MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2010

Today is Monday, January 25, the 25th day of 2010. There are 340 days left in the year.

1533 _ England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (approximate date)

1799 _ First U.S. patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont

1802 _ Napoleon elected president of the Italian (Cisalpine) Republic

1858 _ Mendelssohn's ``Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia

1918 _ Russia declared a republic of Soviets

1919 _ Founding of League of Nations, first meeting one year later

1924 _ First Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France

1951 _ U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea

1964 _ Beatles first U.S. No. 1, ``I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox)

1993 _ 20th American Music Award; Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win