Track | Year | Event | Artist | Song | Album |
1 | 1533 | Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn. | The Beatles | Do You Want to Know a Secret | Please Please Me |
2 | 1787 | American Daniel Shays leads a rebellion to seize Federal arsenal to protest debtor's prisons. | Los Locos Del Ritmo | Yo No Soy Rebelde | Mexican Garage Stompers |
3 | 1858 | The 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 Scene | Weddings | Beehives |
4 | 1881 | Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company. | Joan of Arc | The Telephones Have Begun Making Calls | Joan of Arc, Dick Cheney, Mark Twain |
5 | 1937 | The 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 Bells | Wired for Light | Alpinisms |
6 | 1971 | Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders. | Charles Manson | Ra-Hide Away! | Family Jams |
7 | 1996 | Billy Bailey became the last person to be hanged in the United States of America. | Bobby Darin | Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home | Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home |
8 | 2004 | Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on surface of Mars. | The Flaming Lips | Take Me Ta Mars | In a Priest Driven Ambulance |
(Historical facts about January 25 are from Wikipedia.)
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