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

1995  On this day in history 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  Peter Black, TV critic, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

1997  On this day in history herbert Eugene Caen, columnist, dies at 80   

1998  "Grease," closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY after 1,503 performance on January - 25.   

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 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

2005  On this day in history 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 January - 25.   

2006  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2010  On January - 25 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 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 January - 25.   

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 January - 25.   

2018  On this day in history 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 January - 25.   

2019  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1627  On January - 25 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  Death of Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans on this day in history.   

0844  On January - 25 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 this day in history.   

1139  On this day in history godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies   

1366  Death of Henry Suso, German mystic on January - 25.   

1431  Death of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364) on this day in history.   

1494  On this day in history ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies