Today in History - January 25th

1533 - On this day in history, England's Henry VIII secretly married his second wife Anne Boleyn.
1881 - The Oriental Telephone Company was created via an agreement signed by Thomas Edison, Graham Bell.
1915 - Today in history, Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated the first transcontinental NYC-SFO telephone service by talking to his assistant in San Francisco.
1924 - The first Winter Olympic Games were inaugurated in the French Alps.
1949 - On this day in history, the first Emmys were presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
1959 - American Airlines had the first scheduled transcontinental US flight of a Boeing 707.
1961 - Today in history, John F. Kennedy presented the first live presidential news conference from Washington, DC., on both radio and television.
1971 - Charles Manson and three female members of his "family" were found guilty of murder.
1981 - On this day in history, the 52 Americans held hostage by Iran arrived in the United States and were reunited with their families.
1999 - In Louisville, KY, a man received the first hand transplant in the United States.

SCIENCE, DISCOVERIES, PATENTS - Today in History, January 25th

1858 - On this day in history, Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" was presented for the first time.
1958 - Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" became the first single to ever enter the U.K. pop chart at Number One.
1962 - Today in history, Sam Cooke's "Twistin' the Night Away" was released.
1980 - Paul McCartney was released from a Tokyo jail where he had been for nine days after attempting to carry a half pound of marijuana through customs.
1984 - On this day in history, Yoko One donated $375,000 to Liverpool's Strawberry Fields old-age home.
1987 - Neil Diamond sang the national anthem at Super Bowl XXI.
2002 - Today in history, "Les Miserables" played over 6,000 performances to become the second-longest running show in Broadway history.
2010 - KISS rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

1987 - The New York Giants defeated the Denver Broncos, 39-20, in Super Bowl XXI on NBC.