On this day …
January 25, 2018
- In 1533, King Henry VIII of England married his second wife, Anne Boleyn.
- In 1554, the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, was founded.
- In 1858, Felix Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” was played at the marriage of Queen Victoria’s daughter and it went on to become a standard processional at ceremonies.
- In 1915, Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated transcontinental telephone service with a call from New York City to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
- In 1924, the inaugural Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France.
- In 1949, the inaugural Emmy Awards were presented in Los Angeles.
- In 1996, Billy Bailey was the last person executed by hanging in the United States, in Delaware.
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