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January 25: Day of the Week
January 25, 2024 was the 25th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 341 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Thursday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.
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Here’s the January calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Aquarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Garnet is the modern birthstone for this month. Emerald is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
January 25 Historical Event(s)
1348
A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome.
1575
Luanda, the capital of Angola is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais.
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.
1906
New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Horse in Chinese astrology.
1924
The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
1932
Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin.
1946
The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
1994
The Clementine space probe launches.
2001
A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24.
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.
Who were born on January 25?
1824
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali author. (d. 1873)
1900
István Fekete, Hungarian writer (d. 1970)
1928
Eduard Shevardnadze, President of Georgia (1995–2003)
1952
Timothy White, American journalist (d. 2002)
1971
Ana Ortiz, American actress and singer
1978
Jason Roberts, English footballer
1979
Gabe Jennings, American distance runner
1980
Efstathios Tavlaridis, Greek footballer
1980
Xavi, Catalan Spanish footballer
1981
Charlie Bewley, English actor
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