Historical Events In January - 25
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1994 Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55 on this day in history.
1994 US space probe Clementine launched on this day in history.
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 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 on January - 25.
1996 On January - 25 jonathan Larson, composer, dead Aortic aneurysm at 35
1997 On January - 25 71st Australian Women's Tennis Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62)
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 this day in history.
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 January - 25.
1998 Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) &soccer David Beckham gets engaged on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 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 January - 25 tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding
2014 On this day in history li Na defeats Dominika Cibulková to win the Australian tennis open
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 On January - 25 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 Documentary "Leaving Neverland" detailing singer Michael Jackson 's relationship with two boys premieres at the Sundance Film Festivval on January - 25.
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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