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    Photos: Today in History for Jan. 25

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    • Jan 25, 2023
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    McCartney
    1

    McCartney

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
    • Jan 23, 2021

    Former Beatle Paul McCartney is escorted by airport guardmen as he walks to board a plane at New Tokyo International Airport on Jan. 25, 1980. McCartney was freed from jail after the Tokyo Prosecutor’s Office announced it had dropped its investigation of him for drug law violations and would deport him from the country.

    India Mahatma Gandhi Prison
    2

    India Mahatma Gandhi Prison

    • AP
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    Mohandas Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi at a breakfast table conference with Sardar Patel, right, the day before his release from prison on Jan. 25, 1931. He was incarcerated the previous May and was to be released by order of the Viceroy of India. (AP Photo)

    Jesse Owens
    3

    Jesse Owens

    • Anonymous
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    Jesse Owens, whose feats on the track have earned him the title of greatest track athlete the half-century in the Associated Press poll, autographs to admiring youngsters in a Chicago clothing store on Jan. 25, 1950, where he is public relations and promotion man. (AP Photo)

    Edward McLaughlin, Jame McIntyre
    4

    Edward McLaughlin, Jame McIntyre

    • Bill Chaplis
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    Edward Mclaughlin, in front of flag, general counsel for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), fingers a pencil while listening to his planning director, Robert Keefe, second from left, at a State House meeting in Boston with 35 Massachusetts South Shore legislators, Jan. 25, 1965. Sen. James R. McIntyre, D-Quincy, right, called the meeting so that the legislators and MBTA officials could discuss transportation problems. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis)

    Phil Rizzuto
    5

    Phil Rizzuto

    • John Lent
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    Phil Rizzuto, Yankees short stop, poses with a pile of money which represents the amount of his yearly salary of $40,000 in his new contract, in Newark, N.J., Jan. 25, 1950. Actual amount in the pile was closer to $500 as they used one dollar bills in the fronts and backs of each stack, which was stuffed with blank paper. (AP Photo/John Lent)

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy
    6

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy

    • Horace Cort
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal H. Stanley Fountain, left, reads court order to Dr. Martin Luther King, right, and Ralph Abernathy, center, as they arrive at court house in Selma, Alabama on Jan. 25, 1965, to urge African Americans to register to vote. (AP Photo/Horace Cort)

    Manson Family Cultists 1971
    7

    Manson Family Cultists 1971

    • George Brich
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    Some of the Manson "family's" female cult members are shown, Jan. 25, 1971 in Los Angeles. Left to right: Kitty Lutesinger, Sandra Good and Brenda McCann.(AP Photo/George Brich)

    Attica Riot Assemblyman Eve 1972
    8

    Attica Riot Assemblyman Eve 1972

    • Bob Schutz
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    New York State Assemblyman Arthur O. Eve (D-Buffalo) gestures during a speech on the floor of the New York Assembly, Jan. 25, 1972, in Albany, N.Y., demanding the impeachment of Gov. Rockefeller for his handling of the Attica Prison uprising last September. Eve was chairman of a committee trying to negotiate differences between corrections officials and the inmates. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)

    Vladimir Lenin
    9

    Vladimir Lenin

    • AP
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    Recuperating from mysterious ailment at a sanitarium – Lenin makes dramatic appearance at Communist International in Moscow on Jan. 25, 1923. (AP Photo)

    Rodeo Drive Valet Service
    10

    Rodeo Drive Valet Service

    • George Brich
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    A valet sprints for and a Mercedes-Benz left idling at the curb by a shopper on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills section of Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 25, 1978. Your ticket for such fancy treatment is a validation from any from any of more than a dozen Rodeo Drive shops who provide the courtesy for their good and wealthy clients. (AP Photo/George Brich)

    U.S. Pro Indoor Tennis Championships
    11

    U.S. Pro Indoor Tennis Championships

    • Puskar
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    John McEnroe explains to the line judge that his ball was in bounds after the judge had called it out on set point during a third-round match Thursday, Jan. 25, 1980 in the U.S. Pro Indoor Tennis Championships at Philadelphia. McEnroe went on to win the match against Tom Gullikson 6-4, 6-2. (AP Photo/Puskar)

    Newt Gingrich
    12

    Newt Gingrich

    • Joe Marquette
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    House Speaker Newt Gingrich, of Georgia, meets with reporters during his daily Capitol Hill news conference,, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1995 in Washinton. Gingrich pledged a “fair hearing” for the proposals in President Clinton’s State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

    American Telephone and Telegraph
    13

    American Telephone and Telegraph

    • Nancy Kaye
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    Morris Tanenbaum, vice president for planning for American Telephone and Telegraph Co., speaks on the phone at his New York Office on Jan. 25, 1982. Tanenbaum said in an interview that AT&T will form a separate subsidiary, popularly dubbed “Baby Bell,” to offer new services now that AT&T is free to enter unregulated businesses after dropping its telephone monopoly. (AP Photo/Nancy Kaye)

    U.S. President George H. Bush
    14

    U.S. President George H. Bush

    • Barry Thumma
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    U.S. President George H. Bush signs the federal ethics law reform, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1989 at the White House. Watching the ceremony are newly appointed chairman of the commission Judge Malcom Richard Wilkey, left, and vice chairman Griffin B. Bell. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)

    Ted Bundy Executed 1989
    15

    Ted Bundy Executed 1989

    • Mark Foley
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    A toy bunny is hung in effigy by Jerry Jackson of Atlanta Ga., wearing a Ronald Reagan mask, and the pro-death penalty crowd rejoices after the Theodore Bundy execution, Jan. 25, 1989 at sunrise in Starke, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Foley)

    Russia Economy 1990-1991
    16

    Russia Economy 1990-1991

    • Boris Yurchenko
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    Muscovites queue to get into the two exchanges 50 and 100 rubles notes in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 25, 1991. Due to the President?s law today is the deadline to exchange 50 and 100 rubles notes of smaller denomination. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)

    Gulf War US Reax 1991
    17

    Gulf War US Reax 1991

    • Mike Albans
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    News reports of the war in the Persian Gulf are broadcast on a giant television screen in Times Square in New York, Jan. 25, 1991. The 23.5-foot by 32-foot screen began displaying captioned 90-second video news reports every 15 minutes from CNN, said Rich Adamonis, executive producer of Sony Video 1 Network. (AP Photo/Mike Albans)

    Russia Georgia  Revolt  Demonstrations    Riots
    18

    Russia Georgia Revolt Demonstrations Riots

    • Alexander Zemlianchenko
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    Supporters of ousted Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia yell during a rally in Senaki on Friday, Jan. 25, 1992 in western Georgia where daily pro-Gamsakhurdia demonstrations are held. Troops loyal to Gamsakhurdia were moving out of one of his last strongholds on Friday, and according to Tass the acting prime minister said the armed conflict may end within days. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianchenko)

    APTOPIX Mideast Egypt Protest
    19

    APTOPIX Mideast Egypt Protest

    • Nasser Nasser
    • Updated Jan 23, 2021

    Police are engulfed by their own tear gas at a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. Thousands of anti-government protesters, some hurling rocks and climbing atop an armored police truck, clashed with riot police Tuesday in the center of Cairo in a Tunisia-inspired demonstration to demand the end of Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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    McCartney

    McCartney

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

    Former Beatle Paul McCartney is escorted by airport guardmen as he walks to board a plane at New Tokyo International Airport on Jan. 25, 1980. McCartney was freed from jail after the Tokyo Prosecutor’s Office announced it had dropped its investigation of him for drug law violations and would deport him from the country.

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    India Mahatma Gandhi Prison

    India Mahatma Gandhi Prison

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    Mohandas Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi at a breakfast table conference with Sardar Patel, right, the day before his release from prison on Jan. 25, 1931. He was incarcerated the previous May and was to be released by order of the Viceroy of India. (AP Photo)

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    Jesse Owens

    Jesse Owens

    • Anonymous

    Jesse Owens, whose feats on the track have earned him the title of greatest track athlete the half-century in the Associated Press poll, autographs to admiring youngsters in a Chicago clothing store on Jan. 25, 1950, where he is public relations and promotion man. (AP Photo)

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    Edward McLaughlin, Jame McIntyre

    Edward McLaughlin, Jame McIntyre

    • Bill Chaplis

    Edward Mclaughlin, in front of flag, general counsel for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), fingers a pencil while listening to his planning director, Robert Keefe, second from left, at a State House meeting in Boston with 35 Massachusetts South Shore legislators, Jan. 25, 1965. Sen. James R. McIntyre, D-Quincy, right, called the meeting so that the legislators and MBTA officials could discuss transportation problems. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis)

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    Phil Rizzuto

    Phil Rizzuto

    • John Lent

    Phil Rizzuto, Yankees short stop, poses with a pile of money which represents the amount of his yearly salary of $40,000 in his new contract, in Newark, N.J., Jan. 25, 1950. Actual amount in the pile was closer to $500 as they used one dollar bills in the fronts and backs of each stack, which was stuffed with blank paper. (AP Photo/John Lent)

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    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph Abernathy

    • Horace Cort

    Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal H. Stanley Fountain, left, reads court order to Dr. Martin Luther King, right, and Ralph Abernathy, center, as they arrive at court house in Selma, Alabama on Jan. 25, 1965, to urge African Americans to register to vote. (AP Photo/Horace Cort)

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    Manson Family Cultists 1971

    Manson Family Cultists 1971

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    Some of the Manson "family's" female cult members are shown, Jan. 25, 1971 in Los Angeles. Left to right: Kitty Lutesinger, Sandra Good and Brenda McCann.(AP Photo/George Brich)

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    Attica Riot Assemblyman Eve 1972

    Attica Riot Assemblyman Eve 1972

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    New York State Assemblyman Arthur O. Eve (D-Buffalo) gestures during a speech on the floor of the New York Assembly, Jan. 25, 1972, in Albany, N.Y., demanding the impeachment of Gov. Rockefeller for his handling of the Attica Prison uprising last September. Eve was chairman of a committee trying to negotiate differences between corrections officials and the inmates. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)

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    Vladimir Lenin

    Vladimir Lenin

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    Recuperating from mysterious ailment at a sanitarium – Lenin makes dramatic appearance at Communist International in Moscow on Jan. 25, 1923. (AP Photo)

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    Rodeo Drive Valet Service

    Rodeo Drive Valet Service

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    A valet sprints for and a Mercedes-Benz left idling at the curb by a shopper on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills section of Los Angeles, Calif., Jan. 25, 1978. Your ticket for such fancy treatment is a validation from any from any of more than a dozen Rodeo Drive shops who provide the courtesy for their good and wealthy clients. (AP Photo/George Brich)

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    U.S. Pro Indoor Tennis Championships

    U.S. Pro Indoor Tennis Championships

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    John McEnroe explains to the line judge that his ball was in bounds after the judge had called it out on set point during a third-round match Thursday, Jan. 25, 1980 in the U.S. Pro Indoor Tennis Championships at Philadelphia. McEnroe went on to win the match against Tom Gullikson 6-4, 6-2. (AP Photo/Puskar)

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    Newt Gingrich

    Newt Gingrich

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    House Speaker Newt Gingrich, of Georgia, meets with reporters during his daily Capitol Hill news conference,, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1995 in Washinton. Gingrich pledged a “fair hearing” for the proposals in President Clinton’s State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

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    American Telephone and Telegraph

    American Telephone and Telegraph

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    Morris Tanenbaum, vice president for planning for American Telephone and Telegraph Co., speaks on the phone at his New York Office on Jan. 25, 1982. Tanenbaum said in an interview that AT&T will form a separate subsidiary, popularly dubbed “Baby Bell,” to offer new services now that AT&T is free to enter unregulated businesses after dropping its telephone monopoly. (AP Photo/Nancy Kaye)

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    U.S. President George H. Bush

    U.S. President George H. Bush

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    U.S. President George H. Bush signs the federal ethics law reform, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1989 at the White House. Watching the ceremony are newly appointed chairman of the commission Judge Malcom Richard Wilkey, left, and vice chairman Griffin B. Bell. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)

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    Ted Bundy Executed 1989

    Ted Bundy Executed 1989

    • Mark Foley

    A toy bunny is hung in effigy by Jerry Jackson of Atlanta Ga., wearing a Ronald Reagan mask, and the pro-death penalty crowd rejoices after the Theodore Bundy execution, Jan. 25, 1989 at sunrise in Starke, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Foley)

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    Russia Economy 1990-1991

    Russia Economy 1990-1991

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    Muscovites queue to get into the two exchanges 50 and 100 rubles notes in Moscow, Friday, Jan. 25, 1991. Due to the President?s law today is the deadline to exchange 50 and 100 rubles notes of smaller denomination. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)

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    Gulf War US Reax 1991

    Gulf War US Reax 1991

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    News reports of the war in the Persian Gulf are broadcast on a giant television screen in Times Square in New York, Jan. 25, 1991. The 23.5-foot by 32-foot screen began displaying captioned 90-second video news reports every 15 minutes from CNN, said Rich Adamonis, executive producer of Sony Video 1 Network. (AP Photo/Mike Albans)

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    Russia Georgia  Revolt  Demonstrations    Riots

    Russia Georgia Revolt Demonstrations Riots

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    Supporters of ousted Georgian President Zviad Gamsakhurdia yell during a rally in Senaki on Friday, Jan. 25, 1992 in western Georgia where daily pro-Gamsakhurdia demonstrations are held. Troops loyal to Gamsakhurdia were moving out of one of his last strongholds on Friday, and according to Tass the acting prime minister said the armed conflict may end within days. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianchenko)

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    APTOPIX Mideast Egypt Protest

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