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	Tuesday, January 25th The 025th day of 2011. There are 340 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Jan. 25, 1915, the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service. (Go to article.)On Jan. 25 , 1882, Virginia Woolf ,the British novelist , was born.Following her death on March 28 ,1941, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
		On January 25, 1879, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about military spending by Congress. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1533	England's King Henry VIII secretly married Anne Boleyn, his second wife.
1759	Scottish poet Robert Burns was born in Alloway.
1787	Shays' Rebellion suffered a setback when debt-ridden farmers led by Capt. Daniel Shays failed to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass.
1890	The United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio.
1947	Gangster Al Capone died at age 48.
1959	American Airlines opened the jet age in the United States with the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707.
1961	President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and TV.
1971	Charles 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.
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.
1994	Singer Michael Jackson settled a child molestation lawsuit against him.
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.
2006	The Islamic militant group Hamas won a large majority of seats in Palestinian parliamentary elections.
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.

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Current Birthdays

Alicia Keys turns 30 years old today.

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

83 Eduard Shevardnadze Former president of Georgia 80 Dean Jones Actor 73 Etta James Blues singer 53 Dinah Manoff Actress ("Empty Nest," "Soap") 32 Christine Lakin Actress ("Step by Step")

Historic Birthdays
Virginia Woolf
1/25/1882 - 3/28/1941 British author  (Go to obit.)
71	Giovanni Morone 1/25/1509 - 12/1/1580 Italian cardinal and diplomat
64	Robert Boyle 1/25/1627 - 12/30/1691 Anglo-Irish chemist
77	Joseph-Louis Lagrange 1/25/1736 - 4/10/1813 Italian-French mathematician
37	Robert Burns 1/25/1759 - 7/21/1796 Scottish national poet
60	Benjamin Robert Haydon 1/25/1786 - 6/22/1846 English historical painter/writer
77	Dan Rice 1/25/1823 - 2/22/1900 American clown
50	George Edward Pickett 1/25/1825 - 7/30/1875 American Confederate Army officer
76	Charles Curtis 1/25/1860 - 2/8/1936 American 31st vice president
85	Rufus Matthew Jones 1/25/1863 - 6/16/1948 American Quaker and author
91	W. Somerset Maugham 1/25/1874 - 12/16/1965 English novelist/playwright
76	William C. Bullitt 1/25/1891 - 2/15/1967 U.S. diplomat
73	Paul-Henri Spaak 1/25/1899 - 7/31/1972 Post-World War II statesmen from Belgium
54	Viljo Revell 1/25/1910 - 11/8/1964 Finnish architect

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