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On This Day in HistoryTuesday, January 25th
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On Jan. 25, 1915, the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service. (Go to article.)On Jan. 25 , 1882Virginia Woolf ,the British novelist , was born.Following her death on March 28 ,1941her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day

On January 25, 1879Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about military spending by Congress. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

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1533England's King Henry VIII secretly married Anne Boleyn, his second wife.
1759Scottish poet Robert Burns was born in Alloway.
1787Shays' Rebellion suffered a setback when debt-ridden farmers led by Capt. Daniel Shays failed to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass.
1890The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
1947Gangster Al Capone died at age 48.
1959American Airlines opened the jet age in the United States with the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707.
1961President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and TV.
1971Charles Manson and three female followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate.
1988Vice 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.
1994Singer Michael Jackson settled a child molestation lawsuit against him.
1995The 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.
2006The Islamic militant group Hamas won a large majority of seats in Palestinian parliamentary elections.
2007Ford Motor Co. said it had lost a staggering $12.7 billion in 2006, the worst loss in the company's 103-year history.

Current Birthdays
Alicia Keys turns 30 years old today.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini R&B singer Alicia Keys turns 30 years old today.

83Eduard Shevardnadze
Former president of Georgia
80Dean Jones
Actor
73Etta James
Blues singer
53Dinah Manoff
Actress ("Empty Nest," "Soap")
32Christine Lakin
Actress ("Step by Step")
Historic Birthdays
Virginia Woolf
 
1/25/1882 - 3/28/1941
British author 

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71Giovanni Morone
1/25/1509 - 12/1/1580
Italian cardinal and diplomat

64Robert Boyle
1/25/1627 - 12/30/1691
Anglo-Irish chemist

77Joseph-Louis Lagrange
1/25/1736 - 4/10/1813
Italian-French mathematician

37Robert Burns
1/25/1759 - 7/21/1796
Scottish national poet

60Benjamin Robert Haydon
1/25/1786 - 6/22/1846
English historical painter/writer

77Dan Rice
1/25/1823 - 2/22/1900
American clown

50George Edward Pickett
1/25/1825 - 7/30/1875
American Confederate Army officer

76Charles Curtis
1/25/1860 - 2/8/1936
American 31st vice president

85Rufus Matthew Jones
1/25/1863 - 6/16/1948
American Quaker and author

91W. Somerset Maugham
1/25/1874 - 12/16/1965
English novelist/playwright

76William C. Bullitt
1/25/1891 - 2/15/1967
U.S. diplomat

73Paul-Henri Spaak
1/25/1899 - 7/31/1972
Post-World War II statesmen from Belgium

54Viljo Revell
1/25/1910 - 11/8/1964
Finnish architect

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