JANUARY 25
FAMOUS EVENTS
1949 1st Israeli election won by David Ben-Gurion’s Mapai party
1971 Military coup in Uganda under Major General Idi Amin
2011 Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins with a series of street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, labor strikes and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1759 Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), born in Alloway, Scotland (d. 1796)
1882 Virginia Woolf [Adeline], British author (Jacob’s Room, To Lighthouse), born in London, England (d. 1941)
1933 Corazon Aquino, 11th President of the Philippines (1986-92), born in Paniqui, Tarlac, Philippines (d. 2009)
FAMOUS DEATHS
1947 Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of neurosyphilis at 48
1990 Ava Gardner, actress (Barefoot Contessa), dies of pneumonia at 67
2017 Mary Tyler Moore, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Ordinary People), dies at 80
FAMOUS WEDDING
1964 Comedian and actor Bill Cosby marries Camille Olivia Hanks
1981 Actor Bill Murray (30) weds Margaret Kelly on Super Bowl Sunday in Las Vegas
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