Tuesday, January 25, 2011

January 25

TrackYearEventArtistSongAlbum
11533Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.The BeatlesDo You Want to Know a SecretPlease Please Me
21787American Daniel Shays leads a rebellion to seize Federal arsenal to protest debtor's prisons.Los Locos Del RitmoYo No Soy RebeldeMexican Garage Stompers
31858The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia.Broken Social SceneWeddingsBeehives
41881Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.Joan of ArcThe Telephones Have Begun Making CallsJoan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain
51937The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until Sept. 18, 2009.School of Seven BellsWired for LightAlpinisms
61971Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.Charles MansonRa-Hide Away!Family Jams
71996Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the United States of America.Bobby DarinBill Bailey, Won't You Please Come HomeBill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
82004Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars.The Flaming LipsTake Me Ta MarsIn a Priest Driven Ambulance

(Historical facts about January 25 are from Wikipedia.)

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