Historical Events In January - 25

1994  On this day in history mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55  

1994  On January - 25 uS space probe Clementine launched  

1994  Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1995  On January - 25 lawyers for the defense make their opening statement in the murder trial of former pro football running back and sports commentator O.J. Simpson.  

1995  On January - 25 peter Black, TV critic, dies at 82  

1996  On January - 25 leilani Muir awarded $750,000 by Alberta judge; she was wrongly diagnosed as mentally disabled and sterilized by the province's Eugenics Board in 1959  

1996  Jonathan Larson, composer, dead Aortic aneurysm at 35 on January - 25.  

1997  On January - 25 71st Australian Women's Tennis Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62)  

1997  A cyclone sweeps across the island nation of Madagascar, spawning floods that leave 100 people missing and thousands homeless on this day in history.  

1997  Herbert Eugene Caen, columnist, dies at 80 on January - 25.  

1998  On this day in history "Grease," closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY after 1,503 performance  

1998  On January - 25 britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement  

1998  Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) &soccer David Beckham gets engaged on this day in history.  

1998  Two US tourists, Thomas and Eileen Lonergan, are left behind by a scuba diving operator on a reef off Port Douglas, north Queensland. They are never found on January - 25.  

1998  On January - 25 mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies  

1999  More than one thousand people are killed when an eartquake rocks the South American country of Colombia on January - 25.  

1999  The first hand transplant in the U.S. takes place in Louisville, Kentucky on this day in history.  

2005  On January - 25 a stampede at Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi during a religious pilgrimage in India kills at least 215, mostly women and small children.  

2006  Deus Caritas Est, the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, is promulgated on this day in history.  

2006  Hamas wins the majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections on this day in history.  

2007  On January - 25 the President of Israel, Moshe Katsav, takes a temporary leave of absence due to a sex scandal.  

2010  On this day in history ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 90 people on-board.  

2011  On this day in history 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.  

2013  Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding on January - 25.  

2014  Li Na defeats Dominika Cibulková to win the Australian tennis open on this day in history.  

2017  Kisenosato becomes the 1st Japanese home-grown sumo champion since 1998 when he is made yokozuna, 72nd Grand Champion on this day in history.  

2018  Doomsday clock moved by 30 seconds to 2 minutes to midnight by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, closest since 1950s on this day in history.  

2018  Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi asked "are there any bookshops in Nigeria?" in controversial French interview on January - 25.  

2019  Documentary "Leaving Neverland" detailing singer Michael Jackson 's relationship with two boys premieres at the Sundance Film Festivval on this day in history.  

2019  On January - 25 a mine tailings dam breaks in the Brazilian city of Brumadinho, in the state of Minas Gerais. At least 248 people are killed, with 22 missing.  

2021  Janet Yellen is confirmed as the first female treasury secretary by the US Senate on January - 25.  

2023  Chris Hipkins succeeds Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister of New Zealand, six days after she announced her resignation on January - 25.  

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1037  Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19] was born on January - 25.  

1477  Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII was born on this day in history.  

1509  On this day in history birth of giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic"  

1540  Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes) was born on this day in history.  

1615  Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob) was born on January - 25.  

1626  John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter was born on January - 25.  

1627  Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color) was born on January - 25.  

1634  Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88) was born on January - 25.  

0477  Death of Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans on this day in history.  

0844  On this day in history death of pope Gregory IV  

1067  On this day in history death of emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032)  

1138  Anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies on January - 25.  

1139  On January - 25 godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies  

1366  On January - 25 death of henry Suso, German mystic  

1431  On January - 25 death of charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)  

1494  Ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies on this day in history.