On this day: January 25

POSTED: 11:01 AM PST Jan 24, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Jan 24, 2013 

The Winter Olympics are born, the Battle of the Bulge comes to an end, Charles Manson is found guilty, the Iran hostages arrive home, and Egypt begins rising up, all on this day.

OTD January 25 - Tobe Hooper
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Random House

1943: Film director Tobe Hooper, best known for movies such as "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," "Salem's Lot" and "Poltergeist," is born in Austin, Texas.

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