On This Day: What happened on 25 January?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 25 January, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

ON THIS DAY: 25 JANUARY

1930 | The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) is formed to protect and promote the interests of motorists in South Africa.

1971 | Ugandan President, Milton Obote is removed from power by a coup led by General Idi Amin Dada while he was at a Commonwealth meeting in Singapore.

1981 | A severe flood in Laingsburg, Western Cape killed at least 100 residents 100 and destroyed 184 houses leaving only 21 houses standing.

1986 | The National Resistance Movement in Uganda overthrows the government of Tito Okello.

2010 | 90 people are killed when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea.

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DEATHS

2017 | Nigerian novelist, Buchi Emecheta (72)

2018 | Rwandan politician, Patrick Mazimhaka (69) 

2019 | Botswanan Roman Catholic prelate, Boniface Tshosa Setlalekgosi (91) 

BIRTHDAYS

1969 | South African singer & actor, Desmond Dube

1978 | Zimbabwean born-Princess of Monaco, Charlene 

1988 | South African football player, Bradley Grobler

SPORT

ENTERTAINMENT

1961 | ‘101 Dalmatians’, Walt Disney’s animated film is released.

1993 | Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey wins the 20th American Music Awards.

2005 | ‘Yesterday’ is nominated for the Best Foreign Language award. It is the first Oscar nomination for a South African film.

AFRICA FACT

The Sahara is the world’s largest desert. It is nearly a third of the African continent, about the size of the United States.