| 10321 | January 25 | Event | 1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese National Revolutionary Army begins its defense of Harbin. |
| 10322 | January 25 | Event | 1937 – The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009. |
| 10323 | January 25 | Event | 1941 – Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. |
| 10324 | January 25 | Event | 1942 – World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom. |
| 10325 | January 25 | Event | 1944 – Florence Li Tim-Oi is ordained in China, becoming the first woman Anglican priest. |
| 10326 | January 25 | Event | 1945 – World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends. |
| 10327 | January 25 | Event | 1946 – The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor. |
| 10328 | January 25 | Event | 1947 – Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game. |
| 10329 | January 25 | Event | 1949 – At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented. |
| 10330 | January 25 | Event | 1955 – The Soviet Union ends the state of war with Germany. |
| 10331 | January 25 | Event | 1960 – The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records. |
| 10332 | January 25 | Event | 1961 – In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference. |
| 10333 | January 25 | Event | 1969 – Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles. |
| 10334 | January 25 | Event | 1971 – Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders. |
| 10335 | January 25 | Event | 1971 – Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president. |
| 10336 | January 25 | Event | 1979 – Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic and Mexico. |
| 10337 | January 25 | Event | 1980 – Mother Teresa is honored with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna |
| 10338 | January 25 | Event | 1981 – Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death. |
| 10339 | January 25 | Event | 1986 – The National Resistance Movement topples the government of Tito Okello in Uganda. |
| 10340 | January 25 | Event | 1990 – Avianca Flight 52 crashes into Cove Neck, New York due to fuel exhaustion. |
| 10341 | January 25 | Event | 1993 – Five people are shot outside the CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded. |
| 10342 | January 25 | Event | 1994 – The Clementine space probe launches. |
| 10343 | January 25 | Event | 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. |
| 10344 | January 25 | Event | 1996 – Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged in the USA. |
| 10345 | January 25 | Event | 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. |
| 10346 | January 25 | Event | 1998 – A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others. |
| 10347 | January 25 | Event | 1999 – A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000. |
| 10348 | January 25 | Event | 2003 – Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations. |
| 10349 | January 25 | Event | 2004 – Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars. |
| 10350 | January 25 | Event | 2005 – A stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in Maharashtra, India kills at least 258. |