Talk:January 25

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January 25: Feast day of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (Eastern Christianity), and of Dwynwen in Wales; Tatiana Day in Russia Anne Boleyn 1533 – Anne Boleyn (depicted), already pregnant with the future Elizabeth I, secretly married Henry VIII of England in the second of his six marriages. 1971 – Idi Amin seized power from Ugandan president Milton Obote in a coup d'état, beginning eight years of military rule. 1995 – A team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII sounding rocket, which was mistaken by Russian forces for a Trident missile. 2006 – Three independent observing campaigns announced the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, a super-Earth 21,500 ± 3,300 light-years away from Earth near the center of the Milky Way. 2011 – Arab Spring: The Egyptian revolution began with protests on the "Day of Anger", eventually leading to the removal of President Hosni Mubarak after nearly 30 years of rule. John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher (b. 1841) John Doubleday (d. 1856) Adele Astaire (d. 1981) Rio Waida (b. 2000) More anniversaries: January 24 January 25 January 26

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January 25 is exactly a month since christmas

Facts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.215.227.243 (talk) 06:52, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

You may have also heard that the earth is a sphere. Toddst1 (talk) 07:04, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

January 25th 1971: Manson Trial Convictions

The description for the Manson convictions on this date currently reads as -–

1971 - Charles Manson and four "Family" members (three of them female) are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca Murders.

This is not quite correct. In actuality, only Charles Manson and the three female co-defendants - Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten - were standing trial at that time. It is very likely that the fourth family member the description alludes to is Charles "Tex" Watson. Although charged at the same time (December 1969) with Manson and the women for the Tate-LaBianca Murders, Watson fought extradition back to California from Texas (where he had fled to after the murders) for several months. This resulted in making it necessary to hold a separate murder trial for him.

Watson's trial began in July of 1971, and ended three months later, with the jury convicting him for the Tate-LaBianca murders and later sentencing him to death. However, the death sentences for Watson, Manson and the three women were reduced to life in February 1972, when the California State Supreme Court abolished the then-current death penalty laws of that state.

One only needs to go over to Watson's Wikipedia Bio for the source references which should confirm the essentials of what has been presented in this section.

One further note -- A fourth female family member, Linda Kasabian, was originally charged with Manson and the others for the Tate-LaBianca murders. She became a star witness for the prosecution and was awarded immunity from any and all charges.

UPDATE ... February 13 2026 ... on Wikipedia's January 1971 page, the January 25th section correctly shows convictions for Manson, Atkins, Krenwinkel and Van Houten. However, the entry does have an error regarding Leslie Van Houten's conviction. She was in fact convicted for the two LaBianca murders alone, having not been a participant in the five Tate murders.

Fgf2007 (talk) 06:18, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

You should take this to the January 1971 talk page. Kiwipete (talk) 08:32, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you -- I already have a section on that talk page regarding errors on the Jan 71 page.

BOTH PAGES need to have the Manson conviction descriptions corrected. As pointed out above this reply, one can consult the Wiki-bio pages of Manson, Atkins, Krenwinkel, Van Houten and Watson for sources.

I have not made any corrections myself because the rules for month and date page sourcing are a little too complex , and I do not want to get into arguments with regular editors of those pages.

Fgf2007 (talk) 10:15, 13 February 2026 (UTC)