Page 10: Historical Events In January - 25

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

1994  US space probe Clementine launched on January - 25.   

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

1997  On January - 25 a cyclone sweeps across the island nation of Madagascar, spawning floods that leave 100 people missing and thousands homeless   

1997  On January - 25 herbert Eugene Caen, columnist, dies at 80   

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

1998  Britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement on this day in history.   

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

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  Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies on January - 25.   

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

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

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  On January - 25 deus Caritas Est, the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, is promulgated.   

2006  On January - 25 hamas wins the majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections.   

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

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  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 January - 25.   

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

2014  On January - 25 li Na defeats Dominika Cibulková to win the Australian tennis open   

2017  On January - 25 kisenosato becomes the 1st Japanese home-grown sumo champion since 1998 when he is made yokozuna, 72nd Grand Champion   

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

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

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  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 January - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

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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 January - 25.   

1615  Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1634  Gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88) was born on this day in history.   

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

0844  Death of Pope Gregory IV on January - 25.   

1067  Death of Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032) on this day in history.   

1138  Anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1494  On January - 25 ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies