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On January 25, 2011, millions of Egyptians took to squares across the country demanding the end of the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, who had been in power for thirty years. The protests, centred on Tahrir Square in Cairo, became the focal point of the Arab Spring. Eighteen days later, Mubarak resigned. The democratic hopes were dashed by the military coup of 2013.

On January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympic Games in history were inaugurated in Chamonix, France, with 16 countries and 258 athletes. The games, which included skiing, skating, ice hockey and bobsled, laid the foundations of modern Olympic winter sports and have been held every four years since.

On January 25, 1759, poet Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland — the most celebrated figure in Scottish letters and author of poems and songs that form part of the popular soul of Scotland and the English-speaking world. His poem Auld Lang Syne is sung on New Year's Eve worldwide. Burns Night, celebrated on January 25, is Scotland's greatest cultural festival.