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On this day in history - January 25

What Happened On This Day – January 25

  • 1977 The world's first solar power plant is opened

    The solar furnace in Odeillo, France was the first power plant providing alternative energy.

  • 1971 Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda

    The dictator's rule (1971 - 1979) was characterized by human right abuse, political repression, and corruption.

  • 1947 The first arcade game is patented

    Thomas Goldsmith's “Cathode ray tube amusement device” is considered the ancestor of video games.

  • 1924 The first Winter Olympics begin

    The I Olympic Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France.

  • 1919 The League of Nations is founded

    It is the predecessor of the United Nations and the first international organization devoted to maintaining world peace.

Illustration of stork, signifying birth

Births On This Day,
January 25

  • 1981 Alicia Keys

    American singer-songwriter, pianist, actress

  • 1933 Corazon Aquino

    Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines

  • 1913 Witold Lutosławski

    Polish composer, conductor

  • 1882 Virginia Woolf

    English author, critic

  • 1759 Robert Burns

    Scottish poet

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Deaths On This Day,
January 25

  • 2005 Philip Johnson

    American architect, designed the IDS Center, PPG Place

  • 1982 Mikhail Suslov

    Soviet politician

  • 1954 M. N. Roy

    Indian activist, theorist

  • 1947 Al Capone

    American gangster

  • 389 Gregory of Nazianzus

    Turkish archbishop, theologian