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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_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodoxy</a>) and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwynwen" title="Dwynwen">Dwynwen</a></b> (Wales)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1704" title="1704">1704</a> – English colonists from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Carolina" title="Province of Carolina">Province of Carolina</a> and their native allies began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apalachee_massacre" title="Apalachee massacre">a series of raids</a></b> against the largely peaceful population of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apalachee" title="Apalachee">Apalachee</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Florida" title="Spanish Florida">Spanish Florida</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a> – Serving as a British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_merchantman#armed_merchant_cruiser" title="Armed merchantman">armed merchant cruiser</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Laurentic_(1908)" title="SS Laurentic (1908)"><i>Laurentic</i></a></b> was sunk by German <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">naval mines</a> off the northern coast of Ireland, resulting in 354 deaths.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnamese</a> junta leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Cao_K%E1%BB%B3" title="Nguyễn Cao Kỳ">Nguyễn Cao Kỳ</a> fired his rival <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_H%E1%BB%AFu_C%C3%B3" title="Nguyễn Hữu Có">Nguyễn Hữu Có</a></b> while the latter was overseas on a diplomatic visit.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a> – A team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Brant_(rocket)" title="Black Brant (rocket)">Black Brant XII</a> sounding rocket, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_rocket_incident" title="Norwegian rocket incident">which was mistaken by Russian forces</a></b> for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(missile)" title="Trident (missile)">Trident</a> missile.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihrimah_Sultan_(daughter_of_Suleiman_I)" title="Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Suleiman I)">Mihrimah Sultan</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1578); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fisher,_1st_Baron_Fisher" title="John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher">John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1841); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Suslov" title="Mikhail Suslov">Mikhail Suslov</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1982)</p>
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