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January 25, 1999 Earthquake kills about 1,185 in Armenia, Colombia January 25, 1998 "Grease," closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City after 1,503 performance January 25, 1998 "Patti LaBelle On Broadway," closes at St. James Theater New York City January 25, 1998 Britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement January 25, 1998 Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament January 25, 1998 Spice Girl Victoria Adams, aka Posh Spice, and soccer David Beckham gets engaged January 25, 1998 Superbowl XXXII: Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24 January 25, 1998 Super Bowl XXXII, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24 January 25, 1997 71st Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62) January 25, 1995 Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee January 25, 1994 Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup January 25, 1994 Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55 January 25, 1994 U.S. space probe Clementine launched January 25, 1994 Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court January 25, 1993 20th American Music Award: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win January 25, 1993 Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language January 25, 1993 Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years January 25, 1992 66th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (62 63) January 25, 1992 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41" January 25, 1992 Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC3862/3C264 January 25, 1991 Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 50 goals in less than 50 games (49) January 25, 1991 Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by U.S. government January 25, 1991 Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. England Adelaide January 25, 1991 Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2 year run January 25, 1990 Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel and crashes in Cove Neck NY, 73 die January 25, 1990 Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail January 25, 1990 West-Europe's strongest hurricane January 25, 1989 Augusto Alcalde, 1st S Amer Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission January 25, 1989 Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season January 25, 1989 New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II January 25, 1988 15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston January 25, 1988 George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab" January 25, 1988 Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games) January 25, 1988 Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname January 25, 1988 VP Bush and Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair January 25, 1987 75th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Pat Cash (63 64 36 57 63) January 25, 1987 Superbowl XXI: New York Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena Superbowl MVP: Phil Simms, New York Giants, QB January 25, 1986 General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala Uganda January 25, 1985 "Black and Blue," premieres in Paris January 25, 1985 "We are the World" is recorded by Pop stars in LA January 25, 1985 Test debut of Wasim Akram, vs. New Zealand at Auckland (2-105) January 25, 1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life January 25, 1983 Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit January 25, 1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia January 25, 1982 9th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers win January 25, 1981 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US January 25, 1981 Mao's widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death January 25, 1981 Superbowl XV: Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Jim Plunkett, Oakland, QB January 25, 1980 Bani Sadr elected president of Iran January 25, 1980 Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics January 25, 1980 Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft January 25, 1980 Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail and deported January 25, 1979 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan January 25, 1979 Pope John Paul II's 1st overseas trip as supreme pontiff January 25, 1978 Muriel Humphrey (D-Mn) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat January 25, 1978 Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin and $125,000 to Rangers for Gaylord Perry (He wins 1978 Cy Young Award) January 25, 1976 Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut Ind vs. NZ Auckland January 25, 1975 10th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin's 1st January 25, 1975 Parliament disposes of premier sheik Mujib ur-Rahman January 25, 1974 Bulent Ecevit forms government in Turkey January 25, 1974 Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old January 25, 1974 Ray Kroc, CEO of McDonald's, buys San Diego Padres for $12 million January 25, 1972 25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota January 25, 1972 7' Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota January 25, 1971 Charles Manson and 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders January 25, 1971 Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state January 25, 1971 Military coup in Uganda under Gen Idi Amin Dada January 25, 1971 Philadelphia mint's 1st trial strike of Eisenhower dollar January 25, 1971 WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis, IN (IND) begins broadcasting January 25, 1970 Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H," premieres January 25, 1969 US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris January 25, 1968 Risse St. in Bronx named January 25, 1968 Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father," premieres in New York City January 25, 1966 WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood, New Jersey (NBC) 1st broadcast January 25, 1964 Beatles 1st U.S. #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox) January 25, 1964 Echo 2, U.S. communications satellite launched January 25, 1961 1st live, nationally televised presidential news conference (John F. Kennedy) January 25, 1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament January 25, 1961 Military coup in El Salvador January 25, 1961 Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released January 25, 1959 1st transcontinental coml jet flight (American) (LA to New York for $301) January 25, 1959 Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council January 25, 1957 FBI arrests Jack and Myra Sobel, charged with spying for U.S.S.R. January 25, 1956 96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record) January 25, 1955 Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race January 25, 1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany January 25, 1955 United States and Panama sign canal treaty January 25, 1955 Columbia U scientists develope an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years January 25, 1953 WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting January 25, 1953 Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 sec January 25, 1952 Test debut of Richie Benaud, vs. West Indies at the SCG January 25, 1951 U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea January 25, 1950 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January January 25, 1949 1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale and Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win January 25, 1949 1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins January 25, 1946 Richard Strauss' "Metamorphosis," premieres in Zurich January 25, 1946 United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor January 25, 1945 Dan Topping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail purchase New York Yanks for $2.8 mil January 25, 1945 Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st U.S. city to fluoridate its water January 25, 1945 Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths January 25, 1945 New York Yankees sold by Ruppert estate to Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping, & January 25, 1945 West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma January 25, 1942 Lt General Rommels African corps reaches Msus January 25, 1940 Nazi decrees establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland January 25, 1939 Earthquake hits Chillan Chile, 10,000 killed January 25, 1939 Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title January 25, 1938 Ian Hay's "Bachelor Born," premieres in New York City January 25, 1937 1st broadcast of Soap Opera "Guiding Light" on NBC radio January 25, 1937 Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13 January 25, 1932 1st commencement exercises at Hebrew U in Jerusalem January 25, 1932 Bradman scores 167 NSW vs. Victoria, 224 mins, 22 fours January 25, 1929 Bradman scores 340* for NSW vs. Victoria, 488 mins, 38 fours January 25, 1924 1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France January 25, 1921 Karel Capek's "RUR," premieres in Prague January 25, 1919 Founding of League of Nations, 1st meeting 1 year later January 25, 1918 Russia declared a republic of Soviets January 25, 1916 Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary January 25, 1915 Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in SF January 25, 1915 Giordano, Sardou and Moreau's opera "Madame Sans Gˆne" premieres in New York City January 25, 1915 Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to SF) January 25, 1910 1st stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell, SAf vs. Eng) January 25, 1910 Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem January 25, 1909 Richard Strauss' premier of "Electricity" in Dresden January 25, 1908 John Blockx' opera "Baldie" premieres in Antwerp January 25, 1907 Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to National Inst of Arts and Letters January 25, 1906 Del Valle Inclans "El Marques de Bradomin," premieres in Madrid January 25, 1905 World's largest diamond, Cullinan - 3106 carets, found in South Africa January 25, 1904 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania January 25, 1904 J. M. Synge's "Ruders to the Sea," premieres in Dublin January 25, 1902 Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St. Petersburg January 25, 1894 James J. Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title January 25, 1890 National Afro-American League forms in Chicago January 25, 1890 Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days) January 25, 1890 United Mine Workers of America forms January 25, 1885 Vincent d'Indy's "Saugefleurie," premieres January 25, 1882 Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms January 25, 1877 Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden January 25, 1875 Anti-slavery society forms (NY) January 25, 1870 Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows January 25, 1865 CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia January 25, 1863 Battle of Kinston, NC January 25, 1863 General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac January 25, 1858 Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia January 25, 1856 Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians January 25, 1854 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok," premieres in Moscow January 25, 1851 Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) January 25, 1844 Recontre between Reps Weller and Shriver, U.S. House of Representative January 25, 1835 Opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris January 25, 1835 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris January 25, 1825 1st U.S. engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, New York January 25, 1817 Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" premieres in Rome January 25, 1802 Napoleon elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic January 25, 1799 1st U.S. patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont January 25, 1787 Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Capt Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass January 25, 1775 Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx) January 25, 1721 Czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy January 25, 1579 Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic January 25, 1565 Battle at Talikota India: Moslems destroy Vijayanagar's army January 25, 1554 Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary January 25, 1533 England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (approximate date) January 25, 1494 Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples January 25, 1348 Earthquake destroys Villach, killing 5,000 January 25, 1327 King Edward III accedes to British throne January 25, 1139 Godfried II the Young becomes duke of Brabant January 25, 844 Gregory IV begins and ends his reign as Catholic Pope |