January 25

Events

 * - After a night of negotiation, is accepted as  by the Senate.
 * - becomes King of.
 * - becomes King of.
 * - secretly marries his second wife.
 * - Founding of city,.
 * -, in ; defeats.
 * - established on.
 * - American leads rebellion to seize Federal arsenal to protest s.
 * - The passes the  and splits the old province of  into  and.
 * - is founded.
 * - The  by becomes a popular wedding  recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of 's daughter,, and.
 * - The is founded.
 * - and  form the.
 * - completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
 * - ' opera receives its debut performance at the.
 * - inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service.
 * - The is sold to the  for $25 million.
 * - The is founded.
 * - The open in  (in the  ), inaugurating the.
 * - 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.
 * - elevates the  to the dignity of a . It becomes the.
 * - declares war on the  and.
 * - ends.
 * - The rejoins the.
 * - At the the first s are presented.
 * 1949  - The first i election --  becomes.
 * - ends state of war with Germany.
 * - proclaims upcoming.
 * - The reacts to the  scandal by threatening fines for any s who accepted money for playing particular records.
 * - In  delivers the first live  television.
 * - and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca s.
 * 1971  -  leads a  deposing  and becomes 's president.
 * 1971  -  becomes the 18th n state.
 * -, the widow of , is sentenced to death.
 * -, Macedonian Mega Star was born in Prilep,Macedonia
 * - The topple the government of  in.
 * - The hits northwestern Europe.
 * 1990  -  becomes a member of the.
 * 1990  -  crashes, killing 73 passengers.
 * - kills two employees outside  headquarters in.
 * - The space probe launches.
 * - The : almost launches a  attack after it mistakes, a  research rocket, for a US  missile.
 * - During a historic visit to Cuba demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
 * 1998  - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam  suicide attack on 's, killing 8 people injuring 25 others.
 * - A 6.0  hits western  killing at least 1,000.
 * - A 50-year-old crashes near,  killing 24.
 * - Wikipedia switches to the new version of its software ("Phase II") aka Magnus Manske Day.
 * - (MER-B) lands on surface of.
 * - A at the  in  kills at least 258.
 * - Three independent observing campaigns announce the discovery of through, the first cool rocky/icy  around a main-sequence star.

Births

 * -, wife of (d. )
 * -, Italian (d. )
 * -, Dutch painter (d. )
 * -, Irish chemist (d. )
 * -, Dutch statesman (d. )
 * -, English soldier and statesman (d. )
 * -, famous Slovak outlaw (d. )
 * -, Italian-born mathematician (d. )
 * -, French general (d. )
 * -, Scottish poet (d. )
 * -, French chemist (d. )
 * -, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (d. )
 * -, American General (d. )
 * -, British (d. )
 * -, Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. )
 * -, 31st (d. )
 * -, Croatian historian and writer (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, Swedish-born television pioneer (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, Japanese poets and children's writers (d. )
 * -, German conductor (d. )
 * -, Belgian politician (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (d. )
 * 1900  -, Japanese writer (d. )
 * -, Argentine racing driver (d. )
 * -, French Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, (d. )
 * -, Polish composer (d. )
 * 1913  -, American photojournalist (d. )
 * -, American and Canadian football coach (d. )
 * -, Russian scientist (d. )
 * 1917  -, Brazilian politician (d. )
 * -, American baseball sportscaster
 * -, American journalist and writer
 * -, American psychiatric patient (Commonly known as "Sybil") (d. )
 * -, American football player (d. )
 * -, Greek musician and songwriter (d. )
 * -, Brazilian musician (d. )
 * 1928  -, Quebec lawyer and politician
 * -, American musician
 * -, Russian diarist (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Japanese author (d. )
 * 1938  -, Japanese creator of anime.
 * 1938  -, American singer
 * 1938  -, Russian poet (d. )
 * -, Swedish politician
 * -, American race car driver
 * 1941  -, American actor
 * -, American football player
 * 1942  -, Portuguese footballer
 * -, American film director
 * -, Italian model
 * -, American actress
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * 1947  -, Spanish motorcycle racer
 * -, English punk-poet
 * 1949  -, English biochemist,
 * -, American runner (d. )
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * 1953  -, Uzbek theatre director (d. )
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, Argentinian footballer
 * 1954  -, American feminist
 * -, English musician
 * -, English musician
 * -, American actress
 * 1957  -, Swedish politician
 * 1957  -, American politician
 * -, American actress
 * -, Singaporean politician
 * -, American ice hockey player
 * -, Finnish ice hockey player
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American singer
 * -, Italian race car driver
 * 1971  -, American actress
 * 1971  -, American actress and singer
 * -, American comic book writer
 * 1973  -, American professional wrestler
 * -, Canadian actress
 * 1975  -, American athlete
 * 1975  -, Stand up comedian
 * -, Brazilian racing car driver
 * -, Russian cyclist
 * 1978  -, English-born footballer
 * 1978  -, American baseball player
 * -, French badminton player
 * 1979  -, American distance runner
 * 1979  -, Brazilian racing driver
 * -, American singer
 * 1980  -, American professional wrestler
 * 1980  -, Catalan Spanish footballer
 * 1980  -, Greek footballer
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Japanese singer and actor
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, Ukrainian singer
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Russian tennis player
 * -, French tennis player
 * -, American actress
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Russian tennis player
 * -, French tennis player
 * -, American actress

Deaths

 * -, theologian and (b. )
 * -, King of the and
 * - (b. )
 * -, German mystic
 * - (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * - King, Sweden and Norway (b. )
 * -, Japanese samurai (b. )
 * -, German painter (b. )
 * -, English scholar (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, French cartographer (b. )
 * -, Mayor of London (b. )
 * -, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (b. )
 * -, Russian architect (b. )
 * -, French cyclist (b. )
 * -, Russian chess player (b. )
 * 1908  -, English writer (b. )
 * -, Russian Field Marshal (b. )
 * -, Croatian anthropologist (b. )
 * -, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. )
 * -, American gangster (b. )
 * -, Japanese statesman　(b. )
 * -, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. )
 * 1957  -, Japanese industrialist and Minister of Commerce and Industry (b. )
 * -, holder for most living descendants (b. )
 * -, English dancer (b. )
 * -, French mezzo-soprano (b. )
 * 1970  -, Founder of , creator of Ultraman (b. )
 * -, German field marshal (b. )
 * -, Canadian politician, mayor of Ottawa (b. )
 * -, American dancer (b. )
 * -, Soviet politician (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American mathematician (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * 1999  -, American radio and television announcer (b. )
 * 1999  -, American conductor (b. )
 * -, Arkansas judge (b. )
 * -, Dutch athlete (b. )
 * 2004  -, Hungarian footballer (b. )
 * -, Polish economist and journalist (b. )
 * 2005  -, American judge (b. )
 * 2005  -, American architect (b. )
 * 2005  -, American singer (b. )
 * 2005  -, Dutch athlete (b. )
 * -, adult film star (b. )
 * -, adult film star (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * celebrated by the, , , and  churches, which concludes the ,
 * Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church: Feast of, Archbishop of Constantinople
 * &mdash; ends.
 * - Burns suppers are held in many parts of the world around this date. (Originated in )
 * - Commemorates the 1970 founding of Criminon, a program which seeks to rehabilitate prisoners by disseminating free copies of Scientology-related materials such as.
 * - second day of the in honour of  and
 * - Welsh celebration of love Diwrnod Santes Dwynwen.
 * , celebrated as the Day of Russian students since, when the was founded.

Note: The date "Jan/25/1994" is "commemorated" as a font-character in the (MS Win98) "HM Phonetic" font (@1994) -- possibly its "birthday". (See keymap-code "ctrl-2")