What are the important events that happened on January 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
January 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
January 25 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 12, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,706,140,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘icosipentagon’ day.
Aquarius is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,052 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 25 Historical Events
- 1787 –American Daniel Shays leads a rebellion to seize Federal arsenal to protest debtor’s prisons.
- 1791 –The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.
- 1918 –Ukraine declares independence from Bolshevik Russia.
- 1932 –Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin.
- 1942 –World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
- 1955 –The Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany.
- 1982 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dog in Chinese astrology.
- 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.
Who were born on January 25?
- 1874 –W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (d. 1965)
- 1927 –Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian composer (d. 1994)
- 1943 –Tobe Hooper, American film director
- 1956 –Andy Cox, English musician (The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals)
- 1957 –Eskil Erlandsson, Swedish politician
- 1967 –Randy McKay, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 –Christine Lakin, American actress
- 1984 –Robinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 –James Ball, Musician
- 1987 –Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player
Who died on January 25?
- 844 –Pope Gregory IV
- 1366 –Henry Suso, German mystic
- 1578 –Mihrimah Sultana, Ottoman princess (b. 1522)
- 1586 –Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
- 1670 –Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)
- 1884 –Périclès Pantazis, Greek impressionist painter (b. 1849)
- 1954 –Manabendra Nath Roy, Indian political activist (b. 1887)
- 1972 –Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
- 1975 –Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician (b. 1896)
- 2005 –Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
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