On Jan. 25, 1890, reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) of the New York World completed a round-the-world journey in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes. The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
On this date:
In 1533, England's King Henry VIII secretly married Anne Boleyn, his second wife, who later gave birth to Elizabeth I.
In 1554, the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, is established.
In 1579, the Union of Utrecht was signed by Holland, Zealand, Utrecht, Celderland, Friesland, Croningen and Overyssel, marking the foundation of the Dutch Republic.
In 1787, Shays' Rebellion suffered a setback when debt-ridden farmers led by Capt. Daniel Shays failed to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass.
In 1802, France's Napoleon Bonaparte became president of the Italian Republic.
In 1831, the Polish Diet proclaimed the independence of Poland, dethroned Nicholas, and deposed the Romanovs.
In 1858, Britain's Princess Victoria, the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, married Crown Prince Frederick William (the future German Emperor and King of Prussia) at St. James's Palace.
In 1909, the opera "Elektra" by Richard Strauss premiered in Dresden, Germany.
In 1915, Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated US transcontinental telephone service between New York and San Francisco.
In 1919, the League of Nations is founded. It lasted until 1946 when it was replaced by the United Nations.
In 1942, Thailand, allied to Japan, declares war on Britain and the U.S.
In 1944, the Battle for Cassino began.
In 1947, American gangster Al Capone died in Miami Beach, Fla., at age 48.
In 1959, American Airlines began jet flights between New York and Los Angeles on the Boeing 707.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and television.
In 1969, Vietnam War peace talks resumed in Paris, with the inclusion of representatives from South Vietnam and the Viet Cong.
In 1971, Charles Manson and three women followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate. Idi Amin became president of Uganda through a coup.
In 1975, Sheik Mujibur Rahman abolishes parliamentary rule in Bangladesh and assumes absolute power as president.
In 1988, Vice President George Bush and Dan Rather clashed on "The CBS Evening News" as the anchorman attempted to question the Republican presidential candidate about his role in the Iran-Contra affair.
In 1989, Cambodia's Premier Hun Sen rejects proposal for international peacekeeping force in his country.
In 1990, an Avianca Boeing 707 ran out of fuel and crashed in Cove Neck, Long Island, N.Y.; 73 of the 158 people aboard were killed.
In 1993, a gunman shot and killed two CIA employees outside agency headquarters in Virginia. (Aimal Khan Kasi, a Pakistani man, was later convicted and was executed in 2002.) Two French UN peacekeepers were killed and three wounded as Serb-Croat clashes raged in southern Croatia.
In 1995, the defense gave its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson trial in Los Angeles, saying Simpson was the victim of a "rush to judgment" by authorities. Jews from around the world returned to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazis' biggest death complex, where 1.5 million people were killed before it was liberated 50 years ago.
In 1997, A cyclone sweeps across the island nation of Madagascar, spawning floods that leave 100 people missing and thousands homeless.
In 1998, The pope holds a sermon on the virtues of democracy in Havana, Cuba, with president Fidel Castro in the audience.
In 1999, the Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that the 2000 census could not use statistical sampling to enhance its accuracy. In Louisville, Ky., a man who'd lost his left hand received the first hand transplant in the United States. A powerful earthquake devastated a coffee-growing region in Colombia, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.
In 2000, under government orders, the Florida relatives of Elian Gonzalez agreed to make the boy available for a meeting with his Cuban grandmothers at a neutral site. Martina Navratilova entered the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
In 2001, Israel and the Palestinians have made good progress in drawing the borders of a future Palestinian state, negotiators announce as both sides prepare to resume talks in an Egyptian resort following a time out called by Israel despite a tight deadline.
In 2002, India successfully test-fires an intermediate-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. The test is denounced as a provocation by Pakistan, which has been locked in a border stand-off with India for more than a month.
In 2004, NASA's Opportunity rover zipped its first pictures of Mars to Earth, showing a surface smooth and dark red in some places, and strewn with fragmented slabs of light bedrock in others. Outgoing US weapons inspector David Kay told National Public Radio his inability to find illicit arms in Iraq raised serious questions about US intelligence-gathering. Mikhail Saakashvili was inaugurated as Georgia's president.
In 2005, a videotape showed Roy Hallums, an American kidnapped in Baghdad the previous November, pleading for his life. (Hallums was rescued by coalition troops on September 7, 2005.) A stampede during a Hindu festival in western India killed at least 258 people. Architect Philip Johnson died in New Canaan, Conn. at age 98. Outspoken former communist-era government spokesperson Jerzy Urban was convicted of libel and fined for insulting the Polish-born Pope John Paul II in his satirical magazine. The result shows the Polish "justice system is overly influenced by religion", says Urban.
In 2006, the Islamic militant group Hamas won a large majority of seats in Palestinian parliamentary elections.
In 2007, Ford Motor Co. said it had lost a staggering $12.7 billion in 2006, the worst loss in the company's 103-year history. Also in 2007, Israeli President Moshe Katsav, facing indictment for rape and sexual harassment, was granted a three-month leave of absence. Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to build four new nuclear reactors for energy starved India, cementing his country's traditional role as India's main nuclear benefactor.
In 2008, President Bush urged Congress to quickly pass an economic stimulus package void of extraneous spending, saying only quick action would kickstart the sputtering economy. Democrat Dennis Kucinich abandoned his presidential bid to focus on a tough race for re-election to Congress. A car bomb ripped through eastern Beirut, killing Lebanon's top anti-terrorism investigator who was probing assassinations of prominent anti-Syrian figures. Three others died in the blast.
In 2009, the White House used the Sunday talk shows to warn the country could face a long and painful financial recovery, even with major government intervention. The Eastern Conference won the NHL All-Star game 12-11. Jeremy Abbott won his first title at the US Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland. Voters in Bolivia approved a new constitution expanding the rights of their indigenous people who make up about 55 percent of the Bolivian population.
Today's Birthdays January 25: Journalist-author Edwin Newman is 91. Basketball Hall of Famer Dick McGuire is 84. Actor Gregg Palmer is 83. The former president of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze, is 82. Actor Dean Jones is 79. Country singer Claude Gray is 78. Blues singer Etta James is 72. Movie director Tobe Hooper is 67. Actress Leigh Taylor-Young is 65. Actress Jenifer Lewis is 53. Actress Dinah Manoff is 52. Country musician Mike Burch (River Road) is 44. Iowa Gov. Chet Culver is 44. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kina is 41. Actress China Kantner is 39. Actress Ana Ortiz is 39. Musician Matt Odmark (Jars of Clay) is 36. Actress Mia Kirshner is 35. Actress Christine Lakin is 31. Rhythm-and-blues singer Alicia Keys is 29.
Those Born On This Date Include: Edmund Campion, English Jesuit (1540-1581); Irish natural philosopher Robert Boyle, a founder of modern chemistry (1627); Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796); soap maker and philanthropist William Colgate (1783); novelists W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) & Virginia Woolf (1882-1941); Witold Lutoslawski, modern Polish composer and conductor (1913-1994); former Philippine President Corazon Aquino (1933); track star Steve Prefontaine (1951).
Legion Of Charlies:
In January 25th, 1958, Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" became the first single ever to enter the UK pop chart at number one.
In 1962, "Twistin' the Night Away" by Sam Cooke was released.
In 1971, Grace Slick and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane had a baby girl. Slick claimed she wanted to name the child god, but the couple decided on China. And, Charles Manson and three young women followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others.
In 1980, Paul McCartney was released from a Tokyo jail after being held for more than a week. He had been arrested when marijuana was found in his luggage.
In 1990, actress Ava Gardner died of pneumonia at her London home. She was 68.
In 1992, singer Emmylou Harris joined the Grand Ole Opry.
In 1994, singer Marky Mark was sued by a Portland, Maine, woman, who said she was trampled during one of his shows. She said he invited the crowd to rush the stage after he stripped down to his underwear. Singer Michael Jackson settled a child molestation lawsuit against him.
In 2004, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" snared best dramatic film at the Golden Globes; HBO's six-hour adaptation of "Angels in America" won best miniseries or TV movie.
In 2006, "Survivor" winner Richard Hatch was convicted of failing to pay taxes on his one million dollar prize. He was sentenced to 51 months in prison.
In 2009, "Slumdog Millionaire" won the Screen Actors Guild Award for best cast of a motion picture; "30 Rock" and "Mad Men" won best for TV comedy and drama casts.
2 comments:
WOW,
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WOW, Indeed Editor Adds:
No, I-man will not be held back.
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