1) Historic Events; 2) Famous Stiffs; 3) Famous Birthdays; 4) Select List - Historic Events & Birthdays with Pics; Each pic has the Select List entry as description {Click on 5th photo & scroll right to see remaining photos} Historical Events on 25th January: 41 - After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate. 1554 - Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary 1554 - Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil. 1565 - Battle at Talikota India: the Deccan sultanate destroy Vijayanagars army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India 1573 - Battle of Mikatagahara, in Japan; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu. 1579 - Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic 1721 - Tsar 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 - Shays Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass 1799 - 1st US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont 1802 - Napoleon Bonaparte elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic 1825 - 1st US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY 1840 - American naval expedition under Charles Wilkes first to identify Antarctica as a new continent 1858 - Mendelssohns Wedding March 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victorias daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia 1863 - General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac 1870 - Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows 1875 - Anti-slavery society forms (NY) 1877 - Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden; after a first count of votes, it was clear that Tilden had won 184 electoral votes to Hayess 165, with 20 votes unresolved. These 20 electoral votes were in dispute in four states: in the case of Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina, each party reported its candidate had won the state, while in Oregon one elector was declared illegal (as an elected or appointed official) and replaced. The question of who should have been awarded these electoral votes is the source of the continued controversy concerning the results of this election; an informal deal was struck to resolve the dispute: the Compromise of 1877, which awarded all 20 electoral votes to Hayes. In return for the Democrats acquiescence in Hayess election, the Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction. The Compromise effectively ceded power in the Southern states to the Democratic Redeemers, who went on to pursue their agenda of returning the South to a political economy resembling that of its pre-war condition, including the disenfranchisement of Black voters. 1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. 1890 - Nellie Bly beats Phileas Foggs time around world by 8 days (72 days) 1914 - An Indian mass meeting in Durban unanimously endorse the agreement between General J.C. Smuts and Mahatma Gandhi regarding voluntary registration, poll tax, recognition of Indian marriages and other matters 1915 - Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (NY to SF); Alexander Graham Bell in NY calls Thomas Watson in SF 1918 - Russia declared a republic of Soviets 1919 - Founding of League of Nations, 1st meeting 1 year later 1937 - Soap Opera Guiding Light premieres on radio 1940 - Nazi decrees establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland 1951 - UN begins counter offensive in Korea 1955 - Russia ends state of war with Germany 1955 - US & Panama sign canal treaty 1955 - Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years 1961 - 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (JFK) 1964 - Beatles 1st US #1, I Want to Hold your Hand (Cashbox) 1971 - Charles Manson & 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders 1971 - Military coup in Uganda under Gen Idi Amin Dada 1974 - Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old 1979 - 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in US 1980 - Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported 1981 - 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US 1981 - Maos widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death 1983 - Chinas Supreme Court commutes Chiang Chings death sentence to life 1983 - Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia 1988 - VP George Bush & Dan Rather clash on CBS Evening News as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair 1990 - Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail 1993 - Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language 1993 - Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales dept after 97 years 1994 - Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court Happy Birthday to famous stiffs Etta James, blues singer who released the hits At Last and Somethings Got a Hold on Me and has won multiple awards, like Best Traditional Blues Album (76), Robert Burns, major Scottish poet associated with the Romantic movement and known for such poem-songs as Auld Lang Syne and A Red, Red Rose. The first edition of his Scottish-dialect poems was published in 1786 (256), Virginia Woolf, British novelist, essayist, and feminist whose famous modernist novels include Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse. She suffered from depression throughout her life and tragically drowned herself at the age of fifty-nine (133), Steve Prefontaine, American long-distance running star who set seven national records before prematurely losing his life in a car accident (64), Corazon Aquino, the first female President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 who came to power when she helped lead the People Power Revolution, which ended the 21 year dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos and re-established democracy in the Philippines (82) and King Donovan, who was married to Imogene Coca, played Jack in the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers film. His other roles include Mack McGee in the original Angels in the Outfield and Solly in The Defiant Ones (97). China Kantner, stage and screen actress and MTV VJ. Her television credits include appearances on Murphy Brown, Grace Under Fire, and Home Improvement (44), Dean Jones, who became known for his starring roles in many family films, including The Love Bug. His other films include That Darn Cat!, That Darn Cat, and Under the Yum Tree (84), Tobe Hooper, director and screenwriter who was best known for his work on horror films, including the classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (72), Marcus Samuelsson, Ethiopian-born Swedish chef who received the James Beard Award and appeared on Chopped and Top Chef Masters, as well as Iron Chef America (45). Anita Pallenberg, Multi-lingual Italian actress who dated Keith Richards and had 3 children with him; her films include 1968s Barbarella and 1969s Dillinger is Dead (71), Stephen Chbosky, a popular novelist, he also directed and wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of his 1999 bestselling work, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. His other works include screenplays for The Four Corners of Nowhere (1995) and Rent (2005) (45) and Alicia Keys, the first singer to receive five Grammy Awards at once after releasing her debut album, Songs in A Minor, which included Fallin, in 2001. Her hit album Girl on Fire earned her a 15th career Grammy Award in 2014 when it was named Best R&B Album (34) are celebrating because theyre not dead yet. Select list with photos: 1554 - Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary 1573 - Battle of Mikatagahara, in Japan; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu. 1802 - Napoleon Bonaparte elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic 1840 - American naval expedition under Charles Wilkes first to identify Antarctica as a new continent 1858 - Mendelssohns Wedding March 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victorias daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia 1870 - Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows 1877 - Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden; after a first count of votes, it was clear that Tilden had won 184 electoral votes to Hayess 165, with 20 votes unresolved. These 20 electoral votes were in dispute in four states: in the case of Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina, each party reported its candidate had won the state, while in Oregon one elector was declared illegal (as an elected or appointed official) and replaced. The question of who should have been awarded these electoral votes is the source of the continued controversy concerning the results of this election; an informal deal was struck to resolve the dispute: the Compromise of 1877, which awarded all 20 electoral votes to Hayes. In return for the Democrats acquiescence in Hayess election, the Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction. The Compromise effectively ceded power in the Southern states to the Democratic Redeemers, who went on to pursue their agenda of returning the South to a political economy resembling that of its pre-war condition, including the disenfranchisement of Black voters. 1882 - Virginia Woolf, British novelist, essayist, and feminist whose famous modernist novels include Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse. She suffered from depression throughout her life and tragically drowned herself at the age of fifty-nine (133) 1890 - Nellie Bly beats Phileas Foggs time around world by 8 days (72 days) 1931 - Dean Jones, who became known for his starring roles in many family films, including The Love Bug. His other films include That Darn Cat!, That Darn Cat, and Under the Yum Tree (84) 1933 - Corazon Aquino, the first female President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 who came to power when she helped lead the People Power Revolution, which ended the 21 year dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos and re-established democracy in the Philippines (82) 1944 - Anita Pallenberg, Multi-lingual Italian actress who dated Keith Richards and had 3 children with him; her films include 1968s Barbarella and 1969s Dillinger is Dead (71) 1955 - Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years 1970 - Marcus Samuelsson, Ethiopian-born Swedish chef who received the James Beard Award and appeared on Chopped and Top Chef Masters, as well as Iron Chef America (45) 1974 - Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old 1981 - 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US 1981 - Alicia Keys, the first singer to receive five Grammy Awards at once after releasing her debut album, Songs in A Minor, which included Fallin, in 2001. Her hit album Girl on Fire earned her a 15th career Grammy Award in 2014 when it was named Best R&B Album (34) 1981 - Maos widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death 1983 - Chinas Supreme Court commutes Chiang Chings death sentence to life 1983 - Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia 1988 - VP George Bush & Dan Rather clash on CBS Evening News as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair 1993 - Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales dept after 97 years 1994 - Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court
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