January 25th
1858 – The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn becomes a popular wedding recessional after it is played on this day at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia.
1915 – Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.
1949 – At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented.
1990 – The Burns' Day storm hits northwestern Europe.
2005 – A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills at least 258.
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