On this day: January 25
ByJanuary 25; 25 days into 2009, 340 days left until 2010, 5 days until my Unbirthday. As usual, for more information, consult your neighborhood search engine.
1533: Henry the VIII of England secretly marries his second wife Anne Boleyn.
1554: São Paulo, Brazil is founded.
1787: Daniel Shays leads a rebellion to seize a Federal weapons cache to protest debtor’s prisons. Ironically, the event becomes known as Shays’ Rebellion.
1905: The Cullinan diamon, 3106 carat diamond is found in the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa. Weighing over 1 pound, it is the largest rough-cut diamond ever found. The largest top-quality cut diamond in the world (pictured) is derived from the Cullinan diamond.
World's Largest Top-Quality Cut Diamond; over 500 carats!
1919: The League of Nations is founded, and immediately begins its descent into uselessness.
1924: The first Winter Olympic Games are held in Chamonix, France (the French Alps).
1949: The first Emmy Awards are presented.
1961: John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference (48 years later, President Obama would deliver the first live Youtube address).
1995: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes a Norwegian research rocket for a US Trident missile.
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