This Day in History
25 Jan 1348
Friuli Earthquake in European southern Alps measuring approximately 6.9 largely destroys Villach killing 5000
25 Jan 1494
Alfonso II succeeds his father as king of Naples
25 Jan 1554
Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent rebels against Queen Mary
25 Jan 1554
Founding of the city of So Paulo in Brazil
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Mao’s widow sentenced to death
Jiang Qing the widow of Chinese leader Mao Zedong is sentenced to death for her counter-revolutionary crimes during the Cultural Revolution.Orig...
Near launching of Russian nukes
Russias early-warning defense radar detects an unexpected missile launch near Norway and Russian military command estimates the missile to be only minu...
Manson and followers convicted
In Los Angeles California cult leader Charles Manson is convicted along with followers Susan Atkins Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkle of the bruta...
Italian auto baron Gianni Agnelli dies
On this day in 2003 Giovanni Gianni Agnelli the glamorous powerful Italian business tycoon who turned Fiat his familys car company in...
World’s largest diamond found
On January 25 1905 at the Premier Mine in Pretoria South Africa a 3106-carat diamond is discovered during a routine inspection by the mines superin...
Thailand declares war on the United States and England
On this day Thailand a Japanese puppet state declares war on the Allies.When war broke out in Europe in September 1939 Thailand declared its neutrality muc...
Nixon reveals information about secret negotiations
President Richard Nixon in response to criticism that his administration has not made its best efforts to end the war reveals that his National Security Advis...
First plenary session of the formal Paris Peace talks is held
The first fully attended meeting of the formal Paris peace talks is held. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge the chief negotiator for the United States urged an im...
First Winter Olympics begin in Chamonix, France
On January 25 1924 the first Winter Olympics kick off in the Alpine village of Chamonix France. Originally conceived as International Winter Sports We...
Kennedy holds first live television news conference
On this day in 1961 President John F. Kennedy becomes the first U.S. president to hold a live televised news conference. From a podium in the State Department ...
Pat Garrett leaves Louisiana
Pat Garrett both celebrated and despised as the man who killed Billy the Kid abandons a life of luxury in Louisiana and heads west.Born into a wealthy souther...
Paul McCartney is released from a Tokyo jail and deported from Japan
Paul McCartneys arrival at Tokyos Narita International Airport on January 16 1980 marked his first visit to Japan since the Beatles tour of 19...
Robert Burns’ birthday
Scottish poet Robert Burns is born on this day in 1759. The day is still celebrated by Burns fans across the English-speaking world with high-spirited R...
Inaugural Emmy awards ceremony
Hollywoods first television academy had been founded three years earlier by Sid Cassyd a former film editor for Frank Capra who later worked as a grip ...
Israeli sub vanishes
The Israeli submarine Dakar carrying 69 sailors disappears on this day in 1968 and is never seen again. The exact fate of this vessel remains a mystery to thi...
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