Good Morning! Today is a chilly Sunday, Jan 25, 2026. Alexa says that today is World Leprosy Day.
Today in History:
1777: Americans drag a cannon up a hill on Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx, New York, to fight the British, giving added significance to the area’s historic name, Gunn Hill. The name of the road was changed to Gun Hill Road in 1875.
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1819: University of Virginia chartered by the Commonwealth of Virginia, with Thomas Jefferson as one of its founders.
1825: First U.S. engineering college opens: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
1840: American naval expedition under Charles Wilkes is first to identify Antarctica as a new continent. It remains the only continent with no countries.
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