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Historical Events on January 25

AD 41
After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.
750
In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to overthrow of the dynasty.
1348
A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.
1494
Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
1515
Coronation of Francis I of France.
1533
Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
1554
Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil.
1573
Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
1575
Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
1704
The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.
1755
Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
1765
Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands at the southern tip of South America, is founded.
1787
Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
1791
The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
1792
The London Corresponding Society is founded.
1858
The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding processional.
1879
The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
1881
Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
1890
Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
1909
Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
1915
Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
1918
Ukraine declares independence from Bolshevik Russia.
1924
The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
1932
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin.
1937
The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
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.
1942
World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
1944
Florence Li Tim-Oi is ordained in China, becoming the first woman Anglican priest.
1945
World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
1946
The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
1947
Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
1949
The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
1955
The Soviet Union ends the state of war with Germany.
1960
The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
1961
In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
1964
Blue Ribbon Sports is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes, which would later become Nike.
1969
Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
1971
Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
1971
Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.
1979
Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic and Mexico.
1980
Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna
1986
The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
1993
Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.
1995
The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
1996
Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the U.S.A.
1998
During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
1998
A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
1999
A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
2003
Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
2005
A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258.
2006
Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.
2011
The first wave of the Egyptian revolution begins throughout the country, marked by street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes.
2013
At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
2015
A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines killing 44 members of Special Action Force (SAF), at least 18 from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and five from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.

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