Historical Events In May - 25
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1978 On May - 25 "Star Wars" released
1979 On May - 25 american Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275
1979 On May - 25 israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
1980 On this day in history "Musical Chairs" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 15 performances
1981 Al Unser becomes first Indianapolis 500 winner to be disqualified on May - 25.
1981 Daniel Goodwin, scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours on May - 25.
1981 On this day in history rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84
1982 On May - 25 ferguson Jenkins becomes the 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
1982 Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar on this day in history.
1982 On May - 25 sTS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad
1982 Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1983 On this day in history "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released
1983 Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357 on May - 25.
1983 First National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed on this day in history.
1983 On May - 25 france performs nuclear test
1983 On May - 25 sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76
1984 On May - 25 piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79
1985 On May - 25 cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed
1985 Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer on May - 25.
1986 On this day in history 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
1986 Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed on this day in history.
1986 Hands Across America - 7 million people hold hands from California to New York on May - 25.
1986 On May - 25 kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
1986 On May - 25 virgilio Barco elected President of Colombia
1986 Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1988 PSV wins Europe Cup on this day in history.
1989 Eastern Airlines graduates its first class of non-union pilots on this day in history.
1989 On this day in history mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union
1989 Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy" on May - 25.
1990 On May - 25 vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60
1991 On this day in history "People Are Still Having Sex" by LaTour hits #35
1991 Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews on May - 25.
1991 Dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies on this day in history.
1992 On this day in history jay Leno becomes permanent host of "The Tonight Show"
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