January 25th, 1948

Born on January 25th, 1948

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 155 days, exactly on September 22nd, 2024, people who were born on January 25th, 1948 will be 28,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 25th?

January 25th, 1944

Representatives of the Chetnik movement began a four-day congress to organise political opposition to the Allied support of the communist-led Yugoslav Partisans in Yugoslavia.

January 25th, 2011

The Egyptian revolution began with protests (protester pictured) on the "Day of Anger", eventually leading to the removal of President Hosni Mubarak after nearly 30 years of rule.

January 25th, 2010

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, en route to Addis Ababa, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut, Lebanon, killing all 90 people on board.

January 25th, 2006

Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza was arrested in conjunction with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.

January 25th, 2004

Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed on Mars and rolled into Eagle crater, a small crater on the Meridiani Planum.

January 25th, 1998

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam detonated a truck bomb at the sacred Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, killing 17.

January 25th, 1995

A team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII sounding rocket, which was mistaken by Russian forces for a Trident missile.

January 25th, 1993

Pakistani national Mir Aimal Kansi shot five people outside the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, killing two.

January 25th, 1990

Avianca Flight 52 ran out of fuel on approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport and crashed into the village of Cove Neck, New York, resulting in the deaths of 73 people.

January 25th, 1971

Idi Amin seized power from Ugandan president Milton Obote in a coup d'état, beginning eight years of military rule.

January 25th, 1967

South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Cao Kỳ fired his rival Nguyễn Hữu Có while the latter was overseas on a diplomatic visit.

January 25th, 1917

Serving as a British armed merchant cruiser, Laurentic (pictured) was sunk by German naval mines off the northern coast of Ireland, resulting in 354 deaths.

January 25th, 1890

American journalist Nellie Bly completed a circumnavigation of the globe by land and sea in a then-record 72 days.

January 25th, 1792

Thomas Hardy founded the London Corresponding Society to seek a "radical reform of parliament", later influencing the reform movements of early-19th-century England.

January 25th, 1704

English colonists from the Province of Carolina and their native allies began a series of raids against the largely peaceful population of Apalachee in Spanish Florida.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 25th

Born on January 25th, 1948

76

Margaret Ng

Hong Kong politician

*January 25th, 1948, British Hong Kong

76

Ed Goodson

American baseball player

*January 25th, 1948, Pulaski

76

Yoshio Hachiro

Japanese politician

*January 25th, 1948, Shintotsukawa

76

Gerd-Liv Valla

Norwegian politician

*January 25th, 1948, Korgen

76

Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan

Acting Prime Minister of Thailand

*January 25th, 1948, Thailand

76

Gyula Vikidál

Hungarian singer

*January 25th, 1948, Budapest

76

Georgy Shishkin

Russian artist

*January 25th, 1948, Yekaterinburg

76

Claude Mailhot

Canadian television presenter

*January 25th, 1948, Montreal

76

Ros Kelly

Australian politician

*January 25th, 1948, Sydney

76

Rodolfo Nin Novoa

Uruguayan politician

*January 25th, 1948, Montevideo

76

Haruhiko Jō

Japanese actor

*January 25th, 1948, Kyoto

53

Göran Åberg

Swedish association football player (1948-2001)

*January 25th, 1948, Solna Municipality †August 23rd, 2001

76

Bobby Sibbald

British footballer (born 1948)

*January 25th, 1948, Hebburn

76

Ralph Ogden

American basketball player

*January 25th, 1948, San Jose

76

Hasse Börjes

Swedish speed skater

*January 25th, 1948, Rättvik Municipality

76

Francis Camerini

Footballer

*January 25th, 1948, Marseille

76

Emily Richard

British actress

*January 25th, 1948, London

76

Mike Thorne

British record producer

*January 25th, 1948, Sunderland

75

María Seoane

Argentine writer and journalist

*January 25th, 1948, Buenos Aires †December 27th, 2023, Buenos Aires

75

Richard S. Springer

American politician

*January 25th, 1948, Portland †April 9th, 2023

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 25th?

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

61

Martin Brygmann

Danish composer, comedian and actor

*January 25th, 1963, Kølvrå

31

Huang Yuxiang

Chinese badminton player

*January 25th, 1993, Hangzhou

29

Mark Caljouw

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1995, Rijswijk

74

Jean-Marc Ayrault

Prime Minister of France (2012-2014)

*January 25th, 1950, Maulévrier

22

Lil Mosey

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*January 25th, 2002, Mountlake Terrace

42

Vladimir Vysotsky

Soviet singer-songwriter and actor (1938–1980)

*January 25th, 1938, Moscow †July 25th, 1980, Moscow

24

Johanita Scholtz

South African badminton player

*January 25th, 2000, Cape Town

74

Christine Canavan

American politician in Massachusetts (born 1950)

*January 25th, 1950, Dorchester

75

Paul Nurse

Nobel prize winning British biochemist

*January 25th, 1949, Norwich

67

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist (1927-1994)

*January 25th, 1927, Rio de Janeiro †December 8th, 1994, New York City

45

Pi Hongyan

French-Chinese badminton player

*January 25th, 1979, Chongqing

96

Ted White

American stuntman and actor

*January 25th, 1926, Texas †October 14th, 2022

46

Volodymyr Zelenskyy

President of Ukraine since 2019

*January 25th, 1978, Kryvyi Rih

38

Kazuteru Kozai

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1986, Kumamoto Prefecture

54

Thomas Solberg

Norwegian footballer

*January 25th, 1970, Oslo

77

Tostão

Brazilian footballer

*January 25th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

30

Lee Chun Hei

Hong Kong badminton player

*January 25th, 1994, Hong Kong

43

Alicia Keys

American singer

*January 25th, 1981, Hell's Kitchen

27

Michelle Tong

Badminton player

*January 25th, 1997, Singapore

Same year
Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Public holidays on January 25th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 25th.

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Born on January 25th, 1948
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Leap year

Yes: 1948 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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