Page 6: Historical Events In May - 25

1946  Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan on May - 25.   

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

1946  Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

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  On May - 25 chinese Red army occupies Shanghai   

1949  On this day in history simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada on this day in history.   

1955  Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall KS &most of Blackwell OK on May - 25.   

1955  On May - 25 series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas & most of Blackwell Okla   

1956  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas on May - 25.   

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  On May - 25 khrushchev visits Angola   

1959  Supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional on May - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1961  NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 meters on this day in history.   

1961  President Kennedy announces plan to send men to the Moon on May - 25.   

1962  On May - 25 isley Brothers release "Twist &Shout"   

1962  On this day in history 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  On this day in history isley Brothers release "Twist & Shout"   

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

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 May - 25.   

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

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1048  On this day in history birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)   

1334  On this day in history birth of emperor Sukō (d. 1398)   

1458  On May - 25 birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)   

1494  On May - 25 birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)   

1550  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)   

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

0615  Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies on May - 25.   

0709  On this day in history aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69   

0735  On May - 25 death of bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673)   

0946  On May - 25 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  Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies on May - 25.