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What happened in history on this day: January 25?
On January 25 in ...
- 1787 - Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Massachusetts.
- 1799 - First US patent for a seeding machine, to Eliakim Spooner of Vermont.
- 1825 - First US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, in Troy, New York.
- 1856 - Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians.
- 1863 - Battle of Kinston, North Carolina.
- 1863 - General Joseph Hooker replaces US General Ambrose Burnside as head of Army of Potomac.
- 1875 - Anti-slavery society formed in New York.
- 1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the first telephone company.
- 1882 - Jury finds Charles Guiteau guilty of killing President James Garfield.
- 1890 - National Afro-American League forms in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1890 - United Mine Workers of America forms.
- 1904 - 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1915 - Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to San Francisco).
- 1937 - Miami-to-Tampa bus overturns in a canal, kills 13.
- 1945 - Grand Rapids, Michigan, becomes first US city to fluoridate its water.
- 1946 - United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor.
- 1949 - In Los Angeles, California, the 1st Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Walter O'Keefe.
- Best Film Made for Television: The Necklace (Your Show Time Series)
- Most Outstanding Television Personality: Shirley Dinsdale
- Most Popular Television Program: Pantomime Quiz - KTLA
- Special Award: Louis McManus for designing the Emmy statuette.
- 1955 - Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years.
- 1955 - US and Panamá sign canal treaty.
- 1956 - 96.5 cm (38 inches) of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record).
- 1957 - FBI arrests Jack and Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR.
- 1959 - First transcontinental commercial jet flight (American Airlines) (Los Angeles to New York for US$301).
- 1961 - First live, nationally televised US Presidential news conference (John Kennedy).
- 1961 - Buena Vista premieres Disney's animated feature film One Hundred and One Dalmatians in selected theaters in the USA. The film is based on the book The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith.
- 1964 - Echo 2 US communications satellite launched.
- 1969 - US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris, France.
- 1971 - Charles Manson and three women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders.
- 1978 - Muriel Humphrey (Democrat-Minnesota) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat.
- 1978 - (to January 27) The Great Blizzard of 1978 strikes the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, killing 70.
- 1980 - Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, US Navy hovercraft.
- 1981 - 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrive back in US.
- 1982 - 9th American Music Awards: Kenny Rogers win.
- 1988 - 15th American Music Awards: Anita Baker, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston.
- 1988 - Vice President George H.W. Bush and Dan Rather clash on CBS Evening News as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in the Iran-Contra affair.
- 1990 - Avianca Flight 52 runs out of fuel and crashes into Cove Neck, Long Island, after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK Airport officials. 73 die.
- 1990 - Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami Florida jail.
- 1991 - Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US government.
- 1993 - 20th American Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win.
- 1993 - Puerto Rico adds English as its second official language.
- 1993 - Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years.
- 1993 - Mir Aimal Kasi fires a rifle and kills two employees outside US Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
- 1994 - The Clementine deep space probe is launched by the USA.
- 1994 - U.S. President Bill Clinton delivers his first State of the Union address, calling for health care reform, a ban on assault weapons, and welfare reform.
- 2008 - In Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino is evacuated due to a fire which engulfed parts of the upper floors, facade and roof before being brought under control.
Births on January 25
- 1900 - Birth of Mildred Dunnock in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story).
- 1919 - Birth of Edwin Newman in New York City, New York, USA; newscaster/journalist/author (NBC-TV, Comment).
- 1927 - Birth of Gregg Palmer in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Scream, To Hell and Back, Gunsmoke, Death Valley Days, Disneyland).
- 1931 - Birth of Dean Jones in Decatur, Alabama, USA; actor (Ensign O'Toole, Company, The Love Bug, Jonny Quest: New Adventures, Disneyland, Beethoven).
- 1934 - Birth of Elizabeth Allen in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; actress (Laura - Bracken's World).
- 1936 - Birth of Diana Hyland in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA; actress (Peyton Place, Eight is Enough).
- 1945 - Birth of Leigh Taylor-Young in Washington, DC, USA; actress (Peyton Place, Alice B Toklas).
- 1951 - Birth of Steve Prefontaine in Coos Bay, Oregon, USA; 5km distance runner (Olympics-4th-1972) (dies 1975).
- 1954 - Birth of Condredge Holloway in Alabama, USA; Canadian Football League quarterback (Ottawa Roughriders, Toronto Argonauts).
- 1958 - Birth of Dinah Manoff in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Elaine - Soap, Carol - Empty Nest).
- 1961 - Birth of Michele Tobin in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Fitzpatricks).
- 1962 - Birth of Chris Chelios in Chicago, Illinois, USA; NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team USA).
- 1963 - Birth of Joe Lloyd in Highland Park, Illinois, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Space Coast).
- 1964 - Birth of Bob Sweeney in Concord, Massachusetts, USA; NHL center (New York Islanders, Calgary Flames).
- 1964 - Birth of William Thomas Andrade in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA; PGA golfer (1991 Kemper Open).
- 1965 - Birth of Brian Holman in Winfield, Kansas, USA; pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners).
- 1966 - Birth of John [Vo] Velyvis in North Adams, Massachusetts, USA; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Paul Ranheim in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers).
- 1969 - Birth of Jesse Harte in Rome, Georgia, USA; heavy metal vocalist (Southgang - "Tainted Angel").
- 1971 - Birth of Kerry Taylor; US baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres).
- 1973 - Birth of Terrell Wade in Rembert, South Carolina, USA; pitcher (Atlanta Braves).
- 1974 - Birth of Jonathan Bryan Colling in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (4 Fun - "Unbelievable Fun Boys").
- 1975 - Birth of John Piersma; American 200m/400m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-4th-1996).
- 1978 - Birth of Mandy Carraway; Miss Kansas Teen-USA (1996).
- 1980 - Birth of Michelle McCool-Alexander; American professional wrestler.
- 1980 - Birth of Amanda Michelle Burns; Miss West Virginia Teen-USA (1997).
Deaths on January 25
- 1906 - Joseph Wheeler II, former General of Confederate States of America, dies at age 70.
- 1947 - Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at age 48.
- 1970 - Eunice Hunton Carter, first black female District Attorney in New York, dies at age 70.
- 1981 - Adele Marie Astaire, actress/sister of Fred Astaire (Last Man on Earth, Millie), dies at age 82.
- 1994 - Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at age 85 (born 1909).
- 1996 - Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright, dies of aortic aneurysm at age 35 (born 1960).
- 1999 - Death of Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (born 1924).
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