January 25 in history
Events on January 25
Notable events that happened on January 25 in past years.
- 2019
A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing 270 people.
Wikipedia article: Brumadinho dam disaster - 2010
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Na'ameh, Lebanon, killing 90.
Wikipedia article: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 - 1999
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
Wikipedia article: Moment magnitude scale - 1994
The spacecraft Clementine by BMDO and NASA is launched.
Wikipedia article: Clementine (spacecraft) - 1979
Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.
Wikipedia article: Pope John Paul II - 1967
South Vietnamese junta leader and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky fires rival, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Nguyen Huu Co, while the latter is overseas on a diplomatic visit.
Wikipedia article: South Vietnam - 1949
The first Emmy Awards are presented in the United States; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
Wikipedia article: Emmy Awards - 1942
World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
Wikipedia article: World War II - 1932
Alt Llobregat insurrection suppressed in Central Catalonia, Spain.
Wikipedia article: Alt Llobregat insurrection - 1915
Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
Wikipedia article: Alexander Graham Bell - 1879
The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
Wikipedia article: Bulgarian National Bank - 1787
Shays' Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
Wikipedia article: Shays's Rebellion - 1573
Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Mikatagahara - 1494
Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
- 41
After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
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