What happened in history on this day: January 25?
On January 25 in ...
- 1991 - TV soap opera Generations last episode after a 2.5-year run.
- 2008 - In the USA, Spike TV debuts the GameTrailers TV series, airing trailers, industry news, interviews, and more.
Births on January 25
- 1891 - Birth of Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies in Great Britian; actress (Cleopatra).
- 1900 - Birth of Mildred Dunnock in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story).
- 1918 - Birth of Ken Mayers; actor (Robbie Robertson - Space Patrol).
- 1927 - Birth of Gregg Palmer in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Scream, To Hell and Back, Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, Disneyland).
- 1931 - Birth of Dean Jones in Decatur, Alabama, USA; actor (Ensign O'Toole, Company, The Love Bug, Jonny Quest: New Adventures, Disneyland, Beethoven).
- 1931 - Birth of Harold Lloyd Junior; actor (Frankenstein's Daughter).
- 1934 - Birth of Elizabeth Allen in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actress (Laura - Bracken's World).
- 1936 - Birth of Diana Hyland in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA; actress (Peyton Place, Eight is Enough).
- 1945 - Birth of Leigh Taylor-Young in Washington, DC, USA; actress (Peyton Place, Alice B Toklas).
- 1957 - Birth of Jenifer Lewis; actress (Girl 6, Meteor Man, Sister Act).
- 1958 - Birth of Dinah Manoff in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Elaine - Soap, Carol - Empty Nest).
- 1961 - Birth of Michele Tobin in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Fitzpatricks).
- 1964 - Birth of twins Chip and Pepper Foster; actors (Chip and Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday).
- 1978 - Birth of Christine Lakin; actress (Alicia Lambert - Step by Step).
Deaths on January 25
- 1960 - Diana Barrymore, actress (Ladies Courageous), dies at age 38.
- 1968 - Virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at age 31.
- 1970 - Marie Benavente, actress (Paradise), dies at age 84.
- 1977 - Donald Kerr, actor (Devil Bat, Killer Bats), dies at age 85.
- 1979 - J Robertson Hare, English actor (Fighting Stock), dies at age 87 (born 1891).
- 1980 - David Newell, actor (Dangerous Curves, White Heat), dies at age 75.
- 1981 - Adele Marie Astaire, actress/sister of Fred Astaire (Last Man on Earth, Millie), dies at age 82.
- 1981 - Richard Talmadge, actor (Speed Reporter), dies.
- 1988 - Colleen Moore, actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at age 87.
- 1990 - Alexander Lockwood, actor (Duel), dies.
- 1990 - Ava Gardner, actress (Barefoot Contessa), dies from pneumonia in London, England, at age 67 (born 1922).
- 1991 - Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at age 59.
- 1992 - John Touchstone, actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at age 59.
- 1995 - William Sylvester, actor (2001, Devil Doll, Blind Corner), dies at age 72.
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