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Today is Monday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2021. There are 340 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 25, 1981, the 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived in the United States.
On this date:
In 1533, England’s King Henry VIII secretly married his second wife, Anne Boleyn, who later gave birth to Elizabeth I.
In 1759, Scottish poet Robert Burns was born in Alloway.
In 1915, America’s first official transcontinental telephone call took place as Alexander Graham Bell, who was in New York, spoke to his former assistant, Thomas Watson, who was in San Francisco, over a line set up by American Telephone & Telegraph.
By The Associated Press
Today is Monday, Jan. 25, the 25th day of 2021. There are 340 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Jan. 25, 1981, the 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived in the United States.
On this date:
In 1533, England’s King Henry VIII secretly married his second wife, Anne Boleyn, who later gave birth to Elizabeth I.
In 1759, Scottish poet Robert Burns was born in Alloway.
In 1915, America’s first official transcontinental telephone call took place as Alexander Graham Bell, who was in New York, spoke to his former assistant, Thomas Watson, who was in San Francisco, over a line set up by American Telephone & Telegraph.
Almanacs are full of lists of global and national historic events. But “This Day in History” feature invites you to not just peruse a list, but to take a trip back in time to see how a significant event originally was reported in the Chicago Tribune.
Sole Folks was just going to be a sneaker boutique in Leimert Park.
Founders Akil West, Taz Arnold and Nika King wanted to bring a specialty sneaker store that would sell exclusive kicks to South Los Angeles where they grew up and where there aren’t many streetwear stores.
For the record:
4:51 PM, Jan. 25, 2021 A phone number listed in this story for Sole Folks was recently changed. The current number is (323) 815-1155.
When they were approved for a larger retail space, their vision for what Sole Folks could be instinctively expanded as well. It has since become a creative oasis for aspiring local designers and talent.