On Jan. 25, 1533, In 1533, England’s King Henry VIII secretly married Anne Boleyn, who later gave birth to Elizabeth I.
In 1787 Shays’ Rebellion suffered a setback when debt-ridden farmers led by Capt. Daniel Shays failed to capture an arsenal at Springfield, Mass.
In 1915 the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service.
In 1959 American Airlines opened the jet age in the United States with the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707.
In 1961 President John Kennedy held the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and television.
In 1971 Charles Manson and three female followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of seven people.
In 1981 the 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived in the United States.
In 1990 actress Ava Gardner died in London; she was 67.
In 1995 the defense gave its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson trial in Los Angeles, saying Simpson was the victim of a “rush to judgment” by authorities who had mishandled evidence and ignored witnesses.
In 1997 astrologer Jeane Dixon died in Washington; she was 79.
In 1998 the Denver Broncos won their first Super Bowl title in four tries, defeating the Green Bay Packers, 31-24.
In 2004 NASA’s Opportunity rover zipped its first pictures of Mars to Earth, showing a surface smooth and dark red in some places and strewn with fragmented slabs of light bedrock in others.
