Merriam-Webster dictionary defines history as a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events. It’s a chronological record of significant events often including an explanation of their causes. The earliest known use of the word history was in the 14th century.
This website utilizes entries from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are currently 105,060 records in our database. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.
Let us begin with what happened today in history. You may also enter a specific day using the form on the right sidebar. It is optional to input the year. If you do give a complete date with month, day and year then only events that happened on that specific date will be shown.
About January 25
January 25, 2025 is the 25th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 340 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 4 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On January 25
- 1533 –Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
- 1890 –Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
- 1924 –The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
- 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.
- 1944 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- 1971 –Charles Manson and three female “Family” members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
- 1971 –Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda’s president.
- 1990 –The Burns’ Day storm hits northwestern Europe.
- 2001 –A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24.
- 2006 –Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in conjunction with the serial killing of at least 10 elderly women.
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