History Events on January 25

Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.
#Lucha_libre

A mining company's dam collapses in Brumadinho, Brazil, a south-eastern city, killing at least 7 people and leaving 200 missing.
#Brumadinho

The London Corresponding Society is founded.
#London_Corresponding_Society
The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
#National_Association_of_Broadcasters

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins the defense of Harbin.
#Second_Sino-Japanese_War

Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
#Charles_Manson

Coronation of Francis I of France takes place at Reims Cathedral, where the new monarch is anointed with the oil of Clovis and girt with the sword of Charlemagne.
#Coronation_of_the_French_monarch

A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.
#1348_Friuli_earthquake

The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding processional.
#Wedding_March_(Mendelssohn)

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1 relating to Military Staff Committee is adopted.
#United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1

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

Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
#Richard_Strauss

Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
#Luanda

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.
#Pope_John_Paul_II

Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
#Nellie_Bly

The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
#Emmy_Award

São Paulo, Brazil, is founded by Jesuit priests.
#São_Paulo

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

Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
#Brazilian_Army
In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to overthrow of the dynasty.
#Battle_of_the_Zab
Alfonso II becomes King of Naples.
#Alfonso_II_of_Naples
The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
#Bulgarian_National_Bank

Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.
#Battle_of_Mikatagahara

Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
#Alexander_Graham_Bell

The spacecraft Clementine by BMDO and NASA is launched.
#Clementine_(spacecraft)

Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day.
#Moscow_State_University

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.
#Pope_Pius_XII

Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.
#Idi_Amin
Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
#Port_Egmont

Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
#Mother_Teresa

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.
#2003_invasion_of_Iraq

World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
#World_War_II

World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
#Battle_of_the_Bulge

The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
#National_Resistance_Movement

The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
#Parliament_of_Great_Britain

After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.
#Claudius

The Ukrainian People's Republic declares independence from Bolshevik Russia.
#Ukrainian_People's_Republic

The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
#1924_Winter_Olympics

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.
#Norwegian_rocket_incident

Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
#Thomas_Edison