Historical Events In January - 25

1994  Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55 on January - 25.   

1994  On January - 25 uS space probe Clementine launched   

1994  On January - 25 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1999  On January - 25 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  On this day in history deus Caritas Est, the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, is promulgated.   

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 January - 25.   

2011  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 on this day in history.   

2013  On January - 25 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  On January - 25 kisenosato becomes the 1st Japanese home-grown sumo champion since 1998 when he is made yokozuna, 72nd Grand Champion   

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

2018  On January - 25 nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi asked "are there any bookshops in Nigeria?" in controversial French interview   

2019  On January - 25 documentary "Leaving Neverland" detailing singer Michael Jackson 's relationship with two boys premieres at the Sundance Film Festivval   

2019  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 on this day in history.   

2021  Janet Yellen is confirmed as the first female treasury secretary by the US Senate on this day in history.   

2023  On this day in history chris Hipkins succeeds Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister of New Zealand, six days after she announced her resignation.   

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1037  On January - 25 birth of su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19]   

1477  On this day in history birth of anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII   

1509  On January - 25 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  On January - 25 birth of john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter   

1627  Robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color) was born on this day in history.   

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

0477  On January - 25 death of geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans   

0844  On this day in history death of pope Gregory IV   

1067  On January - 25 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  Death of Henry Suso, German mystic on January - 25.   

1431  On this day in history death of charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)   

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