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25 Jan 2041
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After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate. |
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25 Jan 0750
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In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to overthrow of the dynasty. |
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25 Jan 0844
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Gregory IV begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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25 Jan 1139
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Godfried II the Young becomes duke of Brabant
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25 Jan 1327
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King Edward III accedes to British throne
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25 Jan 1348
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A strong earthquake strikes the South Alpine region of Friuli in modern Italy, causing considerable damage to buildings as far away as Rome. |
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25 Jan 1348
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Earthquake destroys Villach, killing 5,000
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25 Jan 1494
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Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. |
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25 Jan 1494
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Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples
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25 Jan 1515
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Coronation of Francis I of France. |
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25 Jan 1533
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Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. |
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25 Jan 1533
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England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (approximate date)
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25 Jan 1554
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Founding of São Paulo city, Brazil. |
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25 Jan 1554
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Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary
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25 Jan 1565
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Battle at Talikota India Moslems destroy Vijayanagar's army
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25 Jan 1573
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Battle of Mikatagahara: In Japan, Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu. |
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25 Jan 1575
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Luanda, the capital of Angola, is founded by the Portuguese navigator Paulo Dias de Novais. |
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25 Jan 1579
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Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic
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25 Jan 1704
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The Battle of Ayubale results in the destruction of most of the Spanish missions in Florida. |
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25 Jan 1721
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Czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy
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25 Jan 1755
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Moscow University is established on Tatiana Day. |
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25 Jan 1765
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Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands at the southern tip of South America, is founded. |
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25 Jan 1775
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Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx)
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25 Jan 1787
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Shays' Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty. |
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25 Jan 1787
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Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield MA
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25 Jan 1791
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The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791 and splits the old Province of Quebec into Upper Canada and Lower Canada. |
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25 Jan 1792
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The London Corresponding Society is founded. |
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25 Jan 1799
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1st US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont
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25 Jan 1802
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Napoleon elected President of the Italian (Cisalpine) Republic
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25 Jan 1817
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Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" premieres in Rome
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25 Jan 1825
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1st US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy, New York
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25 Jan 1835
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Opera "I Puritani, " premieres in Paris
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25 Jan 1835
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Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani" premieres in Paris
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25 Jan 1844
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Recontre between Representatives Weller & Shriver, US House of Representatives
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25 Jan 1851
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Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)
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25 Jan 1854
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Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok" premieres in Moscow
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25 Jan 1856
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Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians
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25 Jan 1858
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The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding recessional. |
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25 Jan 1858
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Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
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25 Jan 1863
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Battle of Kinston, North Carolina
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25 Jan 1863
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Battle of Kinston NC
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25 Jan 1863
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General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac
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25 Jan 1865
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The CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia
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25 Jan 1870
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Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows
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25 Jan 1875
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Anti-slavery society formed in NY
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25 Jan 1877
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Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden
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25 Jan 1879
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The Bulgarian National Bank is founded. |
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25 Jan 1881
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Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. |
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25 Jan 1882
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Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms
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25 Jan 1885
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Vincent d'Indy's "Saugefleurie" premieres
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25 Jan 1890
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Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. |
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25 Jan 1890
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National Afro-American League forms in Chicago
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25 Jan 1890
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Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days)
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25 Jan 1890
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United Mine Workers of America forms
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25 Jan 1894
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James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
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25 Jan 1902
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Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St Petersburg
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25 Jan 1904
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179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania
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25 Jan 1904
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J M Synge's "Ruders to the Sea" premieres in Dublin
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25 Jan 1905
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Largest diamond, Cullinan (3106 carets), found in South Africa
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25 Jan 1906
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Del Valle Inclans "El Marqu
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25 Jan 1907
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Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to National Institute of Arts & Letters
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25 Jan 1908
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John Blocks' opera "Baldie" premieres in Antwerp
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25 Jan 1909
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Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera. |
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25 Jan 1909
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Richard Strauss' premier of "Electricity" in Dresden
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25 Jan 1910
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1st stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell, South Africa vs England)
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25 Jan 1910
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Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem
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25 Jan 1915
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Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco
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25 Jan 1915
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Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco. |
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25 Jan 1915
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Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to San Francisco)
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25 Jan 1915
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Giordano, Sardou & Moreau's opera "Madame Sans G
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25 Jan 1916
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Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary
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25 Jan 1918
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Ukraine declares independence from Bolshevik Russia. |
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25 Jan 1918
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Russia declared a republic of Soviets
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25 Jan 1919
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Founding of League of Nations, 1st meeting 1 year later
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25 Jan 1921
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Karel Cap
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25 Jan 1923
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NVV donates
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25 Jan 1924
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1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France
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25 Jan 1929
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Bradman scores 340* for New South Wales vs Victoria, 488 minutes, 38 fours
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25 Jan 1932
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1st commencement exercises at Hebrew University in Jerusalem
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25 Jan 1937
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1st broadcast of "Guiding Light" on NBC radio
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25 Jan 1937
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Soap Opera "Guiding Light" premieres on radio
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25 Jan 1937
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Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13
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25 Jan 1937
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Soap Opera "Guiding Light" premieres on NBC radio
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25 Jan 1938
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Ian Hay's "Bachelor Born" premieres in New York City NY
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25 Jan 1939
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Earthquake hits Chill
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25 Jan 1939
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Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
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25 Jan 1940
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Nazi decrees the establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland
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25 Jan 1942
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Lieutenant General Rommels African corps reaches Msus
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25 Jan 1945
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Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st US city to fluoridate its water
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25 Jan 1945
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New York Yankees sold by Ruppert estate to Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping
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25 Jan 1945
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Dan Topping, Del Webb & Larry MacPhail purchase New York Yankees for $2.8 million
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25 Jan 1945
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Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths
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25 Jan 1945
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West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma
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25 Jan 1946
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United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor
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25 Jan 1946
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Richard Strauss' "Metamorphosis" premieres in Zurich
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25 Jan 1949
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1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale and Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win
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25 Jan 1949
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1st Emmy Awards NBC's "The Necklace", Shirley Dinsdale & Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win
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25 Jan 1949
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1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins
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25 Jan 1950
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25 Jan 1951
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UN begins counter offensive in Korea
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25 Jan 1952
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Test debut of Richie Benaud, vs West Indies at the SCG
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25 Jan 1953
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WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor ME (CBS) begins broadcasting
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25 Jan 1953
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Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 seconds
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25 Jan 1955
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US and Panama sign canal treaty
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25 Jan 1955
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Jill Kinmont hits a tree & breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race
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25 Jan 1955
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Russia ends state of war with Germany
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25 Jan 1955
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Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years
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25 Jan 1955
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US & Panam
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25 Jan 1956
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96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record)
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25 Jan 1957
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FBI arrests Jack & Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR
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25 Jan 1959
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1st transcontinental commercial jet flight (American) (Los Angeles to New York for $301)
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25 Jan 1959
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Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council
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25 Jan 1961
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1st live, nationally televised Presidential news conference (JFK)
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25 Jan 1961
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Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released
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25 Jan 1961
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Louise Suggs wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament
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25 Jan 1961
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Military coup in El Salvador
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25 Jan 1964
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Beatles 1st US #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox)
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25 Jan 1964
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Echo 2, US communications satellite launched
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25 Jan 1966
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WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood New Jersey (NBC) 1st broadcast
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25 Jan 1968
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Risse St. in Bronx named
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25 Jan 1968
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Risse St in the Bronx named for Louis Risse (engineer who pioneered underpasses at major intersections)
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25 Jan 1968
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Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father" premieres in New York City NY
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25 Jan 1969
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US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
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25 Jan 1970
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Robert Altman's "M*AS*H" premieres
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25 Jan 1971
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Charles Manson & 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders
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25 Jan 1971
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Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state
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25 Jan 1971
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Philadelphia mint's 1st trial strike of the Eisenhower dollar
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25 Jan 1971
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Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada
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25 Jan 1971
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WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis IN (IND) begins broadcasting
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25 Jan 1972
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7' Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota
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25 Jan 1972
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25th NHL All-Star Game East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota
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25 Jan 1974
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Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old
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25 Jan 1974
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25 Jan 1974
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Ray Kroc, CEO (McDonald's), buys San Diego Padres for $12 million
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25 Jan 1974
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South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard transplanted the first human heart without removal of the old one
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25 Jan 1975
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10th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin's 1st
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25 Jan 1975
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Parliament disposes of premier sheik Mujib ur-Rahman
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25 Jan 1976
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Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut India vs New Zealand Auckland
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25 Jan 1978
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Muriel Humphrey (D-MN) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat
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25 Jan 1978
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Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin & $125,000 to Rangers for Gaylord Perry (He wins 1978 Cy Young Award)
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25 Jan 1979
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22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan
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25 Jan 1979
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Pope John Paul II's 1st overseas trip as supreme pontiff
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25 Jan 1980
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Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft
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25 Jan 1980
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Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported
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25 Jan 1980
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Bani Sadr elected President of Iran
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25 Jan 1980
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Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics
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25 Jan 1981
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52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US
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25 Jan 1981
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Mao's widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death
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25 Jan 1981
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Super Bowl XV Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Jim Plunkett, Oakland, Quarterback
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25 Jan 1982
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9th American Music Award Kenny Rogers win
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25 Jan 1983
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China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
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25 Jan 1983
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Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit
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25 Jan 1983
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Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia
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25 Jan 1985
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"Black & Blue, " premieres in Paris
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25 Jan 1985
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"Black & Blue" premieres in Paris
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25 Jan 1985
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Test debut of Wasim Akram, vs New Zealand at Auckland (2-105)
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25 Jan 1985
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"We are the World" is recorded
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25 Jan 1986
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General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala Uganda
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25 Jan 1987
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75th Australian Mens Tennis S Edberg beats Pat Cash (63 64 36 57 63)
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25 Jan 1987
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Super Bowl XXI New York Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena; Super Bowl MVP Phil Simms, New York Giants, Quarterback
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25 Jan 1988
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George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab"
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25 Jan 1988
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Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)
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25 Jan 1988
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Vice President Bush & Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in the Iran-Contra affair
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25 Jan 1988
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15th American Music Award Anita Baker, Paul Simon & Whitney Houston
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25 Jan 1988
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Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname
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25 Jan 1989
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Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season
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25 Jan 1989
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Yank owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II
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25 Jan 1989
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Augusto Alcalde, 1st South American Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission
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25 Jan 1990
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Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail
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25 Jan 1990
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Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel & crashes in Cove Neck NY, 73 die
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25 Jan 1990
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West-Europe's strongest hurricane
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25 Jan 1991
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Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US government
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25 Jan 1991
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Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 50 goals in less than 50 games (49)
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25 Jan 1991
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Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs England Adelaide
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25 Jan 1991
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Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2
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25 Jan 1992
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Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41"
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25 Jan 1992
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66th Australian Women's Tennis Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (62 63)
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25 Jan 1992
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Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC3862/3C264
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25 Jan 1993
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20th American Music Award Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win
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25 Jan 1993
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Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language
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25 Jan 1993
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Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years
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25 Jan 1994
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Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court
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25 Jan 1994
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Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
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25 Jan 1994
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Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55
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25 Jan 1994
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US space probe Clementine launched
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25 Jan 1995
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Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of European Committee
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25 Jan 1997
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71st Australian Women's Tennis Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62)
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25 Jan 1998
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"Patti LaBelle On Broadway, " closes at St. James Theater, New York City
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25 Jan 1998
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Super Bowl XXXII: Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24
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25 Jan 1998
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"Grease" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY after 1,503 performance
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25 Jan 1998
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Britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement
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25 Jan 1998
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Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament
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25 Jan 1998
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Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) & soccer David Beckham gets engaged
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25 Jan 1998
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Super Bowl XXXII Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24 in San Diego; Super Bowl MVP Terrell Davis, Denver, Running Back
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