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What happened in history on this day: January 25?
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- 749 - Birth of Leo IV (the Khazar), Byzantine emperor (775-80).
- 844 - Gregory IV begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1138 - Anacletus II [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies.
- 1139 - Godfried I with the Beard, duke of Brabant/Earl of Leuven, dies.
- 1139 - Godfried II the Young becomes duke of Brabant.
- 1327 - King Edward III accedes to British throne.
- 1348 - In Carinthia (Austria - northern Italy), "fire fell from heaven", an earthquake destroys 16 cities, killing over 40,000.
- 1477 - Birth of Anna de Bretagne wife of Maximilian of Austria and Louis XII.
- 1494 - Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples.
- 1494 - Ferdinand I cruel king of Naples, dies.
- 1509 - Birth of Giovanni Morone Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic".
- 1533 - England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (approximate date).
- 1540 - Birth of Edmund Campion London, saint/Jesuit martyr (December Rationes).
- 1554 - Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary.
- 1565 - Battle at Talikota India Muslims destroy Vijayanagar's army.
- 1579 - Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic.
- 1586 - Lucas Cranach "the Young" German painter, dies at age 70.
- 1615 - Birth of Govert Flinck Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob).
- 1626 - Birth of John van de Cappelle Amsterdam, landscape painter.
- 1627 - Birth of Robert Boyle in Ireland; physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color).
- 1634 - Birth of Gaspar Fagel lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88).
- 1640 - Death of Robert Burton; English scholar, author (The Anatomy of Melancholy).
- 1693 - Birth of Anna Ivanova Romanova daughter of Ivan V/empress of Russia (1730-40).
- 1721 - Czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy.
- 1726 - Guillaume Delisle French geographer (Atlas géographique), dies at age 50.
- 1733 - Reinier V van Hompech Dutch General-Major cavalry, dies.
- 1736 - Birth of Joseph-Louis comte de Lagrange, Turin, French mathematician.
- 1741 - Birth of Benedict Arnold General /traitor (US revolution).
- 1759 - Birth of Robert Burns in Alloway, Scotland; poet (Auld Lang Syne).
- 1766 - Birth of Hans Freiherr von Gagern German advisor to Dutch king Willem I.
- 1775 - Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx).
- 1777 - Birth of Elias Canneman; Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14).
- 1787 - Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Massachusetts.
- 1802 - Napoleon elected President of the Italian (Cisalpine) Republic.
- 1809 - The Admiral Gardiner ship wrecks off the coast of England in the Straits of Dover, with loss of one life, and taking down 46 tons of newly minted 1808 10- and 20-cash copper coins for use in India.
- 1814 - Birth of Francis Harrison Pierpont; Governor (Union) (dies 1899).
- 1825 - First US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, in Troy, New York.
- 1839 - Birth of Seldon Connor; US Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (dies 1917).
- 1841 - Birth of John Arbuthnot Fisher in Ceylon; first Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet.
- 1851 - Birth of Arne Garborg; Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar).
- 1851 - Birth of Jan Blockx in Belgium; opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg).
- 1856 - Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians.
- 1858 - Prince Frederick III of Prussia marries Victoria Saxe-Coburg, Princess Royal, at Saint James Place in London, England. Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" is first played.
- 1860 - Birth of Charles Curtis; (Republican) 31st US Vice President (1929-33).
- 1863 - General Joseph Hooker replaces US General Ambrose Burnside as head of Army of Potomac.
- 1866 - Birth of Emile Vandervelde; leader of Belgian BWP party.
- 1870 - Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows.
- 1874 - Birth of Hewlett Johnson; English bishop, Red Dean of Canterbury.
- 1874 - Birth of [William] Somerset Maugham in Paris, France; novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage).
- 1875 - Anti-slavery society formed in New York.
- 1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the first telephone company.
- 1881 - Birth of Emil Ludwig; German biographer (Diana, Son of Man).
- 1882 - Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms.
- 1882 - Birth of Virginia [Adeline] Woolf in London, England; author (Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse).
- 1885 - Birth of A J Else Mauhs; German/Dutch actress (Eline Vere, L'aiglon).
- 1887 - Birth of Diego Valeri; Italian author/poet (Le Gaie Tristezze).
- 1890 - National Afro-American League forms in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1890 - Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days).
- 1890 - United Mine Workers of America forms.
- 1891 - Birth of Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in Great Britian; actress (Cleopatra).
- 1891 - Birth of William C Bullitt; first US ambassador to USSR.
- 1894 - James J Corbett knocks out Charley Mitchell in three rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1896 - Birth of John Moores; British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire.
- 1896 - Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at age 68.
- 1896 - Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies.
- 1898 - Birth of Joachim Wach; German/US philosopher/sociologist (Understanding).
- 1899 - Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies.
- 1899 - Birth of Paul-Henri Charles Spaak in Schaerbeek, Belgium; Premier/Secretary-General of NATO (1957-61).
- 1900 - Birth of Mildred Dunnock in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story).
- 1900 - Birth of Theodosius Dobzhansky in Ukraine; geneticist/writer (Mankind Evolving).
- 1902 - Birth of Gerard P M Knuvelder; Dutch literature historian (Vocation, Kitty).
- 1904 - 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1904 - Birth of Frans Goedhart; Dutch journalist/founder (Het Parool).
- 1905 - At the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond is discovered by mining superintendent Frederick Wells. Weighing 1.33 pounds, and christened the "Cullinan", it is the largest diamond ever found.
- 1906 - Joseph Wheeler II, former General of Confederate States of America, dies at age 70.
- 1906 - Pierre L Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Malines/Cardinal, dies at age 78.
- 1908 - Birth of Lord Iliffe; English publisher (Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar).
- 1908 - Birth of W H V "Hopper" Levett; cricket keeper (England in one Test in Calcutta).
- 1910 - Léon Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies at age 75.
- 1913 - Birth of Witold Lutoslawski in Warsaw, Poland; composer (Jeux Vénitiens).
- 1915 - Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to San Francisco).
- 1916 - Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary.
- 1917 - Edwin Tyler, cricket player (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies.
- 1918 - Birth of Ken Mayers; actor (Robbie Robertson - Space Patrol).
- 1918 - Russia is declared a republic of Soviets.
- 1919 - Birth of Edwin Newman in New York City, New York, USA; newscaster/journalist/author (NBC-TV, Comment).
- 1919 - Birth of Patricia Louise Dalton; chair (Sherlock Holmes Society of London).
- 1919 - Founding of League of Nations at Paris Peace Conference.
- 1922 - Birth of Raymond Baxter; British TV host/author (Fast Lady).
- 1923 - NVV donates 100,000 gulden to mine workers of Ruhrgebied.
- 1924 - (to February 4) The first Olympic Winter Games are held in Chamonix, France.
- 1924 - Birth of Lou "The Toe" Groza; AAFC, NFL tackle, kicker (Cleveland Browns).
- 1925 - Birth of Eric Dempster; cricket player (New Zealand slow bowl of mid-1950s, bowling average 109.5).
- 1927 - Birth of Gregg Palmer in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Scream, To Hell and Back, Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, Disneyland).
- 1927 - Birth of Seung Sahn; Zen teacher (Korean line).
- 1928 - Birth of Eduard Shevardnadze in Soviet Georgia; foreign minister of USSR (1985-91).
- 1929 - Donald Bradman scores 340* for New South Wales versus Victoria, 488 minutes, 38 fours.
- 1931 - Birth of Dean Jones in Decatur, Alabama, USA; actor (Ensign O'Toole, Company, The Love Bug, Jonny Quest: New Adventures, Disneyland, Beethoven).
- 1931 - Birth of Harold Lloyd Junior; actor (Frankenstein's Daughter).
- 1931 - Birth of Paavo J Haavikko; Finnish writer/poet/husband of Marja-Liisa Vartio.
- 1931 - Mohandas Gandhi is released again in India.
- 1932 - First commencement exercises at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
- 1932 - Donald Bradman scores 167 New South Wales versus Victoria, 224 minutes, 22 fours.
- 1933 - Birth of Corazón Aquino; President of Philippines (1986-92).
- 1934 - Birth of Elizabeth Allen in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actress (Laura - Bracken's World).
- 1936 - Birth of Dan Schaefer; American politician (Representative-Republican-Colorado, 1983-).
- 1936 - Birth of Diana Hyland in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA; actress (Peyton Place, Eight is Enough).
- 1937 - Birth of Don Maynard; NFL receiver (New York Jets), #13.
- 1937 - Miami-to-Tampa bus overturns in a canal, kills 13.
- 1937 - Soap opera Guiding Light premieres on NBC radio.
- 1938 - Birth of Betico Croes; Arubian politician (Status Aparte).
- 1938 - Birth of Etta James [Jamesette Hawkins]; American singer ("Roll With Me Henry").
- 1939 - Earthquake hits Chillán, Chile, 10,000 killed.
- 1939 - Joe Louis knocks out John Henry Lewis in one round for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1940 - Germany decrees the establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz, Poland.
- 1942 - Siam declares war on the United Kingdom.
- 1945 - Birth of Leigh Taylor-Young in Washington, DC, USA; actress (Peyton Place, Alice B Toklas).
- 1945 - Dan Topping, Del Webb, and Larry MacPhail purchase New York Yankees for US$2.8 million.
- 1945 - Grand Rapids, Michigan, becomes first US city to fluoridate its water.
- 1945 - Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths.
- 1945 - West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma.
- 1946 - Birth of Josephine M Verspaget; sociologist/Dutch Member of Parliament (PvdA).
- 1946 - Birth of Ronnie Brandon; rocker (McCoys).
- 1946 - United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor.
- 1947 - Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at age 48.
- 1949 - In Los Angeles, California, the 1st Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Walter O'Keefe.
- Best Film Made for Television: The Necklace (Your Show Time Series)
- Most Outstanding Television Personality: Shirley Dinsdale
- Most Popular Television Program: Pantomime Quiz - KTLA
- Special Award: Louis McManus for designing the Emmy statuette.
- 1949 - First Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins.
- 1950 - Birth of Gloria Naylor; US author (Women of Brewster Place).
- 1950 - Birth of Michael Cotton; rocker (The Tubes).
- 1951 - Birth of Steve Prefontaine in Coos Bay, Oregon, USA; 5km distance runner (Olympics-4th-1972) (dies 1975).
- 1951 - United Nations begins counter-offensive in Korea.
- 1952 - Sveinn Bjørnsson, Danish first President of Iceland (1944-52), dies at age 70.
- 1952 - Test debut of Richie Benaud, versus West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
- 1953 - Birth of Malcolm Green; rocker (Split Enz - "I Got You").
- 1953 - Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 seconds.
- 1954 - Birth of Condredge Holloway in Alabama, USA; Canadian Football League quarterback (Ottawa Roughriders, Toronto Argonauts).
- 1954 - Birth of Richard Finch; rock bassist (KC and the Sunshine Band - "That's the Way I Like It").
- 1955 - Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years.
- 1955 - Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race.
- 1955 - Russia ends state of war with Germany.
- 1955 - US and Panamá sign canal treaty.
- 1956 - 96.5 cm (38 inches) of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record).
- 1956 - Birth of Andy Cox in Birmingham, England; rock guitarist (Fine Young Cannibals - "She Drives Me Crazy").
- 1957 - Birth of Edmund Theodore Sylvers; rocker (Sylvers).
- 1957 - Birth of Jeff Gossett; NFL punter (Oakland Raiders).
- 1957 - Birth of Jenifer Lewis; actress (Girl 6, Meteor Man, Sister Act).
- 1957 - FBI arrests Jack and Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR.
- 1958 - Birth of Dinah Manoff in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Elaine - Soap, Carol - Empty Nest).
- 1958 - Birth of Gary Brian Tibbs in London, England; rock bassist (Adam and The Ants, Roxy Music - "Let's Stick Together", "Avalon").
- 1958 - Birth of Harti Weirather; Austrian alpine skier.
- 1959 - First transcontinental commercial jet flight (American Airlines) (Los Angeles to New York for US$301).
- 1959 - Pope John XXIII proclaims second Vatican council.
- 1960 - Diana Barrymore, actress (Ladies Courageous), dies at age 38.
- 1961 - First live, nationally televised US Presidential news conference (John Kennedy).
- 1961 - Birth of Michele Tobin in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Fitzpatricks).
- 1961 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
- 1961 - Military coup in El Salvador.
- 1961 - Buena Vista premieres Disney's animated feature film One Hundred and One Dalmatians in selected theaters in the USA. The film is based on the book The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith.
- 1962 - Birth of Chris Chelios in Chicago, Illinois, USA; NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team USA).
- 1963 - Birth of Carl Fysh; rocker (Brother Beyond - "Can You Keep a Secret").
- 1963 - Birth of Joe Lloyd in Highland Park, Illinois, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Space Coast).
- 1963 - Birth of Suzanne Klemann; Dutch singer (Loïs Lane - "I Wanna Be").
- 1963 - Wilson Kettle of Newfoundland, Canada, dies at age 102, leaving 582 living descendents.
- 1964 - The Beatles' first US #1 "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cash Box chart).
- 1964 - Birth of Bob Sweeney in Concord, Massachusetts, USA; NHL center (New York Islanders, Calgary Flames).
- 1964 - Birth of twins Chip and Pepper Foster; actors (Chip and Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday).
- 1964 - Birth of William Thomas Andrade in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA; PGA golfer (1991 Kemper Open).
- 1964 - Echo 2 US communications satellite launched.
- 1965 - Birth of Brian Holman in Winfield, Kansas, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners).
- 1965 - Birth of Esa Tikkanen in Helsinki, Finland; NHL left wing (Florida Panthers, Vancouver Canucks, Olympics-Bronze-1998).
- 1965 - Staff Nees, Flemish composer (Maria-oratorio), dies at age 63.
- 1966 - Birth of Mike Burch; country drummer (River Road).
- 1966 - Birth of John [Vo] Velyvis in North Adams, Massachusetts, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Mark Schlereth; NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl XXXII).
- 1966 - Birth of Paul Ranheim in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers).
- 1966 - Birth of Pavel Torgaev in Nizhny, Novgorod, USSR; NHL left wing (Calgary Flames).
- 1966 - Birth of Richie Lewis; US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins).
- 1967 - Birth of Mario Brunetta; hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998).
- 1967 - Birth of Marty Calder in Saint Catharine, Ontario, Canada; 62kg freestyle wrestler (Olympics-12-1992,1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Randy Mckay in Montréal, Québec, Canada; NHL right wing (New Jersey Devils).
- 1968 - Birth of Lynette Brooky in New Zealand; golfer (New Zealand Open 1993/94).
- 1968 - Birth of Roosevelt Collins; WLAF defensive line (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1968 - Birth of Tim De Leede; cricket player (Holland batsman 1996 World Cup).
- 1968 - Virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at age 31.
- 1969 - Birth of Heidi Wolfgramm; rocker (Jets).
- 1969 - Birth of Jesse Harte in Rome, Georgia, USA; heavy metal vocalist (Southgang - "Tainted Angel").
- 1969 - Birth of Nolan Harrison; NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1969 - Birth of Penny Moore; WNBA guard/forward (Charlotte Sting).
- 1969 - John Zajíc, Czech student, self-incinerates.
- 1969 - US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris, France.
- 1970 - Birth of Chris Mills; NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks).
- 1970 - Birth of Milt Stegall; Canadian Football League receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1970 - Birth of Pau Coll; WLAF kicker/safety (Barcelona Dragons).
- 1970 - Birth of Scott Hendrickson; Canadian Football League guard (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
- 1970 - Eunice Hunton Carter, first black female District Attorney in New York, dies at age 70.
- 1970 - Marie Benavente, actress (Paradise), dies at age 84.
- 1970 - Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H premieres.
- 1971 - Birth of Herman Smith; NFL/WLAF defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, London Monarchs).
- 1971 - Birth of Jordan Young in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Purdue).
- 1971 - Birth of Kerry Taylor; US baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres).
- 1971 - Birth of Kevin Williams; receiver/kick returner (Arizona Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys).
- 1971 - Birth of Konstantin Matoussevich in Israel; men's high jump (Olympics-7th-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Tommie Jones; WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1971 - Birth of Vincent Brisby; NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots).
- 1971 - Charles Manson and three women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders.
- 1971 - Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state.
- 1971 - Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada.
- 1972 - 25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota.
- 1972 - In Taiwan, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurs.
- 1972 - 7-foot tall Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota.
- 1973 - Birth of Anthony Harris; linebacker (Miami Dolphins).
- 1973 - Birth of Marco Battaglia; tight end (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1973 - Birth of Rodney Young; NFL safety (New York Giants).
- 1973 - Birth of Terrell Wade in Rembert, South Carolina, USA; pitcher (Atlanta Braves).
- 1974 - Birth of Matt Odmark; guitarist (Jars of Clay).
- 1974 - Birth of Adam Meadows; offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts).
- 1974 - Birth of Daniel Sproule; Australian field hockey halfback (Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Jonathan Bryan Colling in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (4 Fun - "Unbelievable Fun Boys").
- 1974 - Bülent Ecevit forms government in Turkey.
- 1974 - South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard transplants the first human heart without removal of the old one.
- 1975 - 10th hat trick in New York Islanders' history-Denis Potvin's first.
- 1975 - Birth of John Piersma; American 200m/400m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-4th-1996).
- 1975 - Bangladesh parliament disposes of premier sheik Mujib ur-Rahman.
- 1975 - Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at age 78.
- 1976 - Birth of Tara Fleming in North York, Ontario, Canada; LPGA golfer (1992 LPGA Corning-10th).
- 1976 - Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut India versus New Zealand Auckland.
- 1977 - Donald Kerr, actor (Devil Bat, Killer Bats), dies at age 85.
- 1978 - Birth of Christine Lakin; actress (Alicia Lambert - Step by Step).
- 1978 - Birth of Mandy Carraway; Miss Kansas Teen-USA (1996).
- 1978 - Muriel Humphrey (Democrat-Minnesota) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat.
- 1978 - San Diego Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin and US$125,000 to Texas Rangers for Gaylord Perry (he wins 1978 Cy Young Award).
- 1978 - Tango Duke dies in Australia at age 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse.
- 1978 - (to January 27) The Great Blizzard of 1978 strikes the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, killing 70.
- 1979 - 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan.
- 1979 - J Robertson Hare, English actor (Fighting Stock), dies at age 87 (born 1891).
- 1979 - Pope John Paul II's first overseas trip as supreme pontiff.
- 1980 - Birth of Xavi; Spanish soccer player.
- 1980 - Birth of Michelle McCool-Alexander; American professional wrestler.
- 1980 - Bani-Sadr elected President of Iran.
- 1980 - Birth of Amanda Michelle Burns; Miss West Virginia Teen-USA (1997).
- 1980 - David Newell, actor (Dangerous Curves, White Heat), dies at age 75.
- 1980 - Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics.
- 1980 - Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, US Navy hovercraft.
- 1981 - Four former British Labour cabinet ministers (Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams, William Rodgers and David Owen) issue the Limehouse Declaration, leading to the formation of the Social Democratic Party.
- 1981 - Chiang Ching ('Madame Mao') is sentenced to death in the People's Republic of China.
- 1981 - 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrive back in US.
- 1981 - Adele Marie Astaire, actress/sister of Fred Astaire (Last Man on Earth, Millie), dies at age 82.
- 1981 - Richard Talmadge, actor (Speed Reporter), dies.
- 1981 - NFL Super Bowl XV at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana: Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10; Most Valuable Player: Jim Plunkett, quarterback.
- 1982 - Mihail A Suslov, Soviet party ideologist, dies at age 79 (born 1902).
- 1982 - 9th American Music Awards: Kenny Rogers win.
- 1983 - China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life in prison.
- 1984 - Birth of Robson de Souza, Real Madrid football player.
- 1985 - Test debut of Wasim Akram, versus New Zealand at Auckland (2-105).
- 1986 - General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala, Uganda.
- 1986 - Horace Smith, cricket player (one Test New Zealand versus England 1933, one wicket at 113), dies.
- 1986 - Albert Grossman dies of a heart attack while flying on the Concorde from New York to London; artist manager (Bob Dylan (1962-70), Peter Paul and Mary, The Band, Janis Joplin, Todd Rundgren).
- 1987 - 75th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Pat Cash (6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3).
- 1987 - NFL Super Bowl XXI: New York Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena, California; Most Valuable Player: Phil Simms, quarterback. This is the first NFL Championship for the Giants since 1956.
- 1987 - Federal Republic of Germany holds parliamentary elections. The CDU/CSU gets 44.3% of the vote, the SPD 37%, the FDP 9.1% and the Green Party 8.3%. The CDU/CSU coalition continues with the FDP. Helmut Kohl (CDU) continues as chancellor and Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) as vice chancellor and foreign minister.
- 1988 - 15th American Music Awards: Anita Baker, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston.
- 1988 - Colleen Moore, actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at age 87.
- 1988 - Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leafs history (15 games).
- 1988 - Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname.
- 1988 - Vice President George H.W. Bush and Dan Rather clash on CBS Evening News as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in the Iran-Contra affair.
- 1989 - Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season.
- 1990 - Alexander Lockwood, actor (Duel), dies.
- 1990 - Ava Gardner, actress (Barefoot Contessa), dies from pneumonia in London, England, at age 67 (born 1922).
- 1990 - Avianca Flight 52 runs out of fuel and crashes into Cove Neck, Long Island, after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK Airport officials. 73 die.
- 1990 - Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami Florida jail.
- 1990 - (to January 26) The Burns' Day storm kills 97 in northwestern Europe.
- 1991 - Brett Hull is third NHL player to score 50 goals in less than 50 games (49).
- 1991 - Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US government.
- 1991 - Mark Waugh scores ton in first Test Cricket innings, versus England Adelaide.
- 1991 - TV soap opera Generations last episode after a 2.5-year run.
- 1991 - The New York Giants defeat the San Francisco 49ers, 15-13, in San Francisco. The Giants win despite not scoring a touchdown, prevailing on five field goals by Matt Bahr.
- 1991 - Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at age 59.
- 1992 - 66th Australian Women's Tennis: Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (6-2, 6-3).
- 1992 - Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41 seconds.
- 1992 - Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC3862/3C264.
- 1992 - John Touchstone, actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at age 59.
- 1992 - Mahmoud Riad, Secretary-General of Arab League (1972-79), dies.
- 1993 - 20th American Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win.
- 1993 - Puerto Rico adds English as its second official language.
- 1993 - Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years.
- 1993 - Mir Aimal Kasi fires a rifle and kills two employees outside US Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
- 1994 - Australia beats South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup.
- 1994 - Mine fire at Asansol, India, kills 55.
- 1994 - Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at age 85 (born 1909).
- 1994 - The Clementine deep space probe is launched by the USA.
- 1994 - U.S. President Bill Clinton delivers his first State of the Union address, calling for health care reform, a ban on assault weapons, and welfare reform.
- 1995 - A rocket launched from the space exploration centre at Andøya, Norway is briefly interpreted by the Russians as an incoming attack.
- 1995 - Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of European Committee.
- 1995 - Tom Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Brave Dodo), dies at age 62.
- 1995 - William Sylvester, actor (2001, Devil Doll, Blind Corner), dies at age 72.
- 1996 - Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright, dies of aortic aneurysm at age 35 (born 1960).
- 1996 - Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director, dies at age 68.
- 1996 - The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Helmut Kohl, is awarded the Gold Medallion for Humanitarian Service of the international Jewish organization, B'nai B'rith.
- 1997 - 71st Australian Women's Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (6-2, 6-2).
- 1997 - Herbert Eugene Caen, columnist, dies at age 80.
- 1997 - Jeanne Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy), dies of a heart attack at age 79.
- 1998 - Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament.
- 1998 - Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afghanistan in (1963-65), dies.
- 1998 - Super Bowl XXXII: The Denver Broncos become the first AFC team in 14 years to win the Super Bowl, as they defeat the Green Bay Packers, 31-24.
- 1998 - The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide attack Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight people, injuring 25 others.
- 1999 - In Colombia, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs. At least 1,185 people killed, over 4,750 injured and about 250,000 homeless. 50-60 percent of buildings destroyed in Armenia, Calarca, and Pereira.
- 1999 - Death of Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (born 1924).
- 1999 - Death of Robert Shaw of a stroke at age 82; choral conductor, educator (Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, 14 Grammy Awards).
- 2001 - A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, killing 24.
- 2002 - Thomas Junta kills junior coach Michael Costin during a fight at a junior hockey game in Massachusetts.
- 2003 - A Central Line train crashes into the tunnel wall at Chancery Lane tube station in London, injuring 34 people.
- 2003 - An international group of volunteers leaves London for Baghdad to act as voluntary human shields, hoping to avert a U.S. invasion.
- 2003 - Government and rebels of Côte d'Ivoire sign a peace accord in Paris, France.
- 2003 - The Slammer worm (also called Sapphire or SQL Hell) begins spreading across the Internet, exploiting a flaw in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, infecting personal computers around the world. Within ten minutes, the worm has reached 90 percent of the Internet, infecting over 75,000 machines. Within another thirty minutes, one-fifth of Internet data packets are infected.
- 2005 - Carlos Delgado agrees to a four-year, US$52 million contract with the Florida Marlins.
- 2005 - A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi during a religious pilgrimage in India kills at least 215, mostly women and small children.
- 2005 - Death of Ray Peterson at age 69 of cancer; singer ("Tell Laura I Love Her" (1960), "Corinna Corinna" (1960)).
- 2006 - Hamas wins the majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections.
- 2006 - Deus Caritas Est, the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, is promulgated.
- 2006 - Three independent observing campaigns announce the discovery of the first cool rocky/icy extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star (OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, near the center of the Milky Way galaxy).
- 2007 - The President of Israel, Moshe Katsav, takes a temporary leave of absence due to a sex scandal.
- 2007 - Willie Randolph agrees to a $5.65 million, three-year deal to manage the New York Mets through 2008.
- 2008 - In the USA, Spike TV debuts the GameTrailers TV series, airing trailers, industry news, interviews, and more.
- 2008 - In Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino is evacuated due to a fire which engulfed parts of the upper floors, facade and roof before being brought under control.
- 2008 - In South Africa, several large producers of gold, platinum, coal, and diamonds shut down their underground mines due to uncertainties in the electricity supply.
- 2008 - China's worst snowstorm since 1954 kills 133, delays traffic, and causes massive power outages in central and southern parts of the country.
- 2009 - In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the 57th NHL All-Star Game is held. The Eastern Conference team posts a 12-11 victory over their Western Conference counterparts.
- 2009 - In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Glenn Howard of Ontario defeats rival Kevin Martin of Alberta to win the Canadian Open Grand Slam curling event.
- 2009 - Sri Lankan troops capture the last Tamil Tiger rebel stronghold of Mullaitivu in the north-east of the island.
- 2009 - Death of Mamadou Dia, 1st Prime Minister of Senegal (born 1910).
- 2010 - Ali Hassan "Chemical Ali" al-Majid, former Iraqi politician and military commander, is executed by hanging in Iraq.
- 2010 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET409 Boeing 737-800 plane breaks up in a thunderstorm shortly after takeoff from Beirit, Lebanon, and plunges into the Mediterranean Sea in a ball of fire. All 90 people aboard perish.
- 2011 - 50,000+ people gather in Tahrir Square to protest government of Hosni Mubarak.
- 2019 - 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.
- 2020 - First case of new coronavirus confirmed in Canada.
- 2022 - The government of Thailand moves to decriminalize marijuana.
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