Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/January 25
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January 25: Tu Bishvat (Judaism, 2005), Burns Night in Scotland
- 1327 - Teenaged Edward III was crowned King of England, but the country was ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
- 1924 - The first Winter Olympic Games opened at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix, France.
- 1971 - General Idi Amin seized power in Uganda from Prime Minister Milton Obote, beginning eight years of military rule.
- 2004 - Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed on Mars and rolled into Eagle crater, a small crater on the Meridiani Planum.
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