01-25-2006, 06:31 AM
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January 25th
1627 ~ Birthday of Robert Boyle, Chemist.
1759 ~ Birthday of Robert Burns, Poet.
1882 ~ Birthday of Virginia Woolf, Writer.
1890 ~ Nellie Bly completed her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
1919 ~ The League of Nations was founded.
1924 ~ The first Winter Olympics opened in Chamonix, France.
1947 ~ Death of Al Capone, Gangster.
1971 ~ Idi Amin lead a coup deposing Milton Obote and became Uganda's president.
1999 ~ Death of Robert Shaw, American conductor.
2004 ~ Opportunity landed on Mars.
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