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What happened on January 25 Please support our Sponsors - They help us keep this site Alive! 0041 After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate. 0844 Gregory IV begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1139 Godfried II the Young becomes duke of Brabant 1327 Edward III becomes King of England. 1327 King Edward III accedes to British throne 1348 Earthquake destroys Villach, killing 5,000 1494 Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. 1554 Founding of So Paulo city, Brazil. 1554 Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary 1565 Battle at Talikota India Moslems destroy Vijayanagar's army 1573 Battle of Mikatagahara, in Japan; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu. 1579 Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic 1721 Czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy 1755 Moscow University established on Tatiana Day. 1775 Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx) 1787 American Daniel Shays leads rebellion to seize Federal arsenal to protest debtor's prisons. 1787 Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield MA 1791 British Parliament approves bill splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada. 1792 The London Corresponding Society is founded. 1799 The first US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont 1802 Napoleon elected President of the Italian (Cisalpine) Republic 1817 Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" premieres in Rome 1825 The first US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy NY 1835 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris 1848 Last convict ship to Port Phillip in Victoria, the Marion, disembarks passengers. 1851 Sojourner Truth addresses first Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) 1856 Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians 1858 Mendelssohn's Wedding March is performed for the first time in public, as the daughter of Britain's Queen Victoria marries the Prussian Crown Prince. 1858 Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia 1858 The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia. 1863 Battle of Kinston NC 1863 General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac 1865 The CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia 1868 Senufe, Abyssinia, Canadian soldier Alexander Dunn killed when his hunting rifle accidentally went off; born at York, Upper Canada Sept. 15, 1833; first Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross, for bravery as a lieutenant in the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Regiment of Hussars at the 1854 charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava 1870 Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows 1875 Anti-slavery society formed in NY 1877 Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden 1878 Turkish steamer becomes the first ship to be sunk by a torpedo, fired from a Russian boat 1879 The Bulgarian National Bank is founded. 1881 Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. 1882 Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms 1890 National Afro-American League forms in Chicago 1890 Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days) 1890 New York World reporter Nellie Bly returns home after completing an around the world journey in just 72 days, six hours and eleven minutes. 1890 United Mine Workers of America forms 1894 James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1902 Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St Petersburg 1904 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick PA 1907 Julia Ward Howe is first woman elected to National Institute of Arts & Letters 1909 Richard Strauss' opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. 1910 Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem 1915 Giordano, Sardou & Moreau's opera "Madame Sans Gêne" premieres in New York City NY 1915 Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to San Francisco) 1916 Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary 1917 The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. 1918 Russia declared a republic of Soviets 1919 Founding of League of Nations, first meeting 1 year later 1923 NVV donates ƒ100,000 to mine workers of Ruhrgebied 1924 The 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, France (in the French Alps), inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games. 1929 Bradman scores 340* for New South Wales vs Victoria, 488 minutes, 38 fours 1932 Bradman scores 167 New South Wales vs Victoria, 224 minutes, 22 fours 1932 Governor General, the Earl of Bessborough speaks to the Lieutenant Governor of each province, to inaugurate the Trans-Canada telephone system. 1932 The first commencement exercises at Hebrew University in Jerusalem 1937 Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13 1937 Soap Opera "Guiding Light" premieres on NBC radio 1937 The Guiding Light airs on radio for the first time. Also went to television making this show the longest running broadcast program in United States radio and television history. 1939 Earthquake hits Chillán Chile, 10,000 killed 1939 Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title 1940 Nazi decrees the establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland 1941 Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu. 1942 Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom. 1945 Battle of the Bulge ends. 1945 Grand Rapids MI becomes first US city to fluoridate its water 1945 Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths 1945 West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma 1946 United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor 1947 Mobster Al Capone dies at age 48. 1948 Investors Syndicate of Canada incorporates Investors Mutual of Canada Ltd.; Canada's first public mutual fund will be first sold to the public in 1950 1949 At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented. 1949 The first Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins 1950 73ºF (23ºC) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January 1951 UN begins counter offensive in Korea 1952 Test debut of Richie Benaud, vs West Indies at the SCG 1953 In Liverpool, the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Canada destroyed in a dockside fire; used as a troop ship during World War II. 1955 Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years 1955 Jill Kinmont hits a tree & breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race 1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany 1955 Soviet Union ends state of war with Germany. 1955 US & Panama sign canal treaty 1956 96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record) 1957 FBI arrests Jack & Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR 1959 American Airlines beings the first scheduled transcontinental U.S. passenger air service, featuring the new Boeing 707 jetliner. 1959 Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council 1961 In Washington, D.C. John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference. 1961 Military coup in El Salvador 1961 President John F. Kennedy makes history by holding the first presidential news conference simulcast live on radio and TV. 1961 The first live, nationally televised Presidential news conference (JFK) 1961 Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released 1962 The Bank of Montreal acquires Newfoundland Savings Bank0 1963 Wilson Kettle who lived in Newfoundland dies at age 102, he has 582 living descendants 1964 Beatles first US #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox) 1964 Echo 2, US communications satellite launched 1968 Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City NY 1969 US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris 1970 Robert Altman's "M*AS*H," premieres 1971 Charles Manson & 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders 1971 Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state 1971 Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president. 1971 Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada 1971 Philadelphia mint's first trial strike of the Eisenhower dollar 1972 Visitor posting - Latoya Whitaker born - USA 1973 On the British Columbia coast the Freighter Irish Stardust grounds north of Vancouver Island., spilling 378,000 litres of fuel oil, spill spreads 320 km south 1974 Christian Barnard transplants first human heart without removal of old 1974 Start of major flooding in Brisbane in which 13 die 1975 Number one hit on UK music charts - Tymes - Ms Grace 1976 Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut India vs New Zealand Auckland 1977 In New York Rene Levesque 1922-1987 tells Wall Street audience at the Economic Club of New York that 'separation is inevitable' 1978 Muriel Humphrey (D-MN) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat 1979 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan 1979 Jean-Luc Pepin and John Robarts release the Report of the Task Force on Canadian Unity; recommend that Quebec should have the power to maintain its language and culture, and that federal powers be reduce 1979 Pope John Paul II's first overseas trip as supreme pontiff 1980 Bani Sadr elected President of Iran 1980 Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics 1980 Finance Minister Abolhassan Bani-Sadr is elected president of Iran. 1980 Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft 1980 Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported 1981 Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, is sentenced to death. 1981 Mao's widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death 1981 The 52 American hostages held by Iran for 444 days arrive back in the U.S. 1981 Tose Proeski, Macedonian Mega Star was born in Prilep,Macedonia 1981 UK hist Launch of SDP by 'Gang of Four' in Britain 1982 9th American Music Award Kenny Rogers win 1982 Visitor posting - McKeata Franese Naylor was born - USA 1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life 1983 Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit 1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia 1983 UK hist Spreadsheet Lotus 1-2-3 released 1985 "We are the World" is recorded 1985 Test debut of Wasim Akram, vs New Zealand at Auckland (2-105) 1986 General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala Uganda 1986 Number one hit on UK music charts - A-ha - The Sun Always Shines On TV 1986 The National Resistance Movement topple the government of Tito Okello in Uganda. 1988 15th American Music Award Anita Baker, Paul Simon & Whitney Houston 1988 Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname 1988 Vice President Bush & Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in the Iran-Contra affair 1990 Actress Ava Gardner dies in London at age 67. 1990 Avianca Flight 52 crashes, killing 73 passengers. 1990 Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail 1990 Honduras becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. 1990 Seventy-three people are killed when an Avianca 707 jet crashes after running out of fuel in Cove Neck, New York. 1990 The Burns' Day storm hits northwestern Europe. 1990 West-Europe's strongest hurricane 1991 Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US government 1991 Mark Waugh scores ton in first Test Cricket innings, vs England Adelaide 1991 Soap opera "Generation" last episode after a 2 year run 1991 Visitor posting - Matthew Alan Gomez is born at Foothill Pres. Hospital in Glendora, CA 1993 20th American Music Award Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win 1993 Mir Amir Kansi kills two employees outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. 1993 Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language 1993 Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years 1994 Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court 1994 Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55 1994 The Clementine space probe launches. 1994 US space probe Clementine launched 1995 Lawyers for the defense make their opening statement in the murder trial of former pro football running back and sports commentator O.J. Simpson. 1995 The Norwegian Rocket Incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile. 1996 Leilani Muir awarded $750,000 by Alberta judge; she was wrongly diagnosed as mentally disabled and sterilized by the province's Eugenics Board in 1959 1997 71st Australian Women's Tennis Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62) 1997 A cyclone sweeps across the island nation of Madagascar, spawning floods that leave 100 people missing and thousands homeless 1998 "Grease," closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY after 1,503 performance 1998 Britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement 1998 During a historic visit to Cuba Pope John Paul II demands the release of political prisoners and political reforms while condemning US attempts to isolate the country. 1998 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide attack on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth, killing 8 people injuring 25 others. 1998 Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) & soccer David Beckham gets engaged 1998 Two US tourists, Thomas and Eileen Lonergan, are left behind by a scuba diving operator on a reef off Port Douglas, north Queensland. They are never found 1999 A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000. 1999 More than one thousand people are killed when an eartquake rocks the South American country of Colombia. 1999 The first hand transplant in the U.S. takes place in Louisville, Kentucky. 2001 A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24. 2002 Wikipedia switches to the new version of its software ("Phase II") aka Magnus Manske Day. 2004 Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars. 2005 A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills at least 258. 2006 Three independent observing campaigns announce the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb through gravitational microlensing, the first cool rocky/icy extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star. 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