About January 25
January 25, 2020 is the 25th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 341 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.
What Happened On January 25
- 41 –After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.
- 1348 –A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.
- 1494 –Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
- 1554 –Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil.
- 1755 –Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
- 1792 –The London Corresponding Society is founded.
- 1890 –Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
- 1915 –Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
- 1946 –The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
- 1949 –At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented.
- 1955 –The Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany.
- 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.
- 1961 –In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
- 1982 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dog in Chinese astrology.
- 1990 –The Burns’ Day storm hits northwestern Europe.
- 1996 –Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the United States of America.
- 1998 –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.
- 2004 –Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars.
- 2005 –A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills at least 258.
- 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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