393 Historic Events for January 25
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| 1939 |
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Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
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| 1940 |
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Nazi decrees establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Elzie "Buddy" Baker, race-car driver
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| 1942 |
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Lt General Rommels African corps reaches Msus
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| 1942 |
Death |
Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer, dies at 78
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| 1945 |
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NY Yankees sold by Ruppert estate to Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping, and
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| 1945 |
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Grand Rapids, Michigan becomes 1st US city to fluoridate its water
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| 1945 |
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Dan Topping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail purchase NY Yanks for $2.8 mil
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Leigh Taylor-Young, Wash DC, actress (Peyton Place, Alice B Toklas)
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| 1945 |
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Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths
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| 1945 |
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West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma
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| 1946 |
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Richard Strauss' "Metamorphosis," premieres in Zurich
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Silvio Blatter, writer
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| 1946 |
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United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Ronnie Brandon, rocker (McCoys)
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Josephine M Verspaget, sociologist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
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| 1947 |
Death |
Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at 48
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| 1947 |
Death |
Grace Moore, soprano/actress (One Night of Love), dies at 45
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| 1949 |
Death |
Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61
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| 1949 |
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1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale and Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win
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| 1949 |
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1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins
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| 1950 |
Birth |
Gloria Naylor, US author (Women of Brewster Place)
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| 1950 |
Birth |
Michael Cotton, rocker (Tubes)
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| 1950 |
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73øF (23øC) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January
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| 1951 |
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UN begins counter offensive in Korea
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