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Sunday, 25 January 2026
Day 25 of 2026 · 340 days remaining in the year · Week 04
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1874
Somerset Maugham, poet.
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Arts & Culture
152 yrs ago
1882
Virginia Woolf, author, and someone to be afraid of.
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Arts & Culture
144 yrs ago
1919
Edwin Newman
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107 yrs ago
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1915
Alexander Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
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111 yrs ago
1945
Grand Rapids, MI. becomes first city to add flouride to its water supply.
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81 yrs ago
1949
First Emmy Awards are given out.
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77 yrs ago
1959
First transcontinental commercial jet flight (LA to NY for $301).
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67 yrs ago