Historical Events on January 25

Alexander Graham Bell

Here are some historical events that happened on January 25:

1533: Henry VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.

1890: Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.

1915: Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.

1949: The first Emmy Awards are presented.

1981: The Iranian Hostage Crisis ends as 52 Americans held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran are released after 444 days.

1995: The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes a Norwegian research rocket for a US Trident missile.

2004: Opportunity rover (MER-B) lands on Mars.

These are just a few examples, and there are many more events that occurred on January 25 throughout history.