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25 Jan 1348
Friuli Earthquake in European southern Alps measuring approximately 6.9 largely destroys Villach killing 5000
25 Jan 1494
Alfonso II succeeds his father as king of Naples
25 Jan 1554
Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent rebels against Queen Mary
25 Jan 1554
Founding of the city of So Paulo in Brazil
25 Jan 1565
Battle at Talikota India Deccan sultanate destroy Vijayanagars army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India
25 Jan 1579
Treaty of Utrecht signed marks beginning of Dutch Republic
25 Jan 1775
Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road Bronx)
25 Jan 1787
Shays Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers led by Capt Daniel Shays fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield Massachusetts
25 Jan 1799
1st US patent for a seeding machine Eliakim Spooner Vermont
25 Jan 1817
Gioacchino Rossinis opera La Cenerentola (Cinderella) premieres in Rome
25 Jan 1825
1st US engineering college opens Rensselaer Polytechnic Troy NY
25 Jan 1835
Vincenzo Bellinis opera I Puritani premieres in Paris
25 Jan 1844
Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver US House of Representative
25 Jan 1854
Aleksandr Ostrovskys play Bednost ne Porok premieres in Moscow
25 Jan 1856
Battle of Seattle skirmish between settlers & Indians
25 Jan 1861
Arsenal Augustaseized by Confederacy in Georgia (US Civil War)
25 Jan 1863
General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac
25 Jan 1865
CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne Australia
25 Jan 1890
National Afro-American League forms in Chicago
25 Jan 1890
Nellie Bly beats Phileas Foggs time around world by 8 days (72 days)
25 Jan 1894
James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
25 Jan 1895
New Haven Symphony Orchestra of Connecticut performs its first concert
25 Jan 1902
Aleksandr Skriabins 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St Petersburg
25 Jan 1904
179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick Pennsylvania
25 Jan 1904
John Millington Synges play Riders to the Sea premieres in Dublin
25 Jan 1906
Del Valle Inclans El Marqus de Bradomin premieres in Madrid
25 Jan 1907
Julia Ward Howe is first woman elected to National Institute of Arts & Letters (USA)
25 Jan 1908
John Blockxs opera Baldie premieres in Antwerp
25 Jan 1909
Richard Strauss premier of Elektra in Dresden
25 Jan 1910
1st stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell SAf v Eng)
25 Jan 1910
Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem
25 Jan 1915
Alexander Graham Bell in NY calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco
25 Jan 1915
Giordano Sardou & Moreaus opera Madame Sans Gne premieres in NYC
25 Jan 1915
Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (NY to San Francisco)
25 Jan 1919
Founding of League of Nations 1st meeting 1 year later
25 Jan 1919
The Hotel Pennsylvania at the time the worlds largest opens in Manhattan
25 Jan 1921
Karel Capks play R.U.R. premieres in Prague introduces the word robot
25 Jan 1923
NVV donates 100000 guilders to mine workers of Ruhrgebied
25 Jan 1924
I Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix France
25 Jan 1930
Australian Championships Womens Tennis Melbourne Daphne Akhurst Cozens wins 3rd straight Australian singles title beats Sylvia Lance Harper 10-8 2-6 7-5
25 Jan 1930
Australian Championships Mens Tennis Edgar Moon wins his first and only Grand Slam singles title beats fellow Australian Harry Hopman 6-3 6-1 6-3
25 Jan 1932
1st commencement exercises at Hebrew U in Jerusalem
25 Jan 1937
Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal kills 13
25 Jan 1940
Nazi decrees establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland
25 Jan 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.
25 Jan 1945
Grand Rapids Michigan becomes 1st US city to fluoridate its water
25 Jan 1945
Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths
25 Jan 1945
NY Yankees sold by Ruppert estate to construction magnate Del Webb and partners Dan Topping and Larry MacPhail for 2.8 million
25 Jan 1945
West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung Burma
25 Jan 1946
Richard Strauss Metamorphosis premieres in Zurich
25 Jan 1946
United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor
25 Jan 1949
1st Emmy Awards Shirley Dinsdale & Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win
25 Jan 1950
73F (23C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January
25 Jan 1953
WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor ME (CBS) begins broadcasting
25 Jan 1953
Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 sec
25 Jan 1955
Jill Kinmont hits a tree & breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race
25 Jan 1955
Columbia University scientists develope an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years
25 Jan 1956
96.5 cm (38.0) of rainfall Kilauea Plantation Hawaii (state record)
25 Jan 1957
FBI arrests Jack & Myra Sobel charged with spying for USSR
25 Jan 1959
1st transcontinental commercial jet flight (American) (LA to NY for 301)
25 Jan 1964
The Beatles get their first US 1 I Want to Hold your Hand (Cashbox)
25 Jan 1966
WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood NJ (NBC) 1st broadcast
25 Jan 1968
Robert Andersons I Never Sang for My Father premieres in NYC
25 Jan 1969
US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
25 Jan 1971
WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis IN (IND) begins broadcasting
25 Jan 1971
The 170 delegates of the Ulster Unionist Council (UUC) call for the resignation of Northern Ireland Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark
25 Jan 1972
25th NHL All-Star Game Metropolitan Sports Centre Bloomington IN East beats West 3-2 MVP Bobby Orr Boston D
25 Jan 1972
7 Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota
25 Jan 1974
Dr Christiaan Barnard transplants 1st heterotopic heart transplant (adding donor heart without removal of old)
25 Jan 1976
Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut Ind v NZ Auckland
25 Jan 1977
30th NHL All-Star Game Pacific Coliseum Vancouver BC Wales beats Campbell 4-3 MVP Rick Martin Buffalo Sabres LW
25 Jan 1978
Muriel Humphrey (D-Mn) appointed to fill late husbands Senate seat
25 Jan 1978
Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin & 125000 to Rangers for Gaylord Perry (He wins Cy Young Award)
25 Jan 1979
22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through central Honshu Japan
25 Jan 1979
1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US
25 Jan 1980
Highest speed attained by a warship 167 kph USN hovercraft
25 Jan 1981
Super Bowl XV Louisiana Superdome New Orleans LA Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles 27-10 MVP Jim Plunkett Oakland QB
25 Jan 1983
Chinas supreme court commutes Chiang Chings death sentence to life
25 Jan 1983
Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit
25 Jan 1983
Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia
25 Jan 1985
Test debut of Wasim Akram v New Zealand at Auckland (2-105)
25 Jan 1986
General Tito Okellos government flees Kampala Uganda
25 Jan 1987
3rd Sundance Film Festival Waiting for the Moon and The Trouble with Dick (tie) win Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
25 Jan 1988
Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)
25 Jan 1988
Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname
25 Jan 1989
Augusto Alcalde 1st South American Zen teacher receives Dharma Transmission
25 Jan 1990
Avianca Flight 52 runs out of fuel & crashes in Cove Neck NY 73 die
25 Jan 1990
The Burns Day windstorm storm hits northwestern Europe
25 Jan 1990
Honduras becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
25 Jan 1991
Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US government
25 Jan 1991
Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings v England Adelaide
25 Jan 1998
Musical Grease closes at Eugene ONeill Theater NYC after 1503 performance
25 Jan 1998
Patti LaBelle On Broadway closes at St James Theater NYC
25 Jan 1998
Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament
25 Jan 1998
Super Bowl XXXII Qualcomm Stadium San Diego CA Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24 MVP Terrell Davis Denver RB
25 Jan 1998
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide attack on Sri Lankas Temple of the Tooth killing 8 people injuring 25 others.
25 Jan 1998
Pope John Paul II visits Cuba and demands the release of political prisoners he also condemns US moves to isolate the country
25 Jan 1998
14th Sundance Film Festival Slam wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
25 Jan 1991
Soap opera Generations last episode after a 2 year run
25 Jan 1992
Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC38623C264
25 Jan 1992
Australian Open Womens Tennis Monica Seles beats American Mary Joe Fernandez 6-2 6-3 for her 5th career Grand Slam title
25 Jan 1993
Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language
25 Jan 1993
Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years
25 Jan 1993
Five people were shot outside CIA headquarters in Langley Virginia resulting in two murders.
25 Jan 1994
Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win crickets World Series Cup
25 Jan 1994
US space probe Clementine launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base California
25 Jan 1994
Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court
25 Jan 1995
Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee
25 Jan 1995
Chicago Blackhawks beat Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in the first NHL game in their new home the United Center defenseman Chris Chelios leads scoring with a goal and 2 assists
25 Jan 1996
Ottawa Senators set an NHL record with 16th consecutive home game without a win (0-15-1) in a 4-2 loss to Detroit at the Palladium old record (15) shared by 1928 Black Hawks & 1939 Canadiens
25 Jan 1997
In a high profile NHL trade San Jose obtain future Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Ed Belfour from Chicago in exchange for goaltender Chris Terreri Ulf Dahlen Michal Sykora and a conditional pick in 1998 Entry Draft
25 Jan 1999
Earthquake hits Colombia South America killing around 300 and injuring 1000
25 Jan 1999
After an inquiry into a corruption scandal 6 International Olympic Committee members are expelled
25 Jan 2001
A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar Venezuela killing 24
25 Jan 2002
Wikipedia switches to the new version of its software (Phase II) aka Magnus Manske Day.
25 Jan 2003
Australian Open Womens Tennis Serena Williams wins 5th Grand Slam singles title and 4th straight beats older sister Venus Williams 7-6 3-6 6-4 for her first Australian title
25 Jan 2004
Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars.
25 Jan 2004
20th Sundance Film Festival Primer directed by Shane Carruth wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
25 Jan 2005
A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills at least 258
25 Jan 2006
Three independent observing campaigns announce the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb through gravitational microlensing the first cool rockyicy extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star.
25 Jan 2009
57th NHL All-Star Game Bell Centre Montreal Quebec East beats West 12-11 SO MVP Alexei Kovalev Montreal Canadiens RW
25 Jan 2009
25th Sundance Film Festival Precious based on the Novel Push by Sapphire wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
25 Jan 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.
25 Jan 1999
Supernatural horror film The Blair Witch Project premieres at the Sundance Film festival
25 Jan 1894
In his only successful title defence James J Corbett KOs English champion Charley Mitchell in 3 rounds at the Duvall Athletic Club Jacksonville Florida for the world heavyweight boxing title
25 Jan 1921
Karel apeks play R.U.R. premieres in Prague introduces the word robot
25 Jan 1955
Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years
25 Jan 2011
Egyptian Revolution of begins with a series of street demonstrations rallies acts of civil disobedience labor strikes and violent clashes in Cairo Alexandria and other major cities
25 Jan 1777
Americans drag cannon up hill of Kingsbridge Road to fight British prompting a name change to Gun Hill Road (Bronx New York)
25 Jan 1655
Duchy of Savoy orders expulsion or conversion of non-Catholic householders in Waldensian communities in Piedmont
25 Jan 1861
Augusta Arsenal seized by the Confederacy in Georgia (US Civil War)
25 Jan 1946
Richard Strauss composition Metamorphosen premieres with the Collegium Musicum in Zrich
25 Jan 1998
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam mount a suicide attack on Sri Lankas Temple of the Tooth in Kandy killing 8 people and injuring 25 others
25 Jan 1565
Battle of Talikota The Deccan Sultanates destroy Vijayanagars army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India
25 Jan 1617
Pieter van den Broecke arrives at Arabian port of Mocha will be first Dutchman to establish trade links between East India Company and Yemen and taste coffee [1]
25 Jan 1777
Americans drag a cannon up a hill of Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx New York to fight the British giving added significance to the areas historic name of Greate Gunn Hill the name of the road was changed to Gun Hill Road in 1875
25 Jan 1915
Transcontinental telephone service officially inaugurated as Alexander Graham Bell in NYC calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco California during the PanamaPacific International Exposition
25 Jan 1956
96.5 cm (38.0) of rainfall in a day Kilauea Plantation Hawaii (state record until 2018)
25 Jan 1964
Nike athletics company founded in Oregon as Blue Ribbon Sports by University of Oregon track athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman [1]
25 Jan 1979
First documented case of a robot killing a human in the US
25 Jan 1990
Avianca Flight 052 runs out of fuel and crashes into a hillside at Cove Neck New York killing 8 of the 9 crew members and 65 of the 149 passengers on board
25 Jan 1993
Five people are shot outside CIA headquarters in Langley Virginia resulting in two deaths
25 Jan 1995
Jacques Santer of Luxembourg succeeds Jacques Delors of France as President of the European Commission
25 Jan 2002
Wikipedia switches to a new version of its software (Phase II) also known as Magnus Manske Day
25 Jan 2011
UK announces it had a shock economic contraction of 0.5% in Q4 2010 due to severe winter weather and budget cuts implemented by the coalition government
25 Jan 2013
50 people are killed and 90 are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto Venezuela
25 Jan 2013
6 civilians and 1 police officer are shot dead and 456 people are injured during a nationwide protest against Egypts 2011 revolution
25 Jan 2013
8 people are killed by 2 car bombs in Golan Heights Syria
25 Jan 2013
Initial GDP figures for the fourth quarter of 2012 show the UK economy shrank by 0.3% raising fears of a triple dip recession
25 Jan 2013
Islamist forces are driven out of Hombori by the Malian army
25 Jan 2013
Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland Australia causing mass flooding
25 Jan 2016
British rowing team becomes first female crew and first crew of four to cross the Pacific San Francisco to Cairns in 257 days
25 Jan 2017
Kisenosato becomes the 1st Japanese home-grown sumo champion since 1998 when he is made yokozuna 72nd Grand Champion
25 Jan 2018
Doomsday clock moved by 30 seconds to 2 minutes to midnight by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists closest since 1950s
25 Jan 2018
Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi asked are there any bookshops in Nigeria in controversial French interview
25 Jan 2019
At least 20 people have died this week in Venezuelan anti-government protests according to the UN
25 Jan 2019
Roger Stone political lobbyist for Donald Trump is arrested as part of Mueller investigation for obstruction of justice witness tampering and making false statements
25 Jan 2019
Tailing dam for an iron ore mine in Brumadinho south-eastern Brazil collapses killing at least 110 with 238 missing
25 Jan 2020
Severe rainstorms cause landslides and floods in Brazils Minas Gerais state killing at least 30
25 Jan 2022
Australian government buys the copyright to the Aboriginal flag designed by artist Harold Thomas for A20 million (US14m) [1]
25 Jan 2022
People smuggling boat reported to have capsized in the Florida Straits with the loss of 38 lives
25 Jan 2022
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Keith Yandle becomes NHLs new Iron Man with his 965th consecutive regular-season game breaking Doug Jarviss all-time record in a 4-3 loss at the New York Islanders [1]
25 Jan 2023
America and Germany announce decision to send powerful battle tanks (US 31 Germany 14) to Ukraine to fight Russia invasion
25 Jan 2024
British researchers Christopher Marsh and Angela McShane launch website 100Ballads.org detailing top-selling broadside ballads of 17th century England including images of original lyric sheets and new musical recordings of the very old pop songs [1]
25 Jan 1902
Aleksandr Skriabins 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St Petersburg Russia
25 Jan 1915
Umberto Giordano and Renato Simonis operatic adaptation of Madame Sans Gne a 1893 play by Victorien Sardou and mile Moreau premieres at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC
25 Jan 1919
The Hotel Pennsylvania at the time the worlds largest opens in Manhattan across Seventh from Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden closed 2020 demolished 2022-23
25 Jan 1946
Richard Strauss composition Metamorphosen premieres with the Collegium Musicum in Zrich Switzerland
25 Jan 1955
American alpine skier Jill Kinmont hits a tree & breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race