25 January History
- 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- 1846 - The dreaded Corn Laws, which taxed imported oats, wheat and barley, are repealed by the British Parliament.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.
25 January Birthdays
- 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.