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01/25/1829
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William Shield, composer, dies at 80
Type: Death
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01/25/1834
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Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer
Type: Birth
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01/25/1835
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Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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01/25/1835
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Opera "I Puritani," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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01/25/1839
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Seldon Connor, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1917
Type: Birth
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01/25/1841
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John Arbuthnot Fisher, Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet
Type: Birth
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01/25/1844
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Frederick E Kitziger, composer
Type: Birth
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01/25/1844
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Recontre between Reps Weller and Shriver, US House of Representative
Type: Event
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01/25/1851
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Arne Garborg, Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)
Type: Birth
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01/25/1851
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Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)
Type: Event
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01/25/1851
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Jan Blockx, Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg)
Type: Birth
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01/25/1854
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Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok," premieres in Moscow
Type: Event
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01/25/1855
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Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83
Type: Death
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01/25/1856
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Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians
Type: Event
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01/25/1858
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Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer
Type: Birth
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01/25/1858
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Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
Type: Event
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01/25/1860
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Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US VP (1929-33)
Type: Birth
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01/25/1863
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Battle of Kinston, NC
Type: Event
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01/25/1863
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General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac
Type: Event
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01/25/1865
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CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia
Type: Event
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01/25/1866
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Emile Vandervelde, leader of Belgian BWP party
Type: Birth
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01/25/1870
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Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows
Type: Event
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01/25/1874
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Hewlett Johnson, [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop
Type: Birth
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01/25/1874
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[William] Somerset Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage)
Type: Birth
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01/25/1875
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Anti-slavery society forms (NY)
Type: Event
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01/25/1875
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Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79
Type: Death
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01/25/1877
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Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden
Type: Event
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01/25/1880
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Francis George Scott, composer
Type: Birth
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01/25/1881
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Emil Ludwig, German biographer (Diana, Son of Man)
Type: Birth
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01/25/1881
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Gustave Frederic Soderlund, composer
Type: Birth
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01/25/1882
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Peter Singer, composer, dies at 71
Type: Death
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01/25/1882
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Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms
Type: Event
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01/25/1882
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Virginia [Adeline] Woolf, London, author (Jacob's Room, To Lighthouse)
Type: Birth
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01/25/1884
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Edward Kilenyi, composer
Type: Birth
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01/25/1885
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A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Eline Vere, L'aiglon)
Type: Birth
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01/25/1885
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Vincent d'Indy's "Saugefleurie," premieres
Type: Event
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01/25/1886
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Wilhelm Frtwngler, Berlin Germany, conductor/composer
Type: Birth
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01/25/1887
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Diego Valeri, Italian author/poet (Le Gaie Tristezze)
Type: Birth
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01/25/1889
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer
Type: Birth
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01/25/1890
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United Mine Workers of America forms
Type: Event
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01/25/1890
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Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days)
Type: Event
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01/25/1890
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National Afro-American League forms in Chicago
Type: Event
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01/25/1891
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Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, Britian, actress (Cleopatra)
Type: Birth
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01/25/1891
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William C Bullitt, 1st US ambassador to USSR
Type: Birth
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01/25/1894
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James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
Type: Event
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01/25/1896
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Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies
Type: Death
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01/25/1896
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John Moores, British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire
Type: Birth
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01/25/1896
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Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68
Type: Death
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01/25/1898
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Joachim Wach, German/US philosopher/sociologist (Understanding)
Type: Birth
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01/25/1899
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Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces)
Type: Birth
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