Tukuk-OS📅 January 25
21 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on January 25? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2011 — Arab Spring: The Egyptian revolution began with protests on the "Day of Anger", eventually leading to the removal of President Hosni Mubarak after nearly 30 years of rule.
Arab Spring2011 Egyptian revolutionTimeline of the Egyptian revolution of 2011
- 2010 — Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, en route to Addis Ababa, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut, Lebanon, killing all 90 people on board.
- 2010 — Avatar, a science-fiction film directed by James Cameron, became the highest-grossing film of all time.
Avatar (2009 film)James CameronList of highest-grossing films
- 2006 — Three independent observing campaigns announced the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, a super-Earth 21,500 ± 3,300 light-years away from Earth near the center of the Milky Way.
- 2004 — Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed on Mars and rolled into Eagle crater, a small crater on the Meridiani Planum.
- 1998 — The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam detonated a truck bomb at the sacred Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, killing 17 people.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam1998 Temple of the Tooth attackTemple of the Tooth
- 1995 — A team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII sounding rocket, which was mistaken by Russian forces for a Trident missile.
Black Brant (rocket)Norwegian rocket incidentTrident (missile)
- 1993 — Pakistani national Mir Aimal Kansi shot five people outside the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, killing two.
Mir Aimal Kansi1993 CIA headquarters shootingCentral Intelligence Agency
- 1990 — Avianca Flight 52 ran out of fuel on approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport and crashed into the village of Cove Neck, New York, resulting in the deaths of 73 people.
Avianca Flight 052John F. Kennedy International AirportCove Neck, New York
- 1971 — Idi Amin seized power from Ugandan president Milton Obote in a coup d'état, beginning eight years of military rule.
- 1967 — South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Cao Kỳ fired his rival Nguyễn Hữu Có while the latter was overseas on a diplomatic visit.
- 1944 — Representatives of the Chetnik movement began a four-day congress to organise political opposition to the Allied support of the communist-led Yugoslav Partisans in Yugoslavia.
- 1932 — The Alt Llobregat insurrection was suppressed in central Catalonia, and over 100 Catalan anarchist activists were arrested and deported.
- 1917 — Serving as a British armed merchant cruiser, Laurentic (pictured) was sunk by German naval mines off the northern coast of Ireland, resulting in 354 deaths.
- 1890 — American journalist Nellie Bly (pictured) completed a circumnavigation of the globe by land and sea in a then-record-breaking 72 days.
- 1792 — Thomas Hardy founded the London Corresponding Society to seek a "radical reform of parliament", later influencing the reform movements of early-19th-century England.
Thomas Hardy (political reformer)London Corresponding SocietyClassical radicalism
- 1765 — Port Egmont, the first British colony in the Falkland Islands, was founded.
- 1725 — Privateer Amaro Pargo was declared a hidalgo, a member of the Spanish nobility.
- 1704 — English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their native allies began a series of raids against the largely peaceful population of Apalachee in Spanish Florida.
- 1533 — Anne Boleyn (depicted), already pregnant with the future Elizabeth I, secretly married Henry VIII of England in the second of his six marriages.
- 1515 — Francis I, a great-great-grandson of Charles V, was crowned king of France in the Reims Cathedral.
Births
- 2004 — Laila Edwards, American ice hockey player
- 2002 — Lil Mosey, American rapper
- 2001 — Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italian tennis player
- 1997 — Noah Hanifin, American ice hockey player
- 1996 — Mohamed Hany, Egyptian footballer
- 1996 — Seunghee, South Korean singer and television personality
- 1996 — Adama Traoré, Spanish footballer
- 1991 — Ariana DeBose, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1991 — Ahmed Hegazi, Egyptian footballer
- 1990 — Apostolos Giannou, Greek-Australian footballer
- 1990 — Lee Jun-ho, South Korean singer and actor
- 1988 — Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
Deaths
- 2025 — Gloria Romero, Filipino actress (born 1933)
- 2024 — Sanath Nishantha, Sri Lankan politician (born 1975)
- 2018 — Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat (born 1916)
- 2017 — Stephen P. Cohen, Canadian academic (born 1945)
- 2017 — Robert Garcia, American politician (born 1933)
- 2017 — John Hurt, English actor (born 1940)
- 2017 — Harry Mathews, American novelist and poet (born 1930)
- 2017 — Marcel Prud'homme, Canadian politician (born 1934)
- 2017 — Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (born 1936)
- 2015 — John Leggett, American author and academic (born 1917)
- 2015 — Richard McBrien, American priest, theologian, and academic (born 1936)
- 2015 — Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (born 1936)
Observances & holidays
- Betico Day (Aruba)
- Burns Night (Scotland)
- Christian feast day: Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Wales)
- Christian feast day:
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity)
Conversion of Paul the ApostleCatholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
- Christian feast day: Gregory the Theologian (Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: The last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christian ecumenism)
- Christian feast day: January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- National Nutrition Day (Indonesia)
- National Police Day (Egypt)
- National Voters' Day (India)
- Revolution Day 2011 (Egypt)
- Tatiana Day or Russian Students Day (Russia, Eastern Orthodox)
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