1998A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.

1998During 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.

1996Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the United States.

1995The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.

1994The spacecraft Clementine by BMDO and NASA is launched.

1993Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.

1990Avianca Flight 052 crashes in Cove Neck, New York, killing 73.

1986The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.

1980Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.

1979Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.

1971Charles Manson and four "Family" members (three of them female) are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders.

1971Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.

1969Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.

1967South 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.

1964Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes.

1961In Washington, D.C., US President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.

1961Walt Disney Productions released the animated feature One Hundred and One Dalmatians, based on Dodie Smith's 1956 children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians.

1960The 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.

1949The first Emmy Awards are presented in the United States; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.

1947Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.

1946The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.

1946United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.

1945World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.

1942World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.

1941Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.

1937The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.

1932Alt Llobregat insurrection suppressed in Central Catalonia, Spain.

1932Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.

1924The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.

1918The 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.

Born on this day

2004Laila Edwards, American ice hockey player

2002Lil Mosey, American rapper

2001Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italian tennis player

1997Noah Hanifin, American ice hockey player

1996Adama Traoré, Spanish footballer

1996Mohamed Hany, Egyptian footballer

1996Seunghee, South Korean singer and television personality

1991Ahmed Hegazi, Egyptian footballer

1991Ariana DeBose, American actress, singer, and dancer

1990Apostolos Giannou, Greek-Australian footballer

1990Lee Jun-ho, South Korean singer and actor

1988Ryota Ozawa, Japanese actor

1988Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player

1987Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player

1986Chris O'Grady, English footballer

1985Acie Law, American basketball player

1985Brent Celek, American football player

1985Hartley Sawyer, American actor

1985Hwang Jung-eum, South Korean actress

1985Michael Trevino, American actor

1985Patrick Willis, American football player

1985Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer and Eurovision Song Contest 2006 contestant

1984Fara Williams, English footballer

1984Jay Briscoe, American wrestler (died 2023)

1984Robinho, Brazilian footballer

1984Stefan Kießling, German footballer

1983Josh Powell, American basketball player

1981Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress

1981Francis Jeffers, English footballer

1981Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer (died 2007)

1980Alayna Burns, Australian track cyclist

1980Michelle McCool, American wrestler

1980Xavi, Spanish footballer

1979Christine Lakin, American actress and director

1979David Mutendera, Zimbabwean cricketer

1979Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver

1978Ahmet Dursun, Turkish footballer

1978Charlene, Princess of Monaco

1978Denis Menchov, Russian cyclist

1978Derrick Turnbow, American baseball player

Died on this day

2025Gloria Romero, Filipino actress (born 1933)

2024Sanath Nishantha, Sri Lankan politician (born 1975)

2018Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat (born 1916)

2017Harry Mathews, American novelist and poet (born 1930)

2017John Hurt, English actor (born 1940)

2017Marcel Prud'homme, Canadian politician (born 1934)

2017Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (born 1936)

2017Robert Garcia, American politician (born 1933)

2017Stephen P. Cohen, Canadian academic (born 1945)

2015Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (born 1936)

2015Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer (born 1946)

2015John Leggett, American author and academic (born 1917)

2015Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (born 1936)

2014Arthur Doyle, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and flute player (born 1944)

2014Dave Strack, American basketball player and coach (born 1923)

2014Heini Halberstam, Czech-English mathematician and academic (born 1926)

2014Morrie Turner, American cartoonist (born 1923)

2013Aase Nordmo Løvberg, Norwegian soprano and actress (born 1923)

2013Kevin Heffernan, Irish footballer and manager (born 1929)

2013Martial Asselin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1924)

2012Franco Pacini, Italian astrophysicist and academic (born 1939)

2012Jacques Maisonrouge, French businessman (born 1924)

2012Paavo Berglund, Finnish violinist and conductor (born 1929)

2012Robert Sheran, American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1916)

2011Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos Greek captain and businessman (born 1935)

2011Vincent Cronin, Welsh historian and author (born 1924)

2010Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraqi general and politician, Iraqi Minister of Defence (born 1941)

2009Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer (born 1932)

2009Ewald Kooiman, Dutch organist and educator (born 1938)

2009Kim Manners, American director and producer (born 1951)

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