Born on 25 January 2002

At A Glance

25 January 2002 at a glance

Day of the week

25 January 2002 was a Friday.

Irish Chart Song in 2002

The Irish chart song for 2002 was “Complicated” by Avril Lavigne.

Top Film of 2002

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2002 was The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

Star sign

The star sign for 25 January is Aquarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 25 January 2002 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 25 January 2002 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 25 January

• 1986 The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda.
• 1994 The spacecraft Clementine by BMDO and NASA is launched.
• 1995 The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.
• 1998 During a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while condemning US attempts to isolate the country.
• 2018 An Ariane 5 rocket is launched carrying SES-14, Al Yah 3, and NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, but the satellites end up in the wrong orbit.

Famous people born on 25 January

• Xavi, Spanish footballer (born 1980)
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian actor, comedian, and politician, 6th President of Ukraine (born 1978)
• Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (1882–1941)
• Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1981)

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