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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 later1951 ― 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

Jan 24, 2013

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013

Today is Thursday, January 24, the 24th day of 2013. There are 341 days left in the year.1722 ― Czar Peter the Great begins civil system 1899 ― Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan 1913 ― Franz Kafka stops working on ``Amerika"; it will never be finished 1924 ― Mussolini disallows non-fascists work union 1943 ― Hitler orders Nazi troops at Stalingrad to fight to death 1943 ― Jewish patients/nurses/doctors incinerated at Auschwitz-Birkenau 1958 ― After warming to 100,000,000 degrees, two light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in first man-made nuclear fusion 1962 ― Twenty-eight refugees escape from East to West Germany 1969 ― Spanish General Franco announces state of emergency 1984 ― Apple Computer Inc. unveils its Macintosh personal computer

Jan 23, 2013

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2013

Today is Wednesday, January 23, the 23rd day of 2013. There are 342 days left in the year.638 ― Start of Islamic calendar 1265 ― First English Parliament formally convened (some authorities) 1556 ― Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shansi Province, China 1920 ― Dutch government refuses to turn over ex-Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to the allies 1968 ― Spy ship USS Pueblo & 83-man crew seized in East Sea by N. Korea 1973 ― President Nixon announces an accord has been reach to end the Vietnam War 1985 ― Britain’s House of Lords debate first televised1986 ― First induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley) 1987 ― Japan first exceeds military spending cap of 1% of GNP ($23 billion) 1993 ― 50th Golden Globes, ``Scent of a Woman” wins 

Jan 22, 2013

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013

Today is Tuesday, January 22, the 22nd day of 2013. There are 343 days left in the year.1517 ― Turks conquer Cairo 1771 ― Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain 1816 ― Lord Byron completes ``Parisina” & ``The Siege of Corinth” 1859 ― Brahms' first piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover 1905 ― ``Bloody Sunday”; Russian demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops 1953 ― Arthur Miller's ``Crucible” premieres in New York City 1964 ― World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin 1970 ― First commercial Boeing 747 flight (Pan Am), New York to London in six hours 1973 ― Roe vs. Wade U.S. Supreme Court legalizes some abortions 1992 ― Princess Sarah Ferguson wears paper bag over her head on airline ride 

Jan 21, 2013

MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2013

Today is Monday, January 21, the 21st day of 2013. There 344 days left in the year.1077 ― German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness 1903 ― ``Wizard of Oz” premieres in New York City 1919 ― Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland 1954 ― First atomic submarine, USS Nautilus, launched on Thames River, christened by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower 1966 ― Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd 1976 ― Supersonic Concorde, first commercial flights, by Britain and France 1977 ― President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders 1977 ― Italy legalizes abortion 1978 ― Bee Gees' ``Saturday Night Fever” album goes No. 1 for 24 weeks 1979 ― Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer) 

Jan 20, 2013

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19,2013

Today is Saturday, January 19, the 19th day of 2013. There are 346 days left in the year.1825 ― Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans 1829 ― Johann von Goethe's ``Faust, Part 1” premieres 1853 ― Verdi's opera ``Il Trovatore” premieres, in Rome 1903 ― New bicycle race ``Tour de France” announced 1918 ― Soviets disallows a Constitution Assembly1920 ― U.S. Senate votes against membership in League of Nations 1937 ― Cy Young, Tris Speaker and Nap Lajoie elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1938 ― GM began mass production of diesel engines1942 ― Japanese forces invade Burma1997 ― 54th Golden Globes English Patient, Brenda Blethyn and Geoffrey Rush

Jan 18, 2013

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013

Today is Friday, January 18, the 18th day of 2013. There are 347 days left in the year.350 ― General Maxentius drives out Western Roman Emperor Constans1535 ― Francisco Pizarro founds Lima, Peru 1871 ― Second German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I and Bismarck 1896 ― First demonstration of an X-ray machine in the U.S., New York City 1919 ― WWI Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France 1943 ― Soviets announce they broke the long Nazi siege of Leningrad 1951 ― First use of lie detector in Netherlands 1962 ― U.S. begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas 1989 ― Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations and Stevie Wonder inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1993 ― Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states for first time 

Jan 17, 2013

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013

Today is Thursday, January 17, the 17th day of 2013. There are 348 days left in the year.1773 ― Captain James Cook becomes first to cross Antarctic Circle 1871 ― First cable car patented, by Andrew S. Hallidie (begins service in 1873) 1904 ― Anton Chekhov's ``The Cherry Orchard” opens at the Moscow Art Theater 1929 ― Popeye makes first appearance, in comic strip ``Thimble Theatre” 1946 ― United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting 1951 ― China refuses ceasefire in Korea 1969 ― Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in U.S. 1979 ― Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran 1990 ― Who, Simon & Garfunkel, Four Seasons, Four Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters & Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1998 ― President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones

Jan 16, 2013

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013

Today is Wednesday, January 16, the 16th day of 2013. There are 349 days left in the year.1547 ― Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself first tsar of Russia 1909 ― British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole 1913 ― British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland 1920 ― First assembly of League of Nations (Paris) 1957 ― Cavern Club (home of Beatles' first appearance) opens on Mathew Street in England 1963 ― Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb 1966 ― Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center 1969 ― Soviet Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 perform first transfer of crew in space 1970 ― Colonel Gadhafi becomes premier of Libya 1985 ― ``Playboy” announces end of stapling centerfolds 

Jan 15, 2013

TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013

Today is Tuesday, January 15, the 15th day of 2013. There are 350 days left in the year.1346 ― Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand 1535 ― Henry VIII declares himself head of English Church 1895 ― Tchaikovsky's ballet ``Swan Lake” premieres, St. Petersburg 1907 ― Three-element vacuum tube patented by Dr. Lee de Forest 1915 ― Japan claims economic control of China 1942 ― FDR asks commissioner to continue baseball during WWII 1973 ― Four Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court 1988 ― Arab uprising in Israel begins 1991 ― U.N.'s deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait passes ― (they don't) 1998 ― NASA announces John Glenn, 76, may fly in space again

Jan 14, 2013

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