January 25
People born on this day are Aquarius.
- 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.
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Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the United States.
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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.
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A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
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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.
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Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.
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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Na'ameh, Lebanon, killing 90.
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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.
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At least 50 people are killed and 120 people are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
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A clash in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in the Philippines kills 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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An Ariane 5 rocket is launched carrying SES-14, Al Yah 3, and NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, but the satellites end up in the wrong orbit.
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A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing 270 people.
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2004Laila Edwards, American ice hockey player
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2002Lil Mosey, American rapper
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2001Elisabetta Cocciaretto, Italian tennis player
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1997Noah Hanifin, American ice hockey player
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1996Mohamed Hany, Egyptian footballer
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1996Seunghee, South Korean singer and television personality
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1996Adama Traoré, Spanish footballer
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1991Ariana DeBose, American actress, singer, and dancer
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1991Ahmed Hegazi, Egyptian footballer
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1990Apostolos Giannou, Greek-Australian footballer
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1990Lee Jun-ho, South Korean singer and actor
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1988Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
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