Sunday, January 24, 2010

January 25

1898 - The Spanish colonial government promulgates a proclamation granting amnesty to Filipino revolutionary leaders as part of the Biak-na-Bato truce agreement during the Philippine Revolution.

1901- Peter I of Russia publishes a royal decree establishing the Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation.

1905 - The largest diamond in the world is found in Pretoria South Africa; discovered 18 feet below the surface of the earth,  it weighs 1.33 pounds and is given the name "Cullinan."

1971 - Ugandan President Milton Obote is ousted during a coup by General Idi Amin while the latter was on a foreign visit.

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