About January 25

January 25, 2024 is the 25th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 341 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 16 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On January 25

  • 41 –
    After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.
  • 1494 –
    Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
  • 1792 –
    The London Corresponding Society is founded.
  • 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.
  • 1879 –
    The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
  • 1881 –
    Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
  • 1915 –
    Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
  • 1919 –
    The League of Nations is founded.
  • 1932 –
    Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin.
  • 1944 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
  • 1946 –
    The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
  • 1961 –
    In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
  • 1971 –
    Charles Manson and three female “Family” members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
  • 1971 –
    Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state.
  • 1996 –
    Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the United States of America.
  • 2001 –
    A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24.
  • 2004 –
    Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars.
  • 2006 –
    Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in conjunction with the serial killing of at least 10 elderly women.
  • 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.

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