πŸ“… January 25 Β· Anne Boleyn, Idi Amin, Norwegian rocket incident, OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb,…

Sunday, January 25, 2026 All day

January 25 in history: β€’ 1533 – Anne Boleyn (depicted), already pregnant with the future Elizabeth I, secretly married Henry VIII of England in the second of his six marriages. β†’ go there β€’ 1971 – Idi Amin seized power from Ugandan president Milton Obote in a coup d'Γ©tat, beginning eight years of military rule. β†’ go there β€’ 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. β†’ go there β€’ 2006 – Three independent observing campaigns announced the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, a super-Earth 21,500 Β± 3,300 light-years away from Earth near the center of the Milky Way. β†’ go there β€’ 2011 – Arab Spring: The Egyptian revolution began with protests on the "Day of Anger", eventually leading to the removal of President Hosni Mubarak after nearly 30 years of rule. β†’ go there Born 1841: John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher Wiki link Died 1856: John Doubleday Wiki link Died 1981: Adele Astaire Wiki link Born 2000: Rio Waida Wiki link Pictured: Anne Boleyn.

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πŸ“… January 25 Β· Anne Boleyn, Idi Amin, Norwegian rocket incident, OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb,…