Today in History
Important Events
- 1554 Founding of the city of São Paulo in Brazil
- 1565 Battle at Talikota India: Deccan sultanate destroy Vijayanagar's army and the last Hindu kingdom of Southern India
- 1840 American naval expedition under Charles Wilkes is first to identify Antarctica as a new continent
- 1949 1st Israeli election won by David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party
- 1971 Military coup in Uganda under Major General Idi Amin
- 2011 Egyptian Revolution of 2011 begins with a series of street demonstrations, rallies, acts of civil disobedience, labor strikes and violent clashes in Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities
Today in Film & TV
Today in Music
- 1817 Gioachino Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" (Cinderella) premieres in Rome
Today in Sport
- 1924 1st Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix, France
Did You Know?
Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" first played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
On this day in 1858
Famous Birthdays
Virginia Woolf
(1882 - 1941)- Corazon Aquino
(1933 - 2009) - Alicia Keys
40th Birthday
Virginia Woolf
Corazon Aquino
Alicia KeysTomorrow's Famous Birthdays
- Douglas MacArthur
(1880 - 1964) - Nicolae Ceausescu
(1918 - 1989) - Wayne Gretzky
Turns 60
Douglas MacArthur
Nicolae Ceausescu
Wayne GretzkyWould You Believe?
Journalist Nellie Bly beats the fictitious journey of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg around the world by 8 days (72 days)
On this day in 1890
Famous Weddings
- 1533 England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn, his 2nd wife
- 1871 US President William McKinley (27) weds Ida Saxton (23) at the First Presbyterian Church in Canton
- 1964 Comedian and actor Bill Cosby marries Camille Olivia Hanks
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Al Capone
Mary Tyler Moore
Edward Jenner
Charles "Lucky" Luciano
Kobe BryantThis Month in History
California Gold Rush
At first it was just a glint in James Marshall’s eye. But when he confirmed what he thought he had seen, the frantic California Gold Rush of the 1840s began.
January 24, 1848Al Capone, Public Enemy Number One
Al Capone, forever associated with Prohibition and the St Valentine’s Day Massacre, has long been ranked as the most notorious gangster in American history.
January 25, 1947'I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman'
One of the most notorious denials in political history came on this day when President Bill Clinton held a news conference on his relations with Monica Lewinsky.
January 26, 1998Crippled Kaiser Had Grip of Iron
German Emperor 'Kaiser Bill,' was born on this day, strong-willed and determined to overcome the deformity that afflicted him from birth.
January 27, 1859
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