Page 6: Historical Events In May - 25

1946  On May - 25 abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan   

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  Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Company's Mine #5 killing 111 on this day in history.   

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

1948  30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC St Louis on May - 25.   

1949  Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai on May - 25.   

1949  On May - 25 simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47   

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

1950  Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1951  On May - 25 new York Giant Willie Mays first major league game (goes 0 for 5)   

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

1952  USS Iowa bombards Chongjin, Korea on May - 25.   

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  On May - 25 series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas & most of Blackwell Okla   

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 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  On May - 25 jFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade   

1961  On this day in history 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 May - 25.   

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

1962  US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on this day in history.   

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

1962  Isley Brothers release "Twist & Shout" on this day in history.   

1963  Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket on this day in history.   

1963  Organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania &Zambia on this day in history.   

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

1964  On this day in history 16th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke &Mary Tyler Moore   

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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  On this day in history birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)   

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 May - 25.   

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

1661  Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on May - 25.   

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on this day in history.   

0615  On May - 25 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  On May - 25 edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies   

0967  Death of Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926) on May - 25.   

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

1085  On May - 25 gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies   

1125  On May - 25 hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies