January 25

Happy Birthday RIP "Virginia Woolf"(Adeline Stephen 1882–1941) "Etta James"(Jamesetta Hawkins 1938–2012) Edwin Newman(1919–2010) ; Tobe Hooper–71 Jenifer Lewis–57 Dinah Manoff–56 Alicia Keys(Cook)–33 ; 1915 – Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco ;  1949 – the first Emmy Awards are held at Hollywood Athletic Club.