January, 25th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Tuesday 25, 2005:
A stampede during a pilgrimage in India kills at least 215.

Sunday 25, 2004:
Opportunity (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars.

Friday 25, 2002:
2002 - Wikipedia switches to the new version of its software ("Phase II") aka

Monday 25, 1999:
A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.

Sunday 25, 1998:
Super Bowl xxx: The Denver Broncos beat the Green Bay Packers, 31-24.

Wednesday 25, 1995:
The Norwegian Rocket Incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, is mistaken for a US Trident missile by the Olenegorsk early-warning radar station.

Monday 25, 1993:
Mir Amir Kansi kills two employees outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

Thursday 25, 1990:
Honduras becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Sunday 25, 1987:
Super Bowl XXI: The New York Giants beat the Denver Broncos, 39-20.

Saturday 25, 1986:
The National Resistance Movement topple the government of Tito Okello in Uganda

Sunday 25, 1981:
Super Bowl XV: The Oakland Raiders defeat the Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10.

Monday 25, 1971:
Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state.

Wednesday 25, 1961:
In Washington, DC John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.

Monday 25, 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.

Tuesday 25, 1949:
The first Israeli election -- David Ben-Gurion becomes Prime Minister.

Friday 25, 1946:
The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.

Sunday 25, 1942:
Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.

Saturday 25, 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.

Friday 25, 1924:
The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.

Saturday 25, 1919:
The League of Nations is founded.

Thursday 25, 1917:
The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million.

Monday 25, 1915:
Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service.

Saturday 25, 1890:
Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.

Tuesday 25, 1881:
Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.

Monday 25, 1858:
The Wedding March by 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.

Wednesday 25, 1792:
The London Corresponding Society is founded

Tuesday 25, 1791:
The British Parliament splits the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.

Saturday 25, 1755:
Moscow University established.

Monday 25, 1554:
Foundation of São Paulo city, Brazil.

Wednesday 25, 1533:
Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.

Thursday 25, 1494:
Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.

Saturday 25, 1327:
Edward III becomes King of England.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/25-january/on-this-day.html


People born on January 25

1984:
Robinho, Brazilian footballer (b: January 25, 1984) (Biography of Robinho)

1981:
Alicia Keys, American singer and musician (b: January 25, 1981) (Biography of Alicia Keys)

1980:
Christian Olsson, Swedish athlete (b: January 25, 1980) (Biography of Christian Olsson)

1976:
Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress (b: January 25, 1976) (Biography of Mia Kirshner)

1975:
Tim Montgomery, American athlete (b: January 25, 1975) (Biography of Tim Montgomery)

1971:
Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver (b: January 25, 1971) (Biography of Luca Badoer)

1969:
Kina, American singer (b: January 25, 1969) (Biography of Kina)

1958:
Dinah Manoff, American actress (b: January 25, 1958) (Biography of Dinah Manoff)

1952:
Timothy White, American journalist (b: January 25, 1952) (Biography of Timothy White)

1951:
Steve Prefontaine, American runner (b: January 25, 1951 ; d: May 30, 1975) (Biography of Steve Prefontaine)

1944:
Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress (b: January 25, 1944) (Biography of Leigh Taylor-Young)

1943:
Tobe Hooper, American film director (b: January 25, 1943) (Biography of Tobe Hooper)

1942:
Carl Eller, American football player (b: January 25, 1942) (Biography of Carl Eller)
Eusébio, Portuguese footballer (b: January 25, 1942) (Biography of Eusébio)

1941:
Buddy Baker, American race car driver (b: January 25, 1941) (Biography of Buddy Baker)
Gregory Sierra, American actor (b: January 25, 1941) (Biography of Gregory Sierra)

1938:
Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet, singer, and actor (b: January 25, 1938 ; d: July 25, 1980) (Biography of Vladimir Vysotsky)
Etta James, American singer (b: January 25, 1938) (Biography of Etta James)

1936:
Diana Hyland, American actress (b: January 25, 1936 ; d: March 27, 1977) (Biography of Diana Hyland)

1933:
Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines (b: January 25, 1933) (Biography of Corazon Aquino)

1931:
Dean Jones, American actor (b: January 25, 1931) (Biography of Dean Jones (actor))

1928:
Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia (b: January 25, 1928) (Biography of Eduard Shevardnadze)

1927:
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian musician (b: January 25, 1927) (Biography of Antonio Carlos Jobim)

1923:
Arvid Carlsson, Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b: January 25, 1923) (Biography of Arvid Carlsson)

1919:
Edwin Newman, American journalist and writer (b: January 25, 1919) (Biography of Edwin Newman)

1918:
Ernie Harwell, baseball sportscaster (b: January 25, 1918) (Biography of Ernie Harwell)

1917:
Ilya Prigogine, Belgian physicist and chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b: January 25, 1917 ; d: May 28, 2003) (Biography of Ilya Prigogine)

1900:
Yojiro Ishizaka, Japanese writer (b: January 25, 1900) (Biography of Yojiro Ishizaka)
Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (b: January 25, 1900 ; d: November 11, 1975) (Biography of Theodosius Dobzhansky)

1886:
Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b: January 25, 1886 ; d: November 30, 1954) (Biography of Wilhelm Furtwängler)

1882:
Virginia Woolf, English writer (b: January 25, 1882 ; d: March 28, 1941) (Biography of Virginia Woolf)

1878:
Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-born television pioneer (b: January 25, 1878) (Biography of Ernst Alexanderson)

1874:
William Somerset Maugham, English writer (b: January 25, 1874) (Biography of William Somerset Maugham)

1860:
Charles Curtis, Vice President of the United States (b: January 25, 1860) (Biography of Charles Curtis)

1858:
Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese pearl farm pioneer (b: January 25, 1858 ; d: September 21, 1954) (Biography of Kokichi Mikimoto)

1841:
Jackie Fisher, British First Sea Lord (b: January 25, 1841 ; d: July 10, 1920) (Biography of Jackie Fisher)

1825:
George Pickett, American Confederate General (b: January 25, 1825 ; d: July 30, 1875) (Biography of George Pickett)

1796:
William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (b: January 25, 1796 ; d: September 4, 1852) (Biography of William MacGillivray)

1759:
Robert Burns, Scottish poet (b: January 25, 1759 ; d: July 21, 1796) (Biography of Robert Burns)

1739:
Charles François Dumouriez, French general (b: January 25, 1739 ; d: March 14, 1823) (Biography of Charles François Dumouriez)

1736:
Joseph Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (b: January 25, 1736) (Biography of Joseph Louis Lagrange)

1640:
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (b: January 25, 1640 ; d: August 18, 1707) (Biography of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire)

1627:
Robert Boyle, Irish chemist (b: January 25, 1627 ; d: December 30, 1691) (Biography of Robert Boyle)

1615:
Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (b: January 25, 1615 ; d: February 2, 1660) (Biography of Govert Flinck)

1509:
Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (b: January 25, 1509 ; d: December 1, 1580) (Biography of Giovanni Morone)

1477:
Anna, Duchess of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France (b: January 25, 1477 ; d: January 9, 1514) (Biography of Anna, Duchess of Brittany)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/25-january/births.html

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They left us on January 25

2005:
William Augustus Bootle (d: January 25, 2005) (Biography of William Augustus Bootle)
Philip Johnson (d: January 25, 2005) (Biography of Philip Johnson)
Ray Peterson, American singer (b: April 23, 1935 ; d: January 25, 2005) (Biography of Ray Peterson)
Nettie Witziers-Timmer (d: January 25, 2005) (Biography of Nettie Witziers-Timmer)
Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b: July 20, 1923 ; d: January 25, 2005) (Biography of Stanislaw Albinowski)

2004:
Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b: April 26, 1918 ; d: January 25, 2004) (Biography of Fanny Blankers-Koen)
Miklós Fehér (d: January 25, 2004) (Biography of Miklós Fehér)

1999:
Robert Shaw, American conductor (b: April 30, 1916 ; d: January 25, 1999) (Biography of Robert Shaw (conductor))

1996:
Jonathan Larson, American composer (b: February 4, 1960 ; d: January 25, 1996) (Biography of Jonathan Larson)

1994:
Stephen Cole Kleene (d: January 25, 1994) (Biography of Stephen Cole Kleene)

1990:
Ava Gardner, American actress (b: December 24, 1922 ; d: January 25, 1990) (Biography of Ava Gardner)

1982:
Mikhail Suslov (d: January 25, 1982) (Biography of Mikhail Suslov)

1981:
Adele Astaire (d: January 25, 1981) (Biography of Adele Astaire)

1970:
Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (b: June 14, 1877 ; d: January 25, 1970) (Biography of Jane Bathori)

1969:
Vernon Castle, English dancer (b: May 2, 1887 ; d: January 25, 1969) (Biography of Vernon and Irene Castle)

1947:
Al Capone, American gangster (b: January 17, 1899 ; d: January 25, 1947) (Biography of Al Capone)

1925:
Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b: July 20, 1858 ; d: January 25, 1925) (Biography of Ivan Vucetic)

1908:
Ouida, English writer (b: January 1, 1839 ; d: January 25, 1908) (Biography of Ouida)
Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b: November 12, 1850 ; d: January 25, 1908) (Biography of Mikhail Chigorin)

1881:
Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b: October 26, 1794 ; d: January 25, 1881) (Biography of Konstantin Thon)

1751:
Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (b: September 3, 1675 ; d: January 25, 1751) (Biography of Paul Dudley)

1733:
Gilbert Heathcote (d: January 25, 1733) (Biography of Gilbert Heathcote)

1726:
Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b: February 28, 1675 ; d: January 25, 1726) (Biography of Guillaume Delisle)

1670:
Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b: December 12, 1612 ; d: January 25, 1670) (Biography of Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine)

1640:
Robert Burton, English cleric and writer (b: February 8, 1577 ; d: January 25, 1640) (Biography of Robert Burton (scholar))

1586:
Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b: October 4, 1515 ; d: January 25, 1586) (Biography of Lucas Cranach the Younger)

1494:
Ferdinand I of Naples (d: January 25, 1494) (Biography of Ferdinand I of Naples)

844:
Pope Gregory IV (d: January 25, 844) (Biography of Pope Gregory IV)

477:
Geiseric (d: January 25, 477) (Biography of Geiseric)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/25-january/deaths.html