History for January 25 - On-This-Day.com:
Robert Boyle 1627, Robert Burns 1759, W. Somerset Maugham 1874
Leigh Taylor-Young 1944, Christine Lakin 1979 - Actress, Alicia Keys 1981 - Singer
1579 - The Treaty of Utrecht was signed marking the beginning of the Dutch Republic.
1858 - Mendelssohn’s "Wedding March" was presented for the first time at the wedding of the daughter of Queen Victoria and the Crown Prince of Prussia.
1924 - The 1st Winter Olympic Games were inaugurated in Chamonix in the French Alps.
1950 - A federal jury in New York City found former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury.
1971 - Maj. Gen. Idi Amin led a coup that deposed Milton Obote and became president of Uganda.
1998 - The Denver Broncos beat the Green Bay Packers 31-24 in Super Bowl XXXII. The Broncos had lost 3 previous Super Bowl appearances with quarterback John Elway.
1999 - In Louisville, KY, man received the first hand transplant in the United States.
2011 - A revolution began in Egypt with the demonstrations that demanded the end of President Hosni Mubarak's rule.
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