Page 10: Historical Events In January - 25

1994  Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55 on January - 25.   

1994  US space probe Clementine launched on this day in history.   

1994  Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1995  On January - 25 lawyers for the defense make their opening statement in the murder trial of former pro football running back and sports commentator O.J. Simpson.   

1995  Peter Black, TV critic, dies at 82 on January - 25.   

1996  On January - 25 leilani Muir awarded $750,000 by Alberta judge; she was wrongly diagnosed as mentally disabled and sterilized by the province's Eugenics Board in 1959   

1996  Jonathan Larson, composer, dead Aortic aneurysm at 35 on this day in history.   

1997  71st Australian Women's Tennis Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62) on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history a cyclone sweeps across the island nation of Madagascar, spawning floods that leave 100 people missing and thousands homeless   

1997  On this day in history herbert Eugene Caen, columnist, dies at 80   

1998  On January - 25 "Grease," closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY after 1,503 performance   

1998  On this day in history britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement   

1998  On January - 25 spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) &soccer David Beckham gets engaged   

1998  On this day in history two US tourists, Thomas and Eileen Lonergan, are left behind by a scuba diving operator on a reef off Port Douglas, north Queensland. They are never found   

1998  Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies on this day in history.   

1999  More than one thousand people are killed when an eartquake rocks the South American country of Colombia on January - 25.   

1999  The first hand transplant in the U.S. takes place in Louisville, Kentucky on this day in history.   

2005  On January - 25 a stampede at Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi during a religious pilgrimage in India kills at least 215, mostly women and small children.   

2006  Deus Caritas Est, the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, is promulgated on January - 25.   

2006  Hamas wins the majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections on January - 25.   

2007  The President of Israel, Moshe Katsav, takes a temporary leave of absence due to a sex scandal on this day in history.   

2010  On January - 25 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.   

2011  On this day in history egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins in Egypt, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, and throughout other cities in Egypt.   

2013  Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding on this day in history.   

2014  On this day in history li Na defeats Dominika Cibulková to win the Australian tennis open   

2017  On January - 25 kisenosato becomes the 1st Japanese home-grown sumo champion since 1998 when he is made yokozuna, 72nd Grand Champion   

2018  Doomsday clock moved by 30 seconds to 2 minutes to midnight by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, closest since 1950s on January - 25.   

2018  Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi asked "are there any bookshops in Nigeria?" in controversial French interview on January - 25.   

2019  Documentary "Leaving Neverland" detailing singer Michael Jackson 's relationship with two boys premieres at the Sundance Film Festivval on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history a mine tailings dam breaks in the Brazilian city of Brumadinho, in the state of Minas Gerais. At least 248 people are killed, with 22 missing.   

2021  On this day in history janet Yellen is confirmed as the first female treasury secretary by the US Senate   

2023  On January - 25 chris Hipkins succeeds Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister of New Zealand, six days after she announced her resignation.   

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1037  On this day in history birth of su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19]   

1477  On January - 25 birth of anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII   

1509  Giovanni Morone, Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic" was born on this day in history.   

1540  On January - 25 birth of edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr (Decem Rationes)   

1615  On this day in history birth of govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob)   

1626  On this day in history birth of john van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, landscape painter   

1627  On January - 25 birth of robert Boyle, Ireld, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color)   

1634  On January - 25 birth of gaspar Fagel, lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88)   

0477  Death of Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans on January - 25.   

0844  On this day in history death of pope Gregory IV   

1067  On January - 25 death of emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032)   

1138  On January - 25 anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies   

1139  Godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies on January - 25.   

1366  On this day in history death of henry Suso, German mystic   

1431  Death of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364) on January - 25.   

1494  Ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies on this day in history.