Top Historical Events That Happened on May 25

1949  Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47   

1950  Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC.   

1950  Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC.   

1951  New York Giant Willie Mays inaugural major league game (goes 0 for 5).   

1951  NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)   

1952  USS Iowa bombards Chongjin, Korea.   

1953  The inaugural atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat NV   

1953  1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada.   

1955  Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall KS and most of Blackwell OK   

1955  Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas and most of Blackwell Okla   

1956  In this year, Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas   

1957  "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances.   

1958  Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies.   

1959  Khrushchev visits Angola   

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

1960  George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR.   

1961  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 32770 meters   

1961  President Kennedy announces plan to send men to the Moon   

1962  Isley Brothers release "Twist and Shout"   

1962  In this year, US unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week.   

1963  Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket   

1963  Organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania and Zambia.   

1963  "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 43 performances   

1964  16th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore   

1964  Ground is broken for a new stadium in St Louis.   

1964  Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut.   

1964  Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92.   

1965  Dave Davies of the Kinks stumbles and is knocked unconscious on stage.   

1965  India and Pakistan border fights   

1965  Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in inaugural round for heavyweight boxing title.   

1965  Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles and is knocked unconscious on stage   

1965  Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65   

1966  Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die.   

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1048  Emperor shenzong of china: Emperor shenzong of china (d. 1085)   

1458  Mahmud begada: Sultan of gujarat   

1494  Jacopo pontormo ii: Italy, painter (sepulture of christ)   

1550  Camillus de lellis: Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint   

1606  Charles garnier: French jesuit missionary   

1661  Claude buffier: French philosopher and historian   

1688  Christian august jacobi: Composer   

1713  John stuart: 3rd earl of bute, english premier (1760-63)   

0615  Death of Boniface iv: Pope (608-15),   

0709  Aldhelmus of ealdhelm: Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint,   

0735  Death of Bede: English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673)   

0946  Edmund the older: King of wessex/england (939-46),   

0967  Murakami: Emperor of japan (b. 926)   

0992  Death of Mieszko i first lord and knight of poland: Duke of polans (b. circa 935)   

1085  Gregory vii: [ildebrando], pope (1073-85),   

1125  Death of Hendrik v: Last salische german king,