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Today in History: Monday, January\u00a0 25, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Jan. 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and TV.
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1533<\/td>\nEngland’s King Henry VIII secretly married Anne Boleyn, his second wife.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1759<\/td>\nScottish poet Robert Burns was born in Alloway.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1787<\/td>\nShays’ Rebellion suffered a setback when debt-ridden farmers led by Capt. Daniel Shays failed to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1890<\/td>\nThe United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus, Ohio.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1915<\/td>\nThe inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated transcontinental telephone service in the United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1959<\/td>\nAmerican Airlines opened the jet age in the United States with the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nCharles Manson and three female followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>\nVice President George Bush and Dan Rather clashed on “The CBS Evening News” as the anchorman attempted to question the Republican presidential candidate about his role in the Iran-Contra affair.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\nA gunman shot and killed two CIA employees outside agency headquarters in Virginia. (A Pakistani national was later convicted and was executed in 2002.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nThe Islamic militant group Hamas won a large majority of seats in Palestinian parliamentary elections.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nEgypt’s revolution began as thousands of anti-government protesters clashed with police during a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s rule.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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R&B singer Alicia Keys turns 35 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Dean Jones<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dinah Manoff<\/td>\nActress (“Empty Nest,” “Soap”)<\/td>\n58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mia Kirshner<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Christine Lakin<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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