January 25th in History
January 25th in History
- 1579: Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic
- 1917: The United States buy the Virgin islands for 25 million dollars
- 1918: Russia declared a Soviets republic
- 1924: First modern Winter Olympic games held, in French alps
- 1955: US and Panama sign canal treaty
- 1972: World's first kidney and pancreatic tissue transplant carried out in London
- 1974: Dr Christian Barnard performs a heart transplant, leaving the original heart in place
- 1992: A selection of America's popular films begins showing on Soviet television
- 1993: Puerto Rico adds English as its second official language
January 25th birthdays
- 1759: Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet
- 1882: Virginia Woolf, English novelist
- 1928: Eduard Shevardnadze, Soviet politician