Historical Events In May - 25

1946  Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan on May - 25.   

1946  On May - 25 jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

1946  On May - 25 patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78   

1947  On May - 25 coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Company's Mine #5 killing 111   

1947  On May - 25 coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111   

1948  On this day in history 30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC St Louis   

1949  On this day in history chinese Red army occupies Shanghai   

1949  On this day in history simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47   

1950  On May - 25 brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC   

1950  Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC on May - 25.   

1951  On this day in history new York Giant Willie Mays first major league game (goes 0 for 5)   

1951  On May - 25 nY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)   

1952  On this day in history uSS Iowa bombards Chongjin, Korea.   

1953  The first atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat NV on this day in history.   

1953  1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 25 series of 19 twisters destroy Udall KS &most of Blackwell OK   

1955  Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas & most of Blackwell Okla on May - 25.   

1956  On May - 25 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas   

1957  "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances on this day in history.   

1958  Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies on May - 25.   

1959  Khrushchev visits Angola on May - 25.   

1959  Supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional on May - 25.   

1960  George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR on May - 25.   

1961  JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 25 nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 meters   

1961  President Kennedy announces plan to send men to the Moon on this day in history.   

1962  On May - 25 isley Brothers release "Twist &Shout"   

1962  On May - 25 uS performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)   

1962  US unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history isley Brothers release "Twist & Shout"   

1963  Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket on May - 25.   

1963  On May - 25 organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania &Zambia   

1963  On May - 25 "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 43 performances   

1964  16th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke &Mary Tyler Moore on May - 25.   

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1048  On May - 25 birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)   

1334  On this day in history birth of emperor Sukō (d. 1398)   

1458  On May - 25 birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)   

1494  On this day in history birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)   

1550  Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint was born on this day in history.   

1606  Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1661  On this day in history birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)   

1688  On this day in history birth of christian August Jacobi, composer   

0615  Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies on May - 25.   

0709  Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69 on this day in history.   

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673) on May - 25.   

0946  Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies on May - 25.   

0967  On this day in history death of murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)   

0992  Death of Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935) on this day in history.   

1085  Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies on May - 25.   

1125  Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies on this day in history.