January 25 in History

Historical Events on January 25

1554 Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil.

1918 Ukraine declares independence from Bolshevik Russia.

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.

1955 The Soviet Union ends the state of war with Germany.

1961 In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.

1979 Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic and Mexico.

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.

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.

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Famous Birthdays on January 25

1882 Virginia Woolf

1886 Wilhelm Furtwängler

1952 Peter Tatchell

1981 Alicia Keys

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Famous Deaths on January 25

1494 Ferdinand I of Naples

1640 Robert Burton (scholar)

1947 Al Capone

2005 Philip Johnson

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