On Jan. 25, 1947, gangster Al “Scarface” Capone died at age 48 after suffering from syphilis.

Today is Thursday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2024 with 341 to follow.

The moon is full. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1759; soap maker/philanthropist William Colgate in 1783; author W. Somerset Maugham in 1874; author Virginia Woolf in 1882; Hall of Fame broadcaster Ernie Harwell in 1918; football Hall of Fame member Lou Groza in 1924; former Philippine President Corazon Aquino in 1933; singer Etta James in 1938; football Hall of Fame member Carl Eller in 1942 (age 82); actor Leigh Taylor-Young in 1945 (age 79); track star Steve Prefontaine in 1951; actor Dinah Manoff in 1956 (age 68); actor Jenifer Lewis in 1957 (age 67); Charlene, princess of Monaco, in 1978 (age 46); Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in 1978 (age 46); singer Alicia Keys in 1981 (age 43); actor Michael Trevino in 1985 (age 39); actor Hartley Sawyer in 1985 (age 39); actor Dustin Ingram in 1990 (age 34); actor Ariana DeBose in 1991 (age 33); actor Pauline Chalamet in 1992 (age 32); musician Calum Hood in 1996 (age 28).

In 1533, Henry VIII of England secretly married Anne Boleyn, his second wife.

In 1554, the city of Sao Paulo was established in Brazil.

In 1858, Mendelssohn’s “The Wedding March” was played at the marriage of Friedrich of Prussia and England’s Princess Victoria, the daughter of Queen Victoria. It became a standard theme for weddings.

In 1890, Nellie Bly, a young New York reporter, completed a trip around the world that lasted 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes.

In 1909, President-elect William Howard Taft sailed for Panama to plot a course forward following the completion of the canal.

In 1915, transcontinental phone service was inaugurated by Alexander Graham Bell in a hookup between New York and San Francisco.

In 1924, the first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France.

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In 1947, gangster Al “Scarface” Capone died at age 48 after suffering from syphilis.

In 1959, the first scheduled transcontinental passenger jet flight took place, a non-stop American Airlines trip from California to New York.

In 1961, newly inaugurated U.S. President John Kennedy had the first televised presidential news conference.

In 1993, a man with a rifle opened fire near the main CIA gate in Langley, Va., killing two agency employees and injuring three others.

In 2004, Opportunity, the second of two NASA robot explorers, landed on Mars, joining its twin to explore the planet.

In 2006, the militant Islamic group Hamas, calling for destruction of Israel, scored a stunning victory in the Palestinian parliamentary election.

In 2010, the man known as “Chemical Ali” — Ali Hassan al-Majid, cousin and aide to Saddam Hussein — was executed in Iraq for his role in a poison-gas attack in which 5,000 Kurds were killed.

In 2011, thousands of Egyptian citizens, expressing their dissatisfaction with the government, clashed with riot police in Cairo, Alexandria, and other cities throughout the country. This rebellion, locally referred to as the January 25 Revolution, would lead to the ousting of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak less than three weeks later.

In 2021, Janet Yellen was confirmed as the first woman to head the Treasury Department. She was sworn in a day later.

A thought for the day: “Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, the birthplace of valor, the country of worth! Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.” — Scottish poet Robert Burns