January 25

On the 25th in 1890, journalist Nellie Bly arrived in New York, completing a trip around the world that she had begun on the 14th of November in 1889. Having been inspired by Jules Verne’s book Around the World in 80 Days, she had embarked from Hoboken, New Jersey determined to either meet or beat Verne’s time. Her voyage had taken 72 days, 6 hours, eleven minutes and fourteen seconds. Not that anyone was watching the clock or anything like that.