Historical Events In May - 25

1946  On this day in history abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan   

1946  On this day in history jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

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

1947  On this day in history 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  30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC St Louis on May - 25.   

1949  On this day in history chinese Red army occupies Shanghai   

1949  Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 on May - 25.   

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

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

1951  New York Giant Willie Mays first major league game (goes 0 for 5) on May - 25.   

1951  On this day in history nY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)   

1952  On May - 25 uSS Iowa bombards Chongjin, Korea.   

1953  On this day in history the first atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat NV   

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  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas on this day in history.   

1957  "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances on May - 25.   

1958  On this day in history rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies   

1959  Khrushchev visits Angola on this day in history.   

1959  Supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history george Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR   

1961  JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade on May - 25.   

1961  NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 meters on May - 25.   

1961  On this day in history president Kennedy announces plan to send men to the Moon   

1962  Isley Brothers release "Twist &Shout" on May - 25.   

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

1962  On this day in history uS unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week   

1962  Isley Brothers release "Twist & Shout" on May - 25.   

1963  On May - 25 great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket   

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

1963  "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 43 performances on this day in history.   

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

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1048  Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on May - 25.   

1334  On May - 25 birth of emperor Sukō (d. 1398)   

1458  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on this day in history.   

1494  Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ) was born on May - 25.   

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 May - 25.   

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

1688  On May - 25 birth of christian August Jacobi, composer   

0615  On this day in history boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies   

0709  Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69 on May - 25.   

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673) on this day in history.   

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

0967  On May - 25 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 May - 25.