What happened On This Day in History?!
Gunners & Ali - On This Day
Thursday, 25 January 2024 - 2 minutes
On This Day...
- The Wedding March (composed by Mendelssohn) became popular when it was played on this day at the wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter to the crown prince of Prussia in 1858.
- The first Winter Olympics began on this day in 1924.
- Walt Disney's 101 Dalmatians was released in US cinemas in 1961.
- David Boon, Tasmanian cricketer, played in his final Test match in 1996.
- Mary Tyler Moore, US actress who starred in the Mary Tyler Moore Show and played Laura Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show, died aged 80 in 2017.
- Sir John Hurt, the English actor, died aged 77 in 2017.
- First Covid-19 case in Australia was confirmed in Melbourne in 2020.
- Cindy Williams, US actress who co-starred as Shirley Feeney in Laverne & Shirley TV sitcom died age 75 in 2023.
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