History Events on January 25

Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.

#Lucha_libre

A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing at least 7 people and leaving 200 missing.

#Brumadinho

The London Corresponding Society is founded.

#London_Corresponding_Society

The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.

#National_Association_of_Broadcasters

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.

#Second_Sino-Japanese_War

Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.

#Charles_Manson

Coronation of Francis I of France takes place at Reims Cathedral, where the new monarch is anointed with the oil of Clovis and girt with the sword of Charlemagne.

#Coronation_of_the_French_monarch

A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.

#1348_Friuli_earthquake

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.

#Wedding_March_(Mendelssohn)

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.

#United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1

In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.

#John_F._Kennedy

Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.

#Richard_Strauss

Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.

#Luanda

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.

#Pope_John_Paul_II

Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.

#Nellie_Bly

The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.

#Emmy_Award

São Paulo, Brazil, is founded by Jesuit priests.

#São_Paulo

Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico.

#Pope_John_Paul_II

Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.

#Brazilian_Army

In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to overthrow of the dynasty.

#Battle_of_the_Zab

Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.

#Alfonso_II_of_Naples

The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.

#Bulgarian_National_Bank

Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.

#Battle_of_Mikatagahara

Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.

#Alexander_Graham_Bell

The spacecraft Clementine by BMDO and NASA is launched.

#Clementine_(spacecraft)

Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.

#Moscow_State_University

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.

#Pope_Pius_XII

Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.

#Idi_Amin

Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.

#Port_Egmont

Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.

#Mother_Teresa

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.

#2003_invasion_of_Iraq

World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.

#World_War_II

World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.

#Battle_of_the_Bulge

The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.

#National_Resistance_Movement

The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.

#Parliament_of_Great_Britain

After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.

#Claudius

The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Bolshevik Russia.

#Ukrainian_People's_Republic

The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.

#1924_Winter_Olympics

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.

#Norwegian_rocket_incident

Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.

#Thomas_Edison

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.

At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.

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.

A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258.

A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.

A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.

Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the U.S.A.

Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.

Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes.

101 Dalmatians premiered from Walt Disney Productions.

Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.

The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.

The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.

Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.

The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida.

Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.