Today in History : January 25
1533 : Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn.
1787 : Small farmers in Springfield, Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays, revolt against tax laws. Federal troops break up the protesters of what becomes known as Shay’s Rebellion.
1846 : The dreaded Corn Laws, which taxed imported oats, wheat and barley, are repealed by the British Parliament.
1904 : Two-hundred coal miners are trapped in their Pennsylvania mine after an explosion.
1915 : Alexander Graham Bell in New York and Thomas Watson in San Francisco make a record telephone transmission.
1918 : Austria and Germany reject U.S. peace proposals.
1919 : The League of Nations plan is adopted by the Allies.
1929 : Members of the New York Stock Exchange ask for an additional 275 seats.
1930 : New York police rout a Communist rally at the Town Hall.
1943 : The last German airfield in Stalingrad is captured by the Red Army.
1949 : Axis Sally, who broadcasted Nazi propaganda to U.S. troops in Europe, stands trial in the United States for war crimes.
1951 : The U.S. Eighth Army in Korea launches Operation Thunderbolt, a counter attack to push the Chinese Army north of the Han River.
1955 : Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock that is accurate to within one second in 300 years.
1956 : Khrushchev says that he believes that Eisenhower is sincere in his efforts to abolish war.
1959 : American Airlines begins its first coast-to-coast flight service on a Boeing 707.
1972 : Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to U.S. Congress, announces candidacy for president.
1972 : Nixon airs the eight-point peace plan for Vietnam, asking for POW release in return for withdrawal.
1984 : President Reagan endorses the development of the first U.S. permanently-manned space station.
Born on January 25
1759 : Robert Burns, Scottish poet (“Auld Lang Syne,” “Comin’ Thru the Rye.”)
1882 : Virginia Woolf, English author (Mrs. Dalloway and Orlando).
1933 : Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines
1533 : Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn.
1787 : Small farmers in Springfield, Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays, revolt against tax laws. Federal troops break up the protesters of what becomes known as Shay’s Rebellion.
1846 : The dreaded Corn Laws, which taxed imported oats, wheat and barley, are repealed by the British Parliament.
1904 : Two-hundred coal miners are trapped in their Pennsylvania mine after an explosion.
1915 : Alexander Graham Bell in New York and Thomas Watson in San Francisco make a record telephone transmission.
1918 : Austria and Germany reject U.S. peace proposals.
1919 : The League of Nations plan is adopted by the Allies.
1929 : Members of the New York Stock Exchange ask for an additional 275 seats.
1930 : New York police rout a Communist rally at the Town Hall.
1943 : The last German airfield in Stalingrad is captured by the Red Army.
1949 : Axis Sally, who broadcasted Nazi propaganda to U.S. troops in Europe, stands trial in the United States for war crimes.
1951 : The U.S. Eighth Army in Korea launches Operation Thunderbolt, a counter attack to push the Chinese Army north of the Han River.
1955 : Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock that is accurate to within one second in 300 years.
1956 : Khrushchev says that he believes that Eisenhower is sincere in his efforts to abolish war.
1959 : American Airlines begins its first coast-to-coast flight service on a Boeing 707.
1972 : Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to U.S. Congress, announces candidacy for president.
1972 : Nixon airs the eight-point peace plan for Vietnam, asking for POW release in return for withdrawal.
1984 : President Reagan endorses the development of the first U.S. permanently-manned space station.
Born on January 25
1759 : Robert Burns, Scottish poet (“Auld Lang Syne,” “Comin’ Thru the Rye.”)
1882 : Virginia Woolf, English author (Mrs. Dalloway and Orlando).
1933 : Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines
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