JAN 25th TODAY IN HISTORY

Famous Quote Said On January 25  It is a bad thing to perform menial duties even for the sake of freedom  Karl Marx, 1843 Jan 25 Birthdays 1981 - Alicia Keys 1971 - China Kantner 1938 - Etta James 1933 - Corazon Aquino 1931 - Dean Jones 1919 - Edwin Newman 1918 - Ernie Harwell 1882 - Virginia Woolf 1759 - Robert Burns Jan 25 In History 1970 - Robert Altman's "M*AS*H" premieres 1961 - President John F. Kennedy makes history by holding the first presidential news conference simulcast live on radio and TV. 1955 - Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years 1947 - Al Capone dies in his home in Palm Island, Florida 1915 - First transcontinental long-distance phone call made This Day in Business2011 - Aided by microblogging service Twitter, Egyptian civilains stage a revolution to overthrow Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. This Day in Entertainment  1949 - The Academy of Arts and Sciences holds inaugural Emmy Awards This Day in Geography  1554 - Founding of Sao Paulo city, Brazil. This Day in Sports  1964 - Nike, first known as Blue Ribbon Sports, is launched. Today's HolidayBurns Night or Robert Burns Day (Scotland) - Celebrates the life and work of Scottish poet Robert Burns.