Today in History for 25th January 2018:
Historical Events
1907 – Julia Ward Howe is first woman elected to National Institute of Arts and Letters (USA)
1953 – WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting
1998 – 14th Sundance Film Festival: “Slam” wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
2004 – 20th Sundance Film Festival: “Primer”, directed by Shane Carruth, wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic
2013 – 6 civilians and 1 police officer are shot dead and 456 people are injured during a nationwide protest against Egypt’s 2011 revolution
2014 – 102nd Women’s Australian Open: Li Na beats Dominika Cibulková (7-6, 6-0)
Famous Birthdays
1874 – [William] Somerset Maugham, British novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage), born in Paris, France
1887 – Diego Valeri, Italian author/poet (Le Gaie Tristezze)
1958 – Dinah Manoff, American actress (Elaine-Soap, Carol Weston-Empty Nest), born in NYC, New York
1961 – Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean politician
1963 – Carl Fysh, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1971 – Kerry Taylor, American baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres)
Famous Deaths
1067 – Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032)
1726 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
1855 – Dorothy Wordsworth, English writer, brother of William Wordsworth, dies at 83
1908 – Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850)
1920 – Amadeo Modigliani, Italian sculptor/painter, dies at 35
1998 – Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies