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What happend on 25. January in History
In our data base we found 308 events happened on 25. January:
• 41: After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate. [category: Events]
• 389: Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329) [category: Deaths]
• 477: Genseric, king of the Vandals and Alans [category: Deaths]
• 750: Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor (d. 780) [category: Births]
• 844: Pope Gregory IV [category: Deaths]
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• 1067: Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032) [category: Deaths]
• 1348: A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome. [category: Events]
• 1366: Henry Suso, German mystic [category: Deaths]
• 1431: Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364) [category: Deaths]
• 1477: Anna, Duchess of Brittany, French noblewoman (d. 1514) [category: Births]
• 1494: King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423) [category: Deaths]
• 1494: Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. [category: Events]
• 1509: Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (d. 1580) [category: Births]
• 1533: Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. [category: Events]
• 1554: Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil. [category: Events]
• 1559: King Christian II of Denmark (b. 1481) [category: Deaths]
• 1573: Hirate Hirohide, Japanese samurai (b. 1553) [category: Deaths]
• 1573: Battle of Mikatagahara, in Japan; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu. [category: Events]
• 1575: Luanda, the capital of Angola is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais. [category: Events]
• 1578: Mihrimah Sultana, Ottoman princess (b. 1522) [category: Deaths]
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• 1586: Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515) [category: Deaths]
• 1615: Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (d. 1660) [category: Births]
• 1627: Robert Boyle, Irish chemist (d. 1691) [category: Births]
• 1634: Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman (d. 1688) [category: Births]
• 1640: William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English noble (d. 1707) [category: Births]
• 1640: Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577) [category: Deaths]
• 1670: Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612) [category: Deaths]
• 1688: Juraj Jánošík, Slovak criminal (d. 1713) [category: Births]
• 1704: The Battle of Ayubale takes place, leading to the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida. [category: Events]
• 1726: Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1733: Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet (b. 1652) [category: Deaths]
• 1736: Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (d. 1813) [category: Births]
• 1739: Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823) [category: Births]
• 1743: Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher (d. 1819) [category: Births]
• 1750: Johann Gottfried Vierling, German organist and composer (d. 1813) [category: Births]
• 1751: Paul Dudley, American attorney and politician (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
• 1755: Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician (d. 1815) [category: Births]
• 1755: Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day. [category: Events]
• 1759: Robert Burns, Scottish poet (d. 1796) [category: Births]
• 1765: Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands at the southern tip of South America, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1777: Karoline Jagemann, German actress (d. 1848) [category: Births]
• 1787: Shays' Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty. [category: Events]
• 1791: The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. [category: Events]
• 1792: The London Corresponding Society is founded. [category: Events]
• 1794: François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (d. 1878) [category: Births]
• 1796: William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist (d. 1852) [category: Births]
• 1813: James Marion Sims, American physician (d. 1883) [category: Births]
• 1822: Charles Reed Bishop, American philanthropist (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1824: Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali author (d. 1873) [category: Births]
• 1825: George Pickett, American Confederate general (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1841: John "Jacky" Fisher, English admiral (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1858: Kokichi Mikimoto, Japanese pearl farmer (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1858: The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia. [category: Events]
• 1860: Charles Curtis, Vice President of the United States (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1864: Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and writer (d. 1934) [category: Births]
• 1868: Juventino Rosas, Mexican composer (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1874: W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1878: Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish television pioneer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1879: The Bulgarian National Bank is founded. [category: Events]
• 1881: Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. [category: Events]
• 1882: Virginia Woolf, English writer (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1884: Périclès Pantazis, Greek impressionist painter (b. 1849) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Kitahara Hakushū, Japanese poet and children's author (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1886: Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1890: Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. [category: Events]
• 1896: Florence Mills, American singer, dancer and comedian (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1899: Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1899: Sleepy John Estes, American musician (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1900: István Fekete, Hungarian writer (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1900: Yojiro Ishizaka, Japanese writer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1901: Martín De Álzaga, Argentine race car driver (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1902: Pablo Antonio, Filipino architect (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1905: Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1907: René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Ouida, English writer (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. [category: Events]
• 1912: Dmitry Milyutin, Russian field marshal (b. 1816) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Huang Hua, Chinese statesman (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1913: Luis Marden, American photojournalist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1913: Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1915: Ewan MacColl, English singer-songwriter (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1915: Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco. [category: Events]
• 1916: Frank "Pop" Ivy, American football coach (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1917: Ilya Prigogine, Russian scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1917: Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1918: Ernie Harwell, American baseball sportscaster (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1918: Ukraine declares independence from Bolshevik Russia. [category: Events]
• 1919: Edwin Newman, American broadcast journalist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1919: The League of Nations is founded. [category: Events]
• 1921: Samuel T. Cohen, American physicist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1923: Arvid Carlsson, Swedish scientist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1923: Jean Taittinger, French politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Rusty Draper, American singer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1923: Shirley Ardell Mason, American psychiatric patient (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1924: Lou Groza, American football player (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1924: Speedy West, American musician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1924: The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. [category: Events]
• 1925: Giorgos Zampetas, Greek musician and songwriter (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1925: Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian composer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1928: Cor van der Hart, Dutch footballer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1928: Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia [category: Births]
• 1928: Jérôme Choquette, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1929: Benny Golson, American jazz musician [category: Births]
• 1929: Robert Faurisson, French academic and holocaust denier [category: Births]
• 1930: Tanya Savicheva, Russian diarist (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1931: Dean Jones, American actor [category: Births]
• 1932: Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin. [category: Events]
• 1933: Corazon Aquino, President of the Philippines (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1935: António Ramalho Eanes, Portuguese politician [category: Births]
• 1935: Conrad Burns, American politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Diana Hyland, American actress (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1937: Ange-Félix Patassé, Central African Republic politician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1937: Judith Ann Mayotte, American humanitarian and author [category: Births]
• 1937: The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until Sept. 18, 2009. [category: Events]
• 1938: Etta James, American singer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1938: Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese author [category: Births]
• 1938: Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1938: Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1939: Gabriel Romanus, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1939: Charles Davidson Dunbar, British military piper (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Buddy Baker, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1941: Gregory Sierra, American actor [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1942: Carl Eller, American football player [category: Births]
• 1942: Eusébio, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1942: Shinobu Tsukasa, Japanese organized crime figure [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1943: Roy Black, German actor and singer (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1943: Tobe Hooper, American film director [category: Births]
• 1944: Anita Pallenberg, Italian model [category: Births]
• 1945: John Leslie, American porn actor and filmmaker (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1945: Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends. [category: Events]
• 1946: The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor. [category: Events]
• 1947: Tostão, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1947: Ángel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1947: Al Capone, American organized crime figure (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files patent for CRT Amusement device [category: Events]
• 1948: Gueorgui Chichkine, Russian painter [category: Births]
• 1948: Ros Kelly, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1949: John Cooper Clarke, English punk-poet [category: Births]
• 1949: Paul Nurse, English biochemist, Nobel Laureate [category: Births]
• 1949: Makino Nobuaki, Japanese statesman (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented. [category: Events]
• 1950: Gloria Naylor, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1950: John Terry, American actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Leonid Telyatnikov, Kazakhstani fire chief at Chernobyl (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1951: Steve Prefontaine, American runner (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1952: Peter Tatchell, Australian-born British activist [category: Births]
• 1952: Sara Mandiano, French singer and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1952: Timothy White, American journalist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1953: Mark Weil, Uzbek theatre director (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1953: The Honky Tonk Man, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1954: Kay Cottee, Australian maritime sailor [category: Births]
• 1954: Kim Gandy, American feminist activist [category: Births]
• 1954: Renate Dorrestein, Dutch writer [category: Births]
• 1954: Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: Richard Finch, American bass player (KC and the Sunshine Band) [category: Births]
• 1954: Manabendra Nath Roy, Indian political activist (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Terry Chimes, English musician (The Clash) [category: Births]
• 1955: The Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany. [category: Events]
• 1956: Andy Cox, English musician (The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals) [category: Births]
• 1957: Andrew P. Harris, American politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Eskil Erlandsson, Swedish politician [category: Births]
• 1957: Jenifer Lewis, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese industrialist (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Thomas January, American soccer player (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Dinah Manoff, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Kavita Krishnamurthy, Indian singer [category: Births]
• 1960: Diana Barrymore, American actress (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1961: Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Willie Revillame, Filipino game show host and comedian [category: Births]
• 1961: In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference. [category: Events]
• 1962: Chris Chelios, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1963: Fernando Haddad, Brazilian academic and politician [category: Births]
• 1963: Wilson Kettle, Canadian centenarian (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Esa Tikkanen, Finnish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1965: Mark Jordon, English actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Chet Culver, American politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Saul Adler, Russian-born British parasitologist (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Mark Bamford, American writer and director [category: Births]
• 1967: Randy McKay, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Eric Orie, Dutch football manager [category: Births]
• 1969: Kina, American singer (Brownstone) [category: Births]
• 1969: Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball coach (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1969: Irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him 10 machine guns and 63 rifles. [category: Events]
• 1970: Chris Mills, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Milt Stegall, American-born football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Stephen Chbosky, American writer [category: Births]
• 1970: Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese television writer and producer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Ana Ortiz, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1971: China Kantner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1971: Philip Coppens, Belgian author (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1971: Barry III, Guinean politician (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders. [category: Events]
• 1971: Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president. [category: Events]
• 1972: Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Chris Guy, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1973: Geoff Johns, American comic book writer [category: Births]
• 1974: Attilio Nicodemo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Robert Budreau, Canadian director [category: Births]
• 1975: Dat Phan, Vietnamese comedian [category: Births]
• 1975: Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Tim Montgomery, American athlete [category: Births]
• 1975: Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Dimitris Nalitzis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Mario Haberfeld, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1976: Chris Kenner, American singer and songwriter (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Denis Menchov, Russian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1978: Derrick Turnbow, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Jason Roberts, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Skender Kulenović, Bosnian poet (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Christine Lakin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Gabe Jennings, American distance runner [category: Births]
• 1979: Pi Hongyan, French badminton player [category: Births]
• 1979: Rodrigo Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1979: Zoe Britton, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Efstathios Tavlaridis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Michelle McCool, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1980: Xavi, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Queenie Watts, English actress (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Alicia Keys, American singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Charlie Bewley, English actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Francis Jeffers, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1981: Adele Astaire, American dancer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death. [category: Events]
• 1982: Shawna Waldron, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer and actor (Arashi) [category: Births]
• 1982: Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Andrée Watters, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1984: Robinho, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Sara Aerts, Belgian heptathlete [category: Births]
• 1984: Stefan Kießling, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Acie Law IV, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Brent Celek, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Patrick Willis, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Ilias Iliou, Greek politician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Chris O'Grady, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer [category: Births]
• 1986: The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda. [category: Events]
• 1987: Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1987: Frank J. Lynch, American jurist and state legislator (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1989: Mikako Tabe, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Sheryfa Luna, French singer [category: Births]
• 1989: Víctor Ruiz Torre, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Thomas Berge, Dutch singer [category: Births]
• 1990: Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Nigel Melker, Dutch race car driver [category: Births]
• 1993: Five people are shot outside the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, resulting in two dead and three wounded. [category: Events]
• 1994: Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: The Clementine space probe launches. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1996: Jonathan Larson, American composer (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the United States of America. [category: Events]
• 1998: A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills 8 people and injures 25 others. [category: Events]
• 1998: During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country. [category: Events]
• 1999: Robert Shaw, American conductor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany, American author (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000. [category: Events]
• 2003: Samuel Weems, American jurist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Sheldon Reynolds, American television producer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: 2003 Invasion of Iraq: A group of people left London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations. [category: Events]
• 2004: Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars. [category: Events]
• 2005: Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean writer and poet (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Ray Peterson, American singer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills at least 258. [category: Events]
• 2006: Anna Malle, adult film star (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in conjunction with the serial killing of at least 10 elderly women. [category: Events]
• 2006: Three independent observing campaigns announce the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb through gravitational microlensing, the first cool rocky/icy extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star. [category: Events]
• 2008: Christopher Allport, American actor (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Evelyn Barbirolli, English musician (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ewald Kooiman, Dutch organist (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Kim Manners, American television producer and director (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Ali Hassan al-Majid, Iraqi defense minister and military commander (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Vincent Cronin, British historical, cultural, and biographical writer [category: Deaths]
• 2011: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution begins in Egypt, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, and throughout other cities in Egypt. [category: Events]
• _: Burns Night (Scotland and Scottish community) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Conversion of Paul the Apostle, also known as St Paul's Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Criminon Day (Scientology) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dwynwen [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Dydd Santes Dwynwen, Welsh Valentine's Day (Wales) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which the first day of Carnival of Cádiz can fall, while February 28 is the latest; celebrated two Sundays before Ash Wednesday until Ash Wednesday (Cádiz) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, which concludes the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gregory the Theologian (Eastern (Byzantine) Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Voters' Day in India [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tatiana Day (Russia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The last day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christian ecumenism) [category: Holidays and observances]