25th jan history.... 41 - After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate. 1139 - Godfried II the Young becomes duke of Brabant 1327 - King Edward III accedes to the English throne 1348 - Earthquake destroys Villach, killing 5,000 1494 - Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples 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: Moslems destroy Vijayanagars 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 - Shays Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Capt Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass 1792 - The London Corresponding Society is founded. 1799 - 1st US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont 1802 - Napoleon Bonaparte elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic 1817 - Rossinis opera La Cenerentola premieres in Rome 1825 - 1st US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, NY Russian Tsar Peter the GreatRussian Tsar Peter the Great 1835 - Vincenzo Bellinis opera I Puritani, premieres in Paris 1844 - Recontre between Reps Weller & Shriver, US House of Representative 1854 - Aleksandr Ostrovskys Bednost ne Porok, premieres in Moscow 1856 - Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians 1858 - Mendelssohns Wedding March 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victorias daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia 1863 - Battle of Kinston, NC 1863 - General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac 1865 - CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia 1870 - Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows 1875 - Anti-slavery society forms (NY) 1877 - Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden 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 1885 - Vincent dIndys Saugefleurie, premieres Inventor Alexander Graham BellInventor Alexander Graham Bell 1890 - National Afro-American League forms in Chicago 1890 - Nellie Bly beats Phileas Foggs time around world by 8 days (72 days) 1890 - United Mine Workers of America forms 1894 - James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title 1902 - Aleksandr Skriabins 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St Petersburg 1904 - 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania 1904 - J M Synges Ruders to the Sea, premieres in Dublin 1905 - Largest diamond, Cullinan (3106 carets), found in South Africa 1906 - Del Valle Inclans El Marqués de Bradomin, premieres in Madrid 1907 - Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to Natl Inst of Arts & Letters 1908 - John Blockx opera Baldie premieres in Antwerp 1909 - Richard Strauss premier of Elektra in Dresden 1910 - 1st stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell, SAf v Eng) 1910 - Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem 1915 - Alexander Graham Bell in NY calls Thomas Watson in SF 1915 - Giordano, Sardou & Moreaus opera Madame Sans Gêne premieres in NYC 1915 - Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (NY to SF) 1916 - Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary 1918 - Russia declared a republic of Soviets 1919 - Founding of League of Nations, 1st meeting 1 year later 1921 - Karel Capéks RUR, premieres in Prague 1923 - NVV donates 100,000 gulden to mine workers of Ruhrgebied 1924 - 1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France 1929 - Bradman scores 340* for NSW v Victoria, 488 mins, 38 fours 1932 - 1st commencement exercises at Hebrew U in Jerusalem 1932 - Bradman scores 167 NSW v Victoria, 224 mins, 22 fours 1937 - 1st broadcast of Guiding Light on NBC radio 1937 - Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13 1937 - Soap Opera Guiding Light premieres on radio 1938 - Ian Hays Bachelor Born, premieres in NYC 1939 - Earthquake hits Chillan Chile, 10,000 killed 1939 - Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title 1940 - Nazi decrees 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. German WWII Field Marshal Erwin RommelGerman WWII Field Marshal Erwin Rommel 1942 - Lt General Rommels African corps reaches Msus 1945 - Dan Topping, Del Webb & Larry MacPhail purchase NY Yanks for $2.8 mil 1945 - Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st US city to fluoridate its water 1945 - Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths 1945 - NY Yankees sold by Ruppert estate to Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping, & 1945 - West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma 1946 - Richard Strauss Metamorphosis, premieres in Zurich 1946 - United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor 1949 - 1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale & Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win 1949 - 1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurions Mapai party wins 1950 - 73°F (23°C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January 1951 - UN begins counter offensive in Korea 1952 - Test debut of Richie Benaud, v West Indies at the SCG 1953 - WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 - Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 sec 1955 - Jill Kinmont hits a tree & breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race 1955 - Russia ends state of war with Germany 1955 - US & Panama sign canal treaty 1955 - Columbia U scientists develope an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years 1956 - 96.5 cm (38.0) of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record) 1957 - FBI arrests Jack & Myra Sobel, charged with spying for USSR 1959 - 1st transcontinental coml jet flight (American) (LA to NY for $301) 262nd Pope John XXIII262nd Pope John XXIII 1959 - Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council 1961 - 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (JFK) 1961 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament 1961 - Military coup in El Salvador 1961 - Walt Disneys 101 Dalmations released 1964 - Beatles 1st US #1, I Want to Hold your Hand (Cashbox) 1964 - Echo 2, US communications satellite launched 1966 - WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, NJ (NBC) 1st broadcast 1968 - Risse St in Bronx named 1968 - Robert Andersons I Never Sang for My Father, premieres in NYC 1969 - US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris 1970 - Robert Altmans M*A*S*H premieres 1971 - Charles Manson & 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders 1971 - Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state 1971 - Military coup in Uganda under Gen Idi Amin Dada Animator Walt DisneyAnimator Walt Disney 1971 - Phila mints 1st trial strike of Eisenhower dollar 1971 - WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis, IN (IND) begins broadcasting 1972 - 25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota 1972 - 7 Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota 1974 - Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey 1974 - Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old 1974 - Ray Kroc, CEO (McDonalds), buys SD Padres for $12 million 1975 - 10th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvins 1st 1975 - Bangladeshi parliament disposes of premier sheik Mujib ur-Rahman 1976 - Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut Ind v NZ Auckland 1978 - Muriel Humphrey (D-Mn) appointed to fill late husbands Senate seat 1978 - Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin & $125,000 to Rangers for Gaylord Perry (He wins 1978 Cy Young Award) 1979 - 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan 1979 - Pope John Paul IIs 1st overseas trip as supreme pontiff 1980 - Bani Sadr elected president of Iran 264th Pope John Paul II264th Pope John Paul II 1980 - Dutch government demands boycott of Olympics 1980 - Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft 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 1981 - Super Bowl XV: Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10 in New Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Jim Plunkett, Oakland, QB 1982 - 9th American Music Award: Pat Benatar & Kenny Rogers win 1983 - Chinas supreme court commutes Chiang Chings death sentence to life 1983 - Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit 1983 - Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia 1985 - Black & Blue, premieres in Paris 1985 - Test debut of Wasim Akram, v New Zealand at Auckland (2-105) 1986 - General Tito Okellos government flees Kampala Uganda 1987 - 75th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Pat Cash (63 64 36 57 63) 1987 - Super Bowl XXI: NY Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena Super Bowl MVP: Phil Simms, NY Giants, QB Singer and actress Whitney HoustonSinger and actress Whitney Houston 1988 - 15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon & Whitney Houston 1988 - George Harrison releases When We Was Fab 1988 - Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games) 1988 - Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as pres of Suriname 1988 - VP George Bush & Dan Rather clash on CBS Evening News as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair 1989 - Augusto Alcalde, 1st South American Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission 1989 - Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season 1989 - Yank owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II 1990 - Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel & crashes in Cove Neck NY, 73 die 1990 - Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail 1990 - West-Europes strongest hurricane 1990 - The Burns Day storm hits northwestern Europe. 1990 - Honduras becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. 1991 - Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 50 goals in less than 50 games (49) 1991 - Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US government New York Yankees Owner George SteinbrennerNew York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner 1991 - Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, v England Adelaide 1991 - Soap opera Generations last episode after a 2½ year run 1992 - 66th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (62 63) 1992 - Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41 1992 - Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC3862/3C264 1993 - 20th American Music Award: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win 1993 - Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language 1993 - Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales dept after 97 years 1993 - Five people were shot outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia resulting in two murders. 1994 - Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup 1994 - Mine fire at Asansol, India, kills 55 1994 - US space probe Clementine launched 1994 - Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court 1995 - Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee 1997 - 71st Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62) Tennis Player Martina HingisTennis Player Martina Hingis 1998 - Grease, closes at Eugene ONeill Theater NYC after 1,503 performance 1998 - Patti LaBelle On Broadway, closes at St James Theater NYC 1998 - Britains Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement 1998 - Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament 1998 - Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) and soccer player David Beckham get engaged 1998 - Super Bowl XXXII: Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24 1998 - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide attack on Sri Lankas Temple of the Tooth, killing 8 people injuring 25 others. 1999 - A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000. 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. 2010 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, killing all 90 people on-board. 2011 - Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins in Egypt, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, and throughout other cities in Egypt. 2013 - Tropical cyclone Oswald makes landfall in Queensland, Australia, causing mass flooding 2013 - 6 civilians and 1 police officer are shot dead and 456 people are injured during a nationwide protest against Egypt’s 2011 revolution 2013 - Islamist forces are driven out of Hombori by the Malian army 2013 - 8 people are killed by 2 car bombs in Golan Heights, Syria 2013 - 50 people are killed and 90 are injured in a prison riot in Barquisimeto, Venezuela
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