25TH
JANUARY
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS JUVENTINUS & MAXIMINIMUS: THE
CONVERSION OF ST PAUL; ST APOLLO; ST ARTEMAS; ST PUBLIUS; ST DWYNWEN; ST POPPO; &
SAINT PRAEJECTUS OR PRIX." |
| 25TH |
844 |
"GREGORY IV" BEGINS & ENDS HIS REIGN AS
CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 25TH |
1327 |
"KING EDWARD III" ECCEDES TO
THE BRITISH THRONE. |
| 25TH |
1533 |
"KING HENRY V111 OF ENGLAND", SECRETLY MARRIED
"ANNE BOLEYN", THE SECOND OF HIS SIX WIVES. |
| 25TH |
1858 |
MENDELSSOHN’S "WEDDING
MARCH" IS FIRST PLAYED, AT THE WEDDING OF QUEEN VICTORIA’S DAUGHTER,
"PRINCESS VICTORIA" TO CROWN PRINCE OF PRUSSIA. |
| 25TH |
1870 |
SODA FOUNTAIN PATENTED BY "GUSTAVUS DOWS." |
| 25TH |
1885 |
A TRAIN DERAILMENT AT COOTAMUNDRA,
KILLS 7 & INJURES 25. |
| 25TH |
1900 |
STATE LABOUR CHIEFS VOTE IN FAVOUR OF FORMING A FEDERAL
LABOUR PARTY. |
| 25TH |
1915 |
"ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL"
INAUGURATES THE TRANSCONTINENTAL TELEPHONE SERVICE, CALLING "THOMAS WATSON" IN
SAN FRANCISCO FROM NEW YORK. |
| 25TH |
1917 |
THE USA PURCHASED THE DANISH WEST INDIES (NOW THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS) FOR $25 MILLION. |
| 25TH |
1924 |
THE WINTER OLYMPICS ARE HELD FOR THE
FIRST TIME; TAKING PLACE AT CHAMONIX, IN THE FRENCH ALPS. |
| 25TH |
1938 |
THE AURORA BOREALIS OR ‘NORTHERN LIGHTS’ (THE
RESULT OF INTENSE SUNSPOT ACTIVITY) WERE SEEN AS FAR SOUTH AS WESTERN EUROPE. |
| 25TH |
1949 |
THE FIRST EMMY AWARDS ARE AWARDED. |
| 25TH |
1950 |
8 ARE KILLED WHEN AN EXPLOSION OCCURS ON HMAS TARAKAN
AT GARDEN ISLAND DOCKYARD IN SYDNEY. |
| 25TH |
1952 |
TEST CRICKET DEBUT FOR "RICHIE
BENAUD" v’s WEST INDIES AT SYDNEY CRICKET GROUND. |
| 25TH |
1955 |
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS DEVELOP AN ATOMIC CLOCK
ACCURATE TO WITHIN ONE SECOND IN 300 YEARS. |
| 25TH |
1971 |
"CHARLES MANSON" & OTHERS
WERE FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING ACTRESS, "SHARON TATE" & FOUR OTHERS BY A
U.S. COURT. |
| 25TH |
1974 |
"CHRISTIAN BARNARD" TRANSPLANTS FIRST HUMAN HEART
WITHOUT REMOVAL OF OLD. |
| 25TH |
1978 |
"TANGO DUKE" THE WORLD’S
OLDEST KNOWN THOROUGHBRED HORSE, DIED AGE 42, IN AUSTRALIA. |
| 25TH |
1980 |
HIGHEST SPEED ATTAINED BY A WARSHIP, 167kph, BY A U.S. NAVY
HOVERCRAFT. |
| 25TH |
1980 |
"PAUL McCARTNEY" IS RELEASED
FROM A TOKYO GAOL & DEPORTED. |
| 25TH |
1981 |
"JIANG QUING," MAO’S WIDOW IS TRIED FOR
TREASON & RECEIVES THE DEATH SENTENCE, WHICH WAS LATER COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. |
| 25TH |
1982 |
"SIR CHARLES COURT" STEPS
DOWN AS PREMIER OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, & IS SUCCEEDED BY "RAY O’CONNOR." |
| 25TH |
1985 |
THE HIT SONG, "WE ARE THE WORLD" IS RECORDED. |
| 25TH |
1988 |
THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES
ARRIVE IN SYDNEY FOR THE BICENTENIAL CELEBRATIONS. |
| 25TH |
1990 |
‘AVIANCA FLIGHT 52’ RUNS OUT OF FUEL &
CRASHES IN COVE NECK, NEW YORK, 73 DIED. |
| 25TH |
1994 |
"MICHAEL JACKSON" SETTLES A
CIVIL LAWSUIT OUT OF COURT, FOR MOLESTING A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY. |
| 25TH |
1998 |
BRITAIN’S QUEEN MOTHER, 97, UNDERGOES AN EMERGENCY HIP
REPLACEMENT. |
| 25TH |
1998 |
SPICE GIRL, "VICTORIA ADAMS (POSH
SPICE) & SOCCER PLAYER, "DAVID BECKHAM" ANNOUNCE THEIR ENGAGEMENT. |
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