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.
- 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.
- 1575 –Luanda, the capital of Angola is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
- 1879 –The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
- 1881 –Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
- 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.
- 1932 –Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin.
- 1937 –The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until Sept. 18, 2009.
- 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.
- 1963 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
- 1969 –Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him 10 machine guns and 63 rifles.
- 1993 –Five people are shot outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia resulting in two murders.
- 1994 –The Clementine space probe launches.
- 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.
- 1998 –During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
- 2001 –A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24.
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