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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 340 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is January 12, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 482,712 hours 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.
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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 4 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 4,418 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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January 25 Historical Events
- 1554 –Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil.
- 1755 –Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
- 1791 –The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada.
- 1879 –The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
- 1881 –Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
- 1909 –Richard Strauss’ opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
- 1941 –Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
- 1945 –World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
- 1963 –New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
- 1996 –Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the United States of America.
Who were born on January 25?
- 1777 –Karoline Jagemann, German actor (d. 1848)
- 1899 –Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician (d. 1972)
- 1937 –Judith Ann Mayotte, American humanitarian and author
- 1945 –John Leslie, American pornographic actor and filmmaker (d. 2010)
- 1952 –Peter Tatchell, Australian-born British LGBT activist
- 1954 –Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer
- 1967 –Randy McKay, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 –Denis Menchov, Russian cyclist
- 1980 –Efstathios Tavlaridis, Greek footballer
- 1985 –Acie Law IV, American basketball player
Who died on January 25?
- 389 –Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329)
- 477 –King Geiseric of the Vandals and Alans
- 1640 –Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577)
- 1884 –Périclès Pantazis, Greek impressionist painter (b. 1849)
- 1940 –Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)
- 1976 –Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (b. 1929)
- 1982 –Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (b. 1902)
- 2004 –Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b. 1918)
- 2005 –Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923)
- 2005 –William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)
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