January 25

Events
 * 1881 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company.
 * 1915 - Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service.

Births


 * 1868 - Juventino Rosas, Mexican composer (d. 1894)
 * 1886 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (d. 1954)
 * 1924 - Speedy West, Country Hall of Fame steel guitar player (d. 2003)
 * 1925 - Giorgos Zampetas, Greek musician and songwriter (d. 1992)
 * 1927 - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian musician (d. 1994)
 * 1929 - Benny Golson, American jazz musician
 * 1938 - Etta James, American singer
 * 1954 - Richard Finch, American bass player (KC and the Sunshine Band)
 * 1955 - Terry Chimes, English musician (The Clash)
 * 1956 - Andy Cox, English musician (The Beat, Fine Young Cannibals)
 * 1969 - Kina, American singer
 * 1981 - Tose Proeski, Macedonian Singer (d. 2007)
 * 1981 - Alicia Keys, American singer
 * 1982 - Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer and actor
 * 1982 - The-Dream, singer
 * 1983 - Andrée Watters, Canadian singer
 * 1989 - Sheryfa Luna, French singer