January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. Indonesia celebrate this day as Indonesian Nutrition and Food Day
Scotland and Scottish community celebrate January 25 as Robert Burns Day or Burns Night, which is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scots poems.
In India, January 25 known as National Voters’ Day, a day to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process.
The other important events happened on January 25:
- 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. - January, 25 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.
Death day of Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraqi defense minister and military commander (birth 1941) - January, 25 2009
Death day of Kim Manners, American television producer and director (birth 1951) - January, 25 2008
Death day of Christopher Allport, American actor (birth 1947)
Death day of Evelyn Barbirolli, English musician (birth 1911) - January, 25 2006
Three independent observing campaigns announce the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb through gravitational microlensing, the first cool rocky/icy extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star.
Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in conjunction with the serial killing of at least 10 elderly women.
Death day of Anna Malle, adult film star (birth 1967) - January, 25 2005
A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills at least 258.
Death day of Stanislaw Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (birth 1923)
Death day of William Augustus Bootle, American judge (birth 1902)
Death day of Philip Johnson, American architect (birth 1906)
Death day of Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean writer and poet (birth 1907)
Death day of Ray Peterson, American singer (birth 1935)
Death day of Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (birth 1923) - January, 25 2004
Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars.
Death day of Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (birth 1918)
Death day of Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (birth 1979) - January, 25 2003
2003 Invasion of Iraq: A group of people left London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
Death day of Samuel Weems, American jurist (birth 1936)
Death day of Sheldon Reynolds, American television producer (birth 1923) - January, 25 2001
A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24. - January, 25 1999
A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
Death day of Sarah Louise “Sadie” Delany, American author (birth 1889)
Death day of Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (birth 1924)
Death day of Robert Shaw, American conductor (birth 1916) - January, 25 1998
During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka’s Temple of the Tooth kills 8 people and injures 25 others. - January, 25 1996
Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the United States of America.
Death day of Jonathan Larson, American composer (birth 1960) - January, 25 1995
The Norwegian Rocket Incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile. - January, 25 1994
The Clementine space probe launches.
Death day of Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (birth 1909) - January, 25 1993
Five people are shot outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia resulting in two murders. - January, 25 1990
The Burns’ Day storm hits northwestern Europe.
Death day of Ava Gardner, American actress (birth 1922) - January, 25 1989
Birthday of Sheryfa Luna, French singer
Birthday of Mikako Tabe, Japanese stage and film actress - January, 25 1988
Birthday of Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player - January, 25 1987
Birthday of Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player
Death day of Frank J. Lynch, American jurist and state legislator (birth 1922) - January, 25 1986
The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
Birthday of Chris O’Grady, English footballer
Birthday of Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer - January, 25 1985
Birthday of Brent Celek, American football player
Birthday of Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer
Birthday of Acie Law IV, American basketball player
Birthday of Patrick Willis, American football player
Death day of Ilias Iliou, Greek politician (birth 1904) - January, 25 1984
Birthday of Robinho, Brazilian footballer - January, 25 1983
Birthday of Andrée Watters, Canadian singer - January, 25 1982
Birthday of Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer and actor
Birthday of Shawna Waldron, American actress
Death day of Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (birth 1902) - January, 25 1981
Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death.
Birthday of Charlie Bewley, English actor
Birthday of Francis Jeffers, English footballer
Birthday of Alicia Keys, American singer
Birthday of Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer (death 2007)
Death day of Adele Astaire, American dancer (birth 1897) - January, 25 1980
Birthday of Michelle McCool, American professional wrestler
Birthday of Xavi, Catalan Spanish footballer
Birthday of Efstathios Tavlaridis, Greek footballer
Death day of Queenie Watts, English actress (birth 1926) - January, 25 1979
Birthday of Pi Hongyan, French badminton player
Birthday of Gabe Jennings, American distance runner
Birthday of Christine Lakin, American actress
Birthday of Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver - January, 25 1978
Birthday of Denis Menchov, Russian cyclist
Birthday of Jason Roberts, English footballer
Birthday of Derrick Turnbow, American baseball player - January, 25 1976
Birthday of Mario Haberfeld, Brazilian racing car driver
Death day of Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (birth 1929) - January, 25 1975
Birthday of Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress
Birthday of Tim Montgomery, American athlete
Birthday of Dat Phan, Vietnamese stand-up comedian
Death day of Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician (birth 1896) - January, 25 1974
Birthday of Robert Budreau, Canadian film director
Birthday of Attilio Nicodemo, Italian footballer - January, 25 1973
Birthday of Chris Guy, American professional wrestler
Birthday of Geoff Johns, American comic book writer - January, 25 1972
Death day of Erhard Milch, German field marshal (birth 1892) - January, 25 1971
Charles Manson and three female “Family” members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda’s president.
Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state.
Birthday of Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver
Birthday of China Kantner, American actress
Birthday of Ana Ortiz, American actress and singer - January, 25 1970
Birthday of Stephen Chbosky, American writer
Birthday of Chris Mills, American basketball player
Birthday of Milt Stegall, American-born Canadian Football League player
Death day of Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (birth 1877)
Death day of Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese television writer and producer (birth 1901) - January, 25 1969
Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him 10 machine guns and 63 rifles.
Birthday of Kina, American singer
Death day of Irene Castle, English dancer (birth 1887) - January, 25 1967
Birthday of Mark Bamford, American writer/director
Birthday of Randy McKay, Canadian ice hockey player - January, 25 1966
Birthday of Chet Culver, American politician
Death day of Saul Adler, Russian-born British parasitologist (birth 1895) - January, 25 1965
Birthday of Esa Tikkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
Birthday of Mark Jordon, English actor - January, 25 1963
Death day of Wilson Kettle, Canadian centenarian (birth 1860) - January, 25 1962
Birthday of Chris Chelios, American ice hockey player - January, 25 1961
In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
Birthday of Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean politician
Birthday of Willie Revillame, Filipino game show host and comedian - January, 25 1960
The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the Payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records. - January, 25 1958
Birthday of Dinah Manoff, American actress - January, 25 1957
Birthday of Jenifer Lewis, American actress
Birthday of Eskil Erlandsson, Swedish politician
Birthday of Andrew P. Harris, American politician
Death day of Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (birth 1871)
Death day of Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese industrialist (birth 1873) - January, 25 1956
Birthday of Andy Cox, English musician (The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals) - January, 25 1955
The Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany.
Birthday of Terry Chimes, English musician (The Clash) - January, 25 1954
Birthday of Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer
Birthday of Kay Cottee, Australian maritime sailor
Birthday of Richard Finch, American bass player (KC and the Sunshine Band)
Birthday of Kim Gandy, American feminist
Death day of Manabendra Nath Roy, Indian political activist (birth 1887) - January, 25 1953
Birthday of The Honky Tonk Man, American professional wrestler
Birthday of Mark Weil, Uzbek theatre director (death 2007) - January, 25 1952
Birthday of Sara Mandiano, French singer and songwriter
Birthday of Peter Tatchell, Australian-born British LGBT activist
Birthday of Timothy White, American journalist (death 2002) - January, 25 1951
Birthday of Steve Prefontaine, American runner (death 1975) - January, 25 1950
Birthday of John Terry, American actor
Birthday of Gloria Naylor, African American novelist - January, 25 1949
At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented.
Birthday of John Cooper Clarke, English punk-poet
Birthday of Paul Nurse, English biochemist, Nobel Laureate
Death day of Makino Nobuaki, Japanese statesman (birth 1861) - January, 25 1948
Birthday of Gueorgui Chichkine, Russian painter
Birthday of Ros Kelly, Australian politician - January, 25 1947
Birthday of Tostão, Brazilian footballer
Birthday of Ángel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer
Death day of Al Capone, American organized crime figure (birth 1899) - January, 25 1946
The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor. - January, 25 1945
World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
Birthday of Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress
Birthday of John Leslie, American pornographic actor and filmmaker (death 2010) - January, 25 1944
Birthday of Anita Pallenberg, Italian model - January, 25 1943
Birthday of Tobe Hooper, American film director
Birthday of Roy Black, German pop singer (death 1991) - January, 25 1942
World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
Birthday of Carl Eller, American football player
Birthday of Eusébio, Portuguese footballer
Birthday of Shinobu Tsukasa, Japanese organized crime figure - January, 25 1941
Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
Birthday of Buddy Baker, American race car driver
Birthday of Gregory Sierra, American actor - January, 25 1940
Death day of Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (birth 1899) - January, 25 1939
Birthday of Gabriel Romanus, Swedish politician
Death day of Charles Davidson Dunbar, British military piper (birth 1870) - January, 25 1938
Birthday of Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga author (death 1998)
Birthday of Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese anime author
Birthday of Etta James, American singer
Birthday of Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet (death 1980) - January, 25 1937
The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until Sept. 18, 2009.
Birthday of Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African Republican politician
Birthday of Judith Ann Mayotte, American humanitarian and author - January, 25 1936
Birthday of Diana Hyland, American actress (death 1977) - January, 25 1935
Birthday of Conrad Burns, American politician
Birthday of António Ramalho Eanes, Portuguese politician - January, 25 1933
Birthday of Corazon Aquino, 11th President of the Philippines (death 2009) - January, 25 1932
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin. - January, 25 1931
Birthday of Dean Jones, American actor - January, 25 1930
Birthday of Tanya Savicheva, Russian diarist (death 1944) - January, 25 1929
Birthday of Robert Faurisson, French academic and holocaust denier
Birthday of Benny Golson, American jazz musician - January, 25 1928
Birthday of Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia (1995
Birthday of Jérôme Choquette, Quebec lawyer and politician - January, 25 1927
Birthday of Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian composer (death 1994) - January, 25 1925
Birthday of Giorgos Zampetas, Greek musician and songwriter (death 1992)
Death day of Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (birth 1858) - January, 25 1924
The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
Birthday of Lou Groza, American football player (death 2000)
Birthday of Speedy West, American musician (death 2003) - January, 25 1923
Birthday of Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (death 2003)
Birthday of Shirley Ardell Mason, American psychiatric patient (death 1998)
Birthday of Arvid Carlsson, Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - January, 25 1921
Birthday of Samuel T. Cohen, American physicist (death 2010) - January, 25 1919
The League of Nations is founded.
Birthday of Edwin Newman, American broadcast journalist (death 2010) - January, 25 1918
Ukraine declares independence from Bolshevik Russia.
Birthday of Ernie Harwell, American baseball sportscaster (death 2010) - January, 25 1917
Birthday of Ilya Prigogine, Russian scientist Nobel Laureate (death 2003)
Birthday of Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (death 1992) - January, 25 1916
Birthday of Frank “Pop” Ivy, American football coach (death 2003) - January, 25 1915
Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco. - January, 25 1913
Birthday of Witold Lutoslawski, Polish composer (death 1994)
Birthday of Luis Marden, American photojournalist (death 2003)
Birthday of Huang Hua, Chinese statesman (death 2010) - January, 25 1912
Death day of Dmitry Milyutin, Russian field marshal (birth 1816) - January, 25 1909
Richard Strauss’ opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. - January, 25 1908
Death day of Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (birth 1850)
Death day of Ouida, English writer (birth 1839) - January, 25 1907
Death day of René Pottier, French cyclist (birth 1879) - January, 25 1905
Birthday of Maurice Roy, French-Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal (death 1985) - January, 25 1902
Birthday of Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (death 1975) - January, 25 1901
Birthday of Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver (death 1982) - January, 25 1900
Birthday of István Fekete, Hungarian writer (death 1970)
Birthday of Yojiro Ishizaka, Japanese writer (death 1986) - January, 25 1899
Birthday of Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician (death 1972) - January, 25 1896
Birthday of Florence Mills, American cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian (death 1927) - January, 25 1890
Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. - January, 25 1886
Birthday of Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (death 1954) - January, 25 1885
Birthday of Kitahara Hakushu, Japanese poet and children’s author (death 1942) - January, 25 1884
Death day of Périclès Pantazis, Greek impressionist painter (birth 1849) - January, 25 1882
Birthday of Virginia Woolf, English writer (death 1941) - January, 25 1881
Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
Death day of Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (birth 1794) - January, 25 1879
The Bulgarian National Bank is founded. - January, 25 1878
Birthday of Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish television pioneer (death 1975) - January, 25 1874
Birthday of W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (death 1965) - January, 25 1868
Birthday of Juventino Rosas, Mexican composer (death 1894) - January, 25 1864
Birthday of Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (death 1934) - January, 25 1860
Birthday of Charles Curtis, 31st Vice President of the United States (death 1936) - January, 25 1858
The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria’s daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia.
Birthday of Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese pearl farmer (death 1954) - January, 25 1841
Birthday of Jackie Fisher, British First Sea Lord (death 1920) - January, 25 1825
Birthday of George Pickett, American Confederate General (death 1875) - January, 25 1824
Birthday of Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali author. (death 1873) - January, 25 1822
Birthday of Charles Reed Bishop, American businessman and philanthropist (death 1915) - January, 25 1813
Birthday of James Marion Sims, American physician (death 1883) - January, 25 1796
Birthday of William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (death 1852) - January, 25 1794
Birthday of François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (death 1878) - January, 25 1792
The London Corresponding Society is founded. - January, 25 1791
The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. - January, 25 1787
American Daniel Shays leads a rebellion to seize Federal arsenal to protest debtor’s prisons. - January, 25 1777
Birthday of Karoline Jagemann, German actor (death 1848) - January, 25 1759
Birthday of Robert Burns, Scottish poet (death 1796) - January, 25 1755
Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
Birthday of Paolo Mascagni, Anatomist (death 1815) - January, 25 1751
Death day of Paul Dudley, American attorney and politician (birth 1675) - January, 25 1743
Birthday of Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher (death 1819) - January, 25 1739
Birthday of Charles François Dumouriez, French general (death 1823) - January, 25 1736
Birthday of Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (death 1813) - January, 25 1733
Death day of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet (birth 1652) - January, 25 1726
Death day of Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (birth 1675) - January, 25 1688
Birthday of Juraj Jánošík, famous Slovak outlaw (death 1713) - January, 25 1670
Death day of Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (birth 1612) - January, 25 1640
Birthday of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (death 1707)
Death day of Robert Burton, English scholar (birth 1577) - January, 25 1634
Birthday of Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman (death 1688) - January, 25 1627
Birthday of Robert Boyle, Irish chemist (death 1691) - January, 25 1615
Birthday of Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (death 1660) - January, 25 1586
Death day of Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (birth 1515) - January, 25 1578
Death day of Mihrimah Sultana, Ottoman princess (birth 1522) - January, 25 1575
Luanda, the capital of Angola is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais. - January, 25 1573
Battle of Mikatagahara, in Japan; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Death day of Hirate Hirohide, Japanese samurai (birth 1553) - January, 25 1559
Death day of King Christian II of Denmark (birth 1481) - January, 25 1554
Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil. - January, 25 1533
Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. - January, 25 1509
Birthday of Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (death 1580) - January, 25 1494
Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
Death day of King Ferdinand I of Naples (birth 1423) - January, 25 1477
Birthday of Anna, Duchess of Brittany, wife of Charles VIII of France (death 1514) - January, 25 1431
Death day of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (birth 1364) - January, 25 1366
Death day of Henry Suso, German mystic - January, 25 1348
A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome. - January, 25 1067
Death day of Emperor Yingzong of China (birth 1032) - January, 25 967
Death day of Sayf al-Daula, Hamdanid Emir of Aleppo (birth 916) - January, 25 844
Death day of Pope Gregory IV - January, 25 750
Birthday of Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor (death 780) - January, 25 477
Death day of King Geiseric of the Vandals and Alans - January, 25 389
Death day of Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (birth 329) - January, 25 41
After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.
January 06 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. In Iraq, it knowns as Iraq Armed Forces Day (day to honor of the military forces.)
January 05 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. In United States, it celebrated as National Bird Day, an annual holiday with half a million adherents who celebrate through birdwatching, studying birds, bird drinking games including ‘bird date’ and other bird-related activities. In Indonesia, January 05 known as Indonesian Navy Day (Indonesian: Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut, TNI–AL) which is the territorial force responsible for the patrol of Indonesia’s immense coastline.
January 04 is the fourth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. In Myanmar, it celebrated as Independence Day, which is celebrates the independence of Myanmar from the United Kingdom in 1948.
January 3 is the third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. In japan, they celebrated Tamaseseri Festival, a ball catching festival that held at Hakozaki Shrine located in the Higashi-ku, Fukuoka City
January 02 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. In Haiti, it celebrated as Ancestry Day which is the day to commemorates ancestors and their loved ones who have died.
August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. It known as International Youth Day (IYD), the day that have purpose to draw attention to a given set of cultural and legal issues surrounding an endangered demographic.
