History Blog

January 25

Happy Birthday RIP “Virginia Woolf”(Adeline Stephen 1882–1941) Edwin Newman(1919–2010) “Etta James”(Jamesetta Hawkins 1938–2012) Dean Jones(1931–2015) ; Gregory Sierra–77 Tobe Hooper–75 Jenifer Lewis–61 Dinah Manoff–60 Mia Kirshner–43 Alicia Keys(Cook)–37 Natalie Hall–28 ; 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 held at Hollywood Athletic Club