Reuters historical calendar - January 25

London,Jan 24 (Reuters) Following are some of the major events to have occurred on January 25 in history: 1919 - The League of Nations, forerunner of the United Nations, was founded.

1924 - The first Winter Olympics began in Chamonix, France.

1947 - Al Capone, the infamous US gangster who dominated the Chicago area in the Prohibition era, died. Capone was jailed in 1931 for tax evasion, and released in 1939.

1955 - The Supreme Soviet in Moscow officially ended the state of war with Germany.

1961 - The first US presidential news conference to be televised live took place at the State Department in Washington.

President John F Kennedy took 31 questions.

1971 - In Uganda, army officers led by Idi Amin deposed Milton Obote in a coup.

1990 - Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto gave birth to a baby girl, the first head of government to give birth while in office.

1996 - The Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly voted to admit Russia.

2004 - Mikhail Saakashvili was sworn in as president of Georgia after winning 96 per cent of the vote in an election.

2005 - 258 Hindu pilgrims were crushed or burned to death in a stampede and fire during a pilgrimage to the popular Mandher Devi temple near Wai in western India.

2006 - Astronomers detected the most Earth-like planet, named OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, around a star other than our sun, raising hopes of finding a space rock that might support life.

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