Talk:January 25

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January 25: Burns Night (Scots culture)

• 1327 - Teenaged Edward III became King of England, but the country was ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
• 1554 - Jesuit priests José de Anchieta and Manoel da Nóbrega established a mission at São Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga, which grew to become São Paulo, Brazil.
• 1924 - The first Winter Olympic Games opened at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix, France.
• 1971 - General Idi Amin seized power from President of Uganda Milton Obote, beginning eight years of military rule.
• 2004 - Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity (artist's concept pictured) landed on Mars and rolled into Eagle crater, a small crater on the Meridiani Planum.

Recent days: January 24 – January 23 – January 22

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[edit] "Magnus Manske Day"

"*2002 - Wikipedia switches to the new version of its software ("Phase II") aka Magnus Manske Day."

• While this is a big day for Wikipedia's internal workings, is it really appropriate here? Even the link isn't to the main article space, but to a Wikipedia: page instead.Joyous! | Talk 03:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC)