Daily Almanac: Jan. 25, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:

RISE: 7:58 a.m.
SET: 5:54 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:

HIGH: 34 °F
LOW: 32 °F

Today is…:

• Burns Supper
• Fluoride Day
• National Opposite Day

What Happened On This Day:

• 1819 University of Virginia chartered by Commonwealth of Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson one of its founders
• 1915 Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco
• 1964 Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes

Births On This Day:

• 1882 Virginia Woolf
English author and critic
• 1981 Alicia Keys
American singer-songwriter, pianist and actress

Deaths On This Day:

• 1947 Al Capone
American gangster
• 2005 Philip Johnson
American architect and designer of the IDS Center and PPG Place