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  Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on May - 25.   

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

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  On May - 25 bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC   

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

1951  NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5) on May - 25.   

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

1953  The first atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat NV on May - 25.   

1953  On May - 25 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada   

1955  Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall KS &most of Blackwell OK on this day in history.   

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 May - 25.   

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

1959  On May - 25 khrushchev visits Angola   

1959  On May - 25 supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional   

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 May - 25.   

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

1961  On May - 25 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  US unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week on May - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

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1048  Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on this day in history.   

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint   

1606  On May - 25 birth of charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)   

1661  On May - 25 birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)   

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

0615  On May - 25 boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies   

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

0735  On this day in history death of bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673)   

0946  On this day in history edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies   

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