The first Emmy Awards are presented in the United States; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club. Date: January 25, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)

The National Association of Broadcasters in the United States reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records. Date: January 25, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)

Walt Disney Productions released the animated feature One Hundred and One Dalmatians, based on Dodie Smith's 1956 children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians. Date: January 25, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)

In Washington, D.C., US President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference. Date: January 25, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)

Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes. Date: January 25, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)

South Vietnamese junta leader and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky fires rival, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Nguyen Huu Co, while the latter is overseas on a diplomatic visit. Date: January 25, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This…

Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles. Date: January 25, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)

Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president. Date: January 25, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

Charles Manson and four "Family" members (three of them female) are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders. Date: January 25, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

Pope John Paul II starts his first official papal visits outside Italy to The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, and Mexico. Date: January 25, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)