About January 25

January 25, 2021 is the 25th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 340 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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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 18 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On 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.
  • 1573 –
    Battle of Mikatagahara, in Japan; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
  • 1575 –
    Luanda, the capital of Angola is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
  • 1791 –
    The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.
  • 1792 –
    The London Corresponding Society is founded.
  • 1881 –
    Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
  • 1909 –
    Richard Strauss’ opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
  • 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.
  • 1942 –
    World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
  • 1944 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Monkey in Chinese astrology.
  • 1949 –
    At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented.
  • 1955 –
    The Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany.
  • 1961 –
    In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
  • 1981 –
    Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death.
  • 1986 –
    The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
  • 1990 –
    The Burns’ Day storm hits northwestern Europe.
  • 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.
  • 2005 –
    A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills at least 258.

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