Portrait of Smuts and Ghandi, Source: http://peterbaxterhistory.com/2016/09/12/of-passive-and-violent-resistance-gandhi-and-smuts-in-south-africa/

25 January 1914

Durban mass meeting endorses Smuts and Gandhi agreement

Idi Amin Dada. Photo credit: ThoughtCo

25 January 1971

General Idi Amin overthrows Ugandan President Milton Obote

Flooding in Laingsburg, photographer unknown

25 January 1981

At least 100 people drown in a flood at Laingsburg

25 January 1930

The AA is formed to coordinate motoring clubs

25 January 1965

Abram Fischer fails to arrive in court

25 January 1965

Bram Fischer, Q.C. Jumps Bail

25 January 2005

Oscar Nominations are announced

25 January 1986

Sixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho

25 January 1969

Desmond Dube was born on this day.

25 January 1980

Three ANC guerrillas seize a bank and twenty–five hostages