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Move for Amer participation doomed as Cong enters last month of session
F Collins trapped by cave-in at entrance to Sand Cave
Memorial mass meeting by Communist Workers' Party, N Y C
Natl Highway Protective Assn reports 3 deaths in Jan
1925Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (died 2014)[†]
Elaine Stritch was an American actress, singer, and comedienne, known for her work on Broadway and later, television. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in numerous stage plays, musicals, feature films and television series. Stritch was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1995.
1925Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (born 1867)[†]
Antti Amatus Aarne was a Finnish folklorist.
1925Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (born 1873)[†]
Jacobus Johannes "Jaap" Eden was a Dutch athlete. He is the only male athlete to win world championships in both speed skating and bicycle racing.
1925Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.[†]
The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy and The Serum Run, was a transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled relay across the US territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs across 674 miles (1,085 km) in 5½ days, saving the small town of Nome and the surrounding communities from a developing epidemic of diphtheria.