SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2014

Today is Saturday, January 25, the 25th day of 2014. There are 340 days left in the year.

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

1579 ― Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch 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)

1974 ― South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard transplanted the first human heart without removal of the old one

1985 ― “We are the World” is recorded