Historical Events In May - 25

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

1946  Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day) on May - 25.   

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  Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

1950  On this day in history bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC   

1951  New York Giant Willie Mays first major league game (goes 0 for 5) on this day in history.   

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

1952  USS Iowa bombards Chongjin, Korea on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 25.   

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

1956  On this day in history pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas   

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

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

1959  On this day in history khrushchev visits Angola   

1959  On this day in history supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional   

1960  On May - 25 george Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1962  US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on May - 25.   

1962  US unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week on May - 25.   

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

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

1963  On this day in history 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 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  On May - 25 birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint   

1606  On this day in history birth of charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)   

1661  Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on May - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 25 death of mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935)   

1085  On this day in history gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies   

1125  On this day in history hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies