1/25/2023 12:01:00 AM Today In History - January 25
Reprinted By Permission From OnThisDay.com
Today in History in 1870 the soda fountain was patented by Gustavus Dows; in 1961 “101 Dalmations” was released by Walt Disney; and in 1970 Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H premiered.
Our on this day in history archives contain over 200,000 events, birthdays and deaths from 6,000 years of history. Here is a roundup of a few of them:
Historical Events
1327 - King Edward III accedes to the English throne
1554 - Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil.
1565 - Battle at Talikota India: the Deccan sultanate destroy Vijayanagar's army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India
1721 - Tsar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy
1840 - American naval expedition under Charles Wilkes first to identify Antarctica as a new continent
1870 - Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows
1949 - 1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins
1961 - Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released
1969 - US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
1970 - Robert Altman's M*A*S*H premieres
1971 - Charles Manson & 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders
1988 - VP George Bush & Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair
1989 - Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season
1993 - Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years
1998 - Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) and soccer player David Beckham get engaged
2011 - Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins in Egypt, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, riots, labor strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria, and throughout other cities in Egypt.
Famous Birthdays
1759 - Robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne), (d. 1796)
1860 - Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33)
1882 - Virginia Woolf [Adeline], author (Jacob's Room, To Lighthouse), born in London, England (d. 1941)
1931 - Dean Jones, Decatur Ala, actor (Ensign O'Toole, Company, Love Bug)
1931 - Harold Lloyd Jr, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter)
1933 - Corazon Aquino, 11th President of the Philippines (1986-92)
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