What Happened On This Day – January 25
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1977The world's first solar power plant is opened
The solar furnace in Odeillo, France was the first power plant providing alternative energy.
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1971Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda
The dictator's rule (1971 - 1979) was characterized by human right abuse, political repression, and corruption.
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1947The first arcade game is patented
Thomas Goldsmith's “Cathode ray tube amusement device” is considered the ancestor of video games.
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1924The first Winter Olympics begin
The I Olympic Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France.
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1919The League of Nations is founded
It is the predecessor of the United Nations and the first international organization devoted to maintaining world peace.
Births On This Day,
January 25
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1981Alicia Keys
American singer-songwriter, pianist, actress
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1933Corazon Aquino
Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines
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1913Witold Lutosławski
Polish composer, conductor
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1882Virginia Woolf
English author, critic
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1759Robert Burns
Scottish poet
Deaths On This Day,
January 25
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2005Philip Johnson
American architect, designed the IDS Center, PPG Place
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1982Mikhail Suslov
Soviet politician
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1954M. N. Roy
Indian activist, theorist
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1947Al Capone
American gangster
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389Gregory of Nazianzus
Turkish archbishop, theologian