Who was born on January 25?
January 25, Thursday, the 25th day of the year, 341 days left
HISTORY OF THE DAY
In 1763, by decree of Catherine II, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Empire was established.
In 1802, Napoleon I was elected president of Italy.
In 1957, Kashmir was incorporated into India.
In 1999, an earthquake in Colombia killed about a thousand people.
BORN TODAY
English writer William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874.
In 1882, English writer and literary critic Virginia Woolf was born.
In 1978, the current president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, was born.
American singer, pianist, poet and composer Alicia Keys was born in 1981.