Today is Tuesday, January 25, the 25th day of 2011. There are 340 days left in the year.
1533 ― England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (approximate date)
1802 ― Napoleon elected President of the Italian (Cisalpine) Republic
1835 ― Vincenzo Bellini's opera ``I Puritani" premieres in Paris
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)
1969 ― U.S.-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
1970 ― Robert Altman's ``M*AS*H" premieres