Historical Events In May - 25

1946  Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan on this day in history.  

1946  Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.  

1946  On May - 25 patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78  

1947  On May - 25 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  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 this day in history simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47  

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 this day in history.  

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

1953  On May - 25 the first atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat NV  

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

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 May - 25.  

1956  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On May - 25 jFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade  

1961  On May - 25 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 May - 25.  

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

1962  On May - 25 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 this day in history.  

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

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1048  On May - 25 birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)  

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on May - 25.  

1458  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on May - 25.  

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 this day in history.  

1688  On May - 25 birth of christian August Jacobi, composer  

0615  Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies on this day in history.  

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

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  Death of Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926) on this day in history.  

0992  Death of Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935) on May - 25.  

1085  Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies on this day in history.  

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