FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2013

Today is Friday, January 25, the 25th day of 2013. There are 340 days left in the year.

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

1835 ― Vincenzo Bellini's opera ``I Puritani" premieres in Paris

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

1951 ― U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea

1955 ― Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years

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

1983 ― Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia

1988 ― Vice President Bush and Dan Rather clash on ``CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in the Iran-Contra affair