Page 6: Historical Events In May - 25

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

1946  On May - 25 jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

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  Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai on this day in history.   

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

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

1951  On May - 25 nY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)   

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

1953  On May - 25 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1959  Khrushchev visits Angola on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history jFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1048  On May - 25 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 this day in history birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1688  On this day in history 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 May - 25.   

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

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

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