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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_25" title="January 25">January 25</a></b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast day</a> of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_of_Nazianzus" title="Gregory of Nazianzus">Saint Gregory of Nazianzus</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity</a>) and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwynwen" title="Dwynwen">Dwynwen</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1792" title="1792">1792</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy_(political_reformer)" title="Thomas Hardy (political reformer)">Thomas Hardy</a> founded the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Corresponding_Society" title="London Corresponding Society">London Corresponding Society</a></b> to seek a "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_radicalism" title="Classical radicalism">radical reform</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="Parliament of Great Britain">parliament</a>", later influencing the reform movements of early-19th-century England.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – Representatives of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetniks" title="Chetniks">Chetnik</a> movement began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_Congress" title="Ba Congress">a four-day congress</a></b> to organise political opposition to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> support of the communist-led <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Yugoslav Partisans</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugoslavia" title="Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin" title="Idi Amin">Idi Amin</a></b> seized power from Ugandan president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Obote" title="Milton Obote">Milton Obote</a> in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Ugandan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1971 Ugandan coup d'état">a coup d'état</a></b>, beginning <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Republic_of_Uganda" title="Second Republic of Uganda">eight years of military rule</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a> – Pakistani national <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Aimal_Kansi" title="Mir Aimal Kansi">Mir Aimal Kansi</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_headquarters_shooting" title="CIA headquarters shooting">shot five people</a></b> outside the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a> headquarters in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langley,_Virginia" title="Langley, Virginia">Langley, Virginia</a>, killing two.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_revolution" title="2011 Egyptian revolution">Egyptian revolution</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Egyptian_revolution_of_2011" title="Timeline of the Egyptian revolution of 2011">began with protests</a></b> on the "Day of Anger", eventually leading to the removal of President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosni_Mubarak" title="Hosni Mubarak">Hosni Mubarak</a> after nearly 30 years of rule.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Marion_Sims" title="J. Marion Sims">J. Marion Sims</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1813); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Alexanderson" title="Ernst Alexanderson">Ernst Alexanderson</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1878); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy" title="Volodymyr Zelenskyy">Volodymyr Zelenskyy</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1978); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Astaire" title="Adele Astaire">Adele Astaire</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1981)</p>
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