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What happened in history on this day: January 25?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On January 25 in ...
- 1993 - The second annual PenExpo Conference and Exhibition is held at the San Francisco Hyatt in California.
- 1999 - Intel announces the new mobile Pentium II processors, with integrated 256 kB L2 cache. Code-name during development was Dixon. Speeds are 300, 333, and 366 MHz.
- 1999 - Intel announces the 266 to 300 MHz mobile Celeron processors for notebook computers, with integrated Level 2 cache.
- 1999 - Linus Torvalds releases the Linux 2.2 operating system kernel. Some new or updated features include better support for multiple processors and hard disks, and easier firewall setup.
- 2000 - U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte reinstates some restrictions on how Microsoft can use Sun Microsystems' Java technology in its products. Microsoft can not distribute products that are not compatible with Sun's Java license, but does not have to recall any existing non-complying products.
- 2001 - Michael Cowpland resigns from the Corel board of directors.
- 2003 - The Slammer worm (also called Sapphire or SQL Hell) begins spreading across the Internet, exploiting a flaw in Microsoft SQL Server 2000, infecting personal computers around the world. Within ten minutes, the worm has reached 90 percent of the Internet, infecting over 75,000 machines. Within another thirty minutes, one-fifth of Internet data packets are infected.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A personal computer appears, with dual floppy drives, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and printer.
- 1928 - Disney completes the 19th Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film, Ozzie of the Mounted, and ships it to Winkler Productions.
- 1938 - A group of Disney animators hold a general meeting in Hollywood, calling their group the Cartoonists Federation, and electing Art Babbitt as president.
- 1961 - Buena Vista premieres Disney's animated feature film One Hundred and One Dalmatians in selected theaters. It cost US$4 million to make. The film is based on the book The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. In one scene, a portion of Disney's film Flowers and Trees is shown on a television.
- 1986 - Circus Fantasy first appears in Disneyland.
- 1990 - Coca-Cola and Disney sign a 15-year marketing agreement. Coca-Cola products will be used exclusively in all theme parks, and Coca-Cola will use certain Disney characters in its advertising.
- 1997 - The ABC TV network airs the two-hour movie Beverly Hills Family Robinson.
- 2002 - Buena Vista releases the Touchstone Pictures film The Count of Monte Cristo to theaters in the USA.
- 2003 - The Cinderellabration show opens at Tokyo Disney Resort.
- 2011 - The ABC Studios TV series Body of Proof world premieres in Italy.
- 1953 - The General Motors Motorama in New York closes.
- 2005 - In Scottsdale, Arizona, the Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction is held, over six days. 96 Corvettes are sold for US$9.1 million. Thirty Corvettes sell for over US$100,000 each. Some highlights (not including 8 percent buyer's fee):
- 1953 #206: US$95,000;
- 1953 white/red #243 3 miles + 2003 white/red #243: US$550,000;
- 1957 Arctic Blue+silver cove/Roman Red 283ci/283hp 4-speed fuel-injection: US$116,000;
- 1957 red+white cove hardtop dual carburetor 283ci/270hp 4-speed: US$96,000;
- 1958 black+black cove/red retractable hardtop, only one known to exist, concept car designed created by Francis Scott: US$315,000;
- 1959 Snowcrest White+gray cove/red dual quad 383ci/245hp 4-speed US$120,000;
- 1962 red/red fuel-injection 327ci/360hp US$122,500;
- 1962 red/white custom roadster 468ci/850hp: US$150,000;
- 1963 black/black fuel-injection 327ci/360hp automatic (ex Nicolas Cage): US$115,000;
- 1965 light blue/black coupe fuel-injection drum brakes N03 big tank 375hp: US$112,000;
- 1966 white/blue coupe 36-gallon big tank 427ci/450hp: US$175,000;
- 1966 black/red convertible 427ci/425hp 4-speed full restoration: US$147,500;
- 1966 Sunfire Yellow/black convertible 427ci/425hp M21 4-speed: US$115,000;
- 1966 light blue/black convertible 427ci/450hp 4-speed M21: US$167,500;
- 1967 black/red coupe 427ci/435hp 4-speed full restoration numbers match: US$151,000;
- 1967 red coupe 427ci/435hp matching numbers side exhaust: US$117,500;
- 1967 Sage Green/brown coupe 427ci/400hp air-conditioning automatic: US$125,000;
- 1968 red/red coupe L-89 427ci/435hp: US$95,000;
- 1969 Baldwin Motion Phase III GT Coupe gold-yellow with black detail and stripe: US$210,000;
- 1990 Callaway Speedster LT5 turbo: US$195,000.
- 2020 - (to January 26) At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, USA, the Rolex 24 at Daytona race is held, round 1 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 4th in GT Le Mans class and 16th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C8.R driven by Jordan Taylor, Nicky Catsburg, and Antonio Garcia.
- Finishing 7th in GT Le Mans class and 36th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C8.R driven by Tommy Milner, Marcel Fassler, and Oliver Gavin.
- 1942 - Nine Japanese bombers destroy hangers and petrol installations at Laha airfield; Allies withdraw.
- 1942 - Siam declares war on the United Kingdom.
- 1945 - The British Joint Intelligence Committee recommends air attacks on Berlin and other east German towns.
- 1946 - In Yokohama, Japan, a US military commission sentences to death Japanese Captain Kaichi Hirate for atrocities against Allied prisoners.
- 1946 - In Camarines Narte Province, 150 miles south of Manila, the Philippines, 72 resisting Japanese soldiers are killed by a Philippine battalion of US Army's 86th Division. The confrontation followed several efforts to induce their surrender.
- 1984 - The USSR issues five postage stamps depicting World War II tanks.
- 1947 - Dumont engineers Thomas T. Goldsmith Junior and Estle Ray Mann file for a patent on first electronic video game, the Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device. Players adjust knobs to direct light beam missiles to hit targets printed on clear overlays.
- 2003 - Capcom releases the Devil May Cry 2 video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US. Price is US$49.99.
- 2005 - Take Two Interactive announces it has acquired Visual Concepts Entertainment and Kush Games for US$24 million.
- 2011 - Electronic Arts releases the Dead Space 2 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 1924 - (to February 4) The 1st Olympic Winter Games are held in Chamonix, France. Sweden wins one gold medal.
- 1983 - A & W Restaurants' "A & W Great Food Restaurant" is registered as a service mark.
- 1990 - The A & W Concentrate Company first uses an image and text "A & W, THERE'S JUST MORE TO IT." as applied to soft drinks.
- 1963 - A Proclamation sets the design of the dollar coin for commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 1864 Charlottetown Conference on Confederation.
- 1978 - Representatives of the Royal Canadian Mint, the Canadian Association of Numismatic Dealers, and the Canadian Numismatic Association meet to discuss a system of delivering Mint products to dealers on a monthly basis based on dealer projections for the year.
- 1849 - Congressman James Iver McKay of North Carolina introduces legislation proposing a gold dollar coin in the House of Representatives.
- 1910 - The Denver Mint begins striking 1910-dated eagles.
- 1971 - The Philadelphia Mint strikes two Eisenhower dollar essays, then destroys them.
- 2001 - The US government settles its legal claims with British coin dealer Stephen Fenton over a 1933 gold double eagle, allowing for the coin to be auctioned and owned privately.
- 2010 - The US Mint officially launches the 2010 Native American dollar coin in Manhattan, New York. Theme of the reverse is "Government - the Great Tree of Peace".
- 2011 - The US Mint launches the 2011 America the Beautiful - Gettysburg National Military Park quarter dollar coin.
- 2011 - The US Mint launches the 2011 Gettysburg National Military Park quarter dollar in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, part of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
- 1894 - James J Corbett knocks out Charley Mitchell in three rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1910 - First stumping by a 12th man in cricket Tests (N C Tufnell, South Africa versus England).
- 1924 - (to February 4) The first Olympic Winter Games are held in Chamonix, France.
- 1929 - Donald Bradman scores 340* for New South Wales versus Victoria, 488 minutes, 38 fours.
- 1932 - Donald Bradman scores 167 New South Wales versus Victoria, 224 minutes, 22 fours.
- 1939 - Joe Louis knocks out John Henry Lewis in one round for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1945 - Dan Topping, Del Webb, and Larry MacPhail purchase New York Yankees for US$2.8 million.
- 1952 - Test debut of Richie Benaud, versus West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
- 1953 - Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 seconds.
- 1955 - Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race.
- 1961 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
- 1972 - 25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota.
- 1972 - 7-foot tall Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota.
- 1975 - 10th hat trick in New York Islanders' history-Denis Potvin's first.
- 1976 - Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut India versus New Zealand Auckland.
- 1978 - San Diego Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin and US$125,000 to Texas Rangers for Gaylord Perry (he wins 1978 Cy Young Award).
- 1980 - Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics.
- 1981 - NFL Super Bowl XV at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana: Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10; Most Valuable Player: Jim Plunkett, quarterback.
- 1985 - Test debut of Wasim Akram, versus New Zealand at Auckland (2-105).
- 1987 - 75th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Pat Cash (6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3).
- 1987 - NFL Super Bowl XXI: New York Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena, California; Most Valuable Player: Phil Simms, quarterback. This is the first NFL Championship for the Giants since 1956.
- 1988 - Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leafs history (15 games).
- 1989 - Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season.
- 1991 - Brett Hull is third NHL player to score 50 goals in less than 50 games (49).
- 1991 - Mark Waugh scores ton in first Test Cricket innings, versus England Adelaide.
- 1991 - The New York Giants defeat the San Francisco 49ers, 15-13, in San Francisco. The Giants win despite not scoring a touchdown, prevailing on five field goals by Matt Bahr.
- 1992 - 66th Australian Women's Tennis: Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (6-2, 6-3).
- 1992 - Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41 seconds.
- 1994 - Australia beats South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup.
- 1997 - 71st Australian Women's Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (6-2, 6-2).
- 1998 - Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament.
- 1998 - Super Bowl XXXII: The Denver Broncos become the first AFC team in 14 years to win the Super Bowl, as they defeat the Green Bay Packers, 31-24.
- 2002 - Thomas Junta kills junior coach Michael Costin during a fight at a junior hockey game in Massachusetts.
- 2005 - Carlos Delgado agrees to a four-year, US$52 million contract with the Florida Marlins.
- 2007 - Willie Randolph agrees to a $5.65 million, three-year deal to manage the New York Mets through 2008.
- 2009 - In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the 57th NHL All-Star Game is held. The Eastern Conference team posts a 12-11 victory over their Western Conference counterparts.
- 2009 - In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Glenn Howard of Ontario defeats rival Kevin Martin of Alberta to win the Canadian Open Grand Slam curling event.
- 2020 - (to January 26) At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, USA, the Rolex 24 at Daytona race is held, round 1 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
- Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 #10 Cadillac DPi driven by Renger vander Zande, Ryan Briscoe, Scott Dixon, and Kamui Kobayashi.
- Finishing 1st in LMP2 class and 9th overall is the DragonSpeed USA LLC #81 ORECA LMP2 07 driven by Ben Hanley, Henrik Hedman, Colin Braun, and Harrison Newey.
- Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 13th overall is the BMW Team RLL #24 BMW M8 GTE driven by Jesse Krohn, John Edwards, Chaz Mostert, and Augusto Farfus.
- Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 18th overall is the Paul Miller Racing #48 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 driven by Andrea Caldarelli, Bryan Sellers, Madison Snow, and Corey Lewis.
- 2022 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Seattle Kraken by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, NHL regular season game: Edmonton Oilers beats Vancouver Canucks by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: Florida Panthers beats Winnipeg Jets by score 5-3.
- 2022 - At UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Islanders beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 4-3. Flyers' defenceman Kith Yandle plays his 965th consecutive NHL game, breaking the record held by Doug Jarvis.
- 2022 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: Carolina Hurricanes beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Pittsburgh Penguins beats Arizona Coyotes by score 6-3.
- 2022 - At Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, USA, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats New Jersey Devils by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Ottawa Senators beats Buffalo Sabres by score 5-0.
- 1964 - Echo 2 US communications satellite launched.
- 1992 - Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC3862/3C264.
- 1994 - The Clementine deep space probe is launched by the USA.
- 1995 - A rocket launched from the space exploration centre at Andøya, Norway is briefly interpreted by the Russians as an incoming attack.
- 2006 - Three independent observing campaigns announce the discovery of the first cool rocky/icy extrasolar planet around a main-sequence star (OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, near the center of the Milky Way galaxy).
- 1978 - (to January 27) The Great Blizzard of 1978 strikes the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, killing 70.
- 1990 - (to January 26) The Burns' Day storm kills 97 in northwestern Europe.
- 2008 - China's worst snowstorm since 1954 kills 133, delays traffic, and causes massive power outages in central and southern parts of the country.
- 1787 - Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Massachusetts.
- 1799 - First US patent for a seeding machine, to Eliakim Spooner of Vermont.
- 1825 - First US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, in Troy, New York.
- 1856 - Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians.
- 1863 - Battle of Kinston, North Carolina.
- 1863 - General Joseph Hooker replaces US General Ambrose Burnside as head of Army of Potomac.
- 1875 - Anti-slavery society formed in New York.
- 1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the first telephone company.
- 1882 - Jury finds Charles Guiteau guilty of killing President James Garfield.
- 1890 - National Afro-American League forms in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1890 - United Mine Workers of America forms.
- 1904 - 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1915 - Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to San Francisco).
- 1937 - Miami-to-Tampa bus overturns in a canal, kills 13.
- 1945 - Grand Rapids, Michigan, becomes first US city to fluoridate its water.
- 1946 - United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor.
- 1949 - In Los Angeles, California, the 1st Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Walter O'Keefe.
- Best Film Made for Television: The Necklace (Your Show Time Series)
- Most Outstanding Television Personality: Shirley Dinsdale
- Most Popular Television Program: Pantomime Quiz - KTLA
- Special Award: Louis McManus for designing the Emmy statuette.
- 1955 - Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years.
- 1955 - US and Panamá sign canal treaty.
- 1956 - 96.5 cm (38 inches) of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record).
- 1957 - FBI arrests Jack and Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR.
- 1959 - First transcontinental commercial jet flight (American Airlines) (Los Angeles to New York for US$301).
- 1961 - First live, nationally televised US Presidential news conference (John Kennedy).
- 1961 - Buena Vista premieres Disney's animated feature film One Hundred and One Dalmatians in selected theaters in the USA. The film is based on the book The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith.
- 1964 - Echo 2 US communications satellite launched.
- 1969 - US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris, France.
- 1971 - Charles Manson and three women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders.
- 1978 - Muriel Humphrey (Democrat-Minnesota) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat.
- 1978 - (to January 27) The Great Blizzard of 1978 strikes the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, killing 70.
- 1980 - Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, US Navy hovercraft.
- 1981 - 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrive back in US.
- 1982 - 9th American Music Awards: Kenny Rogers win.
- 1988 - 15th American Music Awards: Anita Baker, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston.
- 1988 - Vice President George H.W. Bush and Dan Rather clash on CBS Evening News as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in the Iran-Contra affair.
- 1990 - Avianca Flight 52 runs out of fuel and crashes into Cove Neck, Long Island, after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK Airport officials. 73 die.
- 1990 - Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami Florida jail.
- 1991 - Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US government.
- 1993 - 20th American Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win.
- 1993 - Puerto Rico adds English as its second official language.
- 1993 - Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years.
- 1993 - Mir Aimal Kasi fires a rifle and kills two employees outside US Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
- 1994 - The Clementine deep space probe is launched by the USA.
- 1994 - U.S. President Bill Clinton delivers his first State of the Union address, calling for health care reform, a ban on assault weapons, and welfare reform.
- 2008 - In Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino is evacuated due to a fire which engulfed parts of the upper floors, facade and roof before being brought under control.
Other history:
- 1919 - The League of Nations is founded.
- 1924 - First Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France.
- 1955 - Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years.
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