Important Events on January the 25th

1875 - Anti-slavery society formed in NY
1915 - Alexander Bell in NY calls Thomas Watson in SF
1925 - Largest diamond Cullinan (3106 carets) found in South Africa
1945 - Topping Webb & MacPhail purchase Yanks for $28 million
1949 - 1st Emmy Awards
1949 - 1st Israeli election
1959 - 1st transcontinental commercial jet flight (LA to NY for $301)
1961 - 1st live nationally televised Presidential news conference (JFK)
1961 - Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" is released
1964 - Echo 2 US communications satellite launched
1975 - 10th hat trick in Islander history - Denis Potvin's 1st



Birthdays for January the 25th:
0749 - Leo IV (the Khazar), Byzantine emperor (775-80)
1627 - Robert Boyle, Irish physicist and chemist and author
1736 - Joseph-Louis, comte de Lagrange and mathematician
1759 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet
1860 - Charles Curtis, (R) 31st US vice-president (1929-33)
1874 - Somerset Maugham, novelist and poet (Of Human Bondage and Cakes & Ale)
1882 - Virginia Woolf, author (Jacob's Room and To the Lighthouse)
1899 - Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian statesman and leader in European integration
1919 - Edwin Newman, newscaster
1924 - Lou (the Toe) Groza, AAFC and NFL tackle and kicker (Cleveland Browns)
1933 - Corazon Aquino, president of Philippines (1986-, )
1934 - Elizabeth Allen, in New Jersey
1935 - Dean Jones, actor (Love Bug and That Darn Cat)
1945 - Leigh Taylor Young, in Washington DC



Fact :
The Australian $5,$10,$20,$50 and $100 notes are made out of plastic.


Quote:
"Permitted vehicles not allowed."
Road sign on US 27