Page 10: Historical Events In January - 25

1994  Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55 on this day in history.   

1994  On January - 25 uS space probe Clementine launched   

1994  On this day in history stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at 85   

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

1995  On this day in history peter Black, TV critic, dies at 82   

1996  On this day in history 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  On January - 25 jonathan Larson, composer, dead Aortic aneurysm at 35   

1997  71st Australian Women's Tennis Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62) on this day in history.   

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

1997  Herbert Eugene Caen, columnist, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1998  Britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement on January - 25.   

1998  On January - 25 spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) &soccer David Beckham gets engaged   

1998  On this day in history 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   

1998  Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies on this day in history.   

1999  On this day in history more than one thousand people are killed when an eartquake rocks the South American country of Colombia.   

1999  The first hand transplant in the U.S. takes place in Louisville, Kentucky on January - 25.   

2005  A stampede at Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi during a religious pilgrimage in India kills at least 215, mostly women and small children on this day in history.   

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

2006  On this day in history hamas wins the majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections.   

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

2010  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 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding   

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 January - 25.   

2018  On January - 25 doomsday clock moved by 30 seconds to 2 minutes to midnight by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, closest since 1950s   

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 January - 25.   

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  On this day in history janet Yellen is confirmed as the first female treasury secretary by the US Senate   

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  On this day in history birth of su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19]   

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

1509  Giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic" was born on January - 25.   

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  On this day in history birth of john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter   

1627  On this day in history birth of robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color)   

1634  On January - 25 birth of gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88)   

0477  On this day in history death of geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans   

0844  Death of Pope Gregory IV on this day in history.   

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

1138  On January - 25 anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies   

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  Death of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364) on January - 25.   

1494  Ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies on January - 25.