Page 6: Historical Events In May - 25

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

1946  On this day in history jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

1946  On this day in history patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78   

1947  Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Company's Mine #5 killing 111 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 25 brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC   

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 this day in history.   

1951  NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5) on this day in history.   

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

1953  The first atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat NV on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1956  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances   

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  George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR on this day in history.   

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 May - 25.   

1961  On May - 25 president Kennedy announces plan to send men to the Moon   

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

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

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 May - 25.   

1963  Organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania &Zambia on May - 25.   

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 this day in history 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  On May - 25 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  On May - 25 birth of charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)   

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

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

0615  On this day in history boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies   

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 May - 25.   

0992  On May - 25 death of mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935)   

1085  Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies on May - 25.   

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