Historical Events In May - 25

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

1946  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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  Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 on May - 25.  

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

1950  Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC on May - 25.  

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1951  New York Giant Willie Mays first major league game (goes 0 for 5) on May - 25.  

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 May - 25.  

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

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

1958  On May - 25 rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies  

1959  On May - 25 khrushchev visits Angola  

1959  On this day in history supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional  

1960  George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR on May - 25.  

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 this day in history president Kennedy announces plan to send men to the Moon  

1962  Isley Brothers release "Twist &Shout" on this day in history.  

1962  US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on this day in history.  

1962  On this day in history uS unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week  

1962  Isley Brothers release "Twist & Shout" on May - 25.  

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

1963  On this day in history organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania &Zambia  

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

1334  On May - 25 birth of emperor Sukō (d. 1398)  

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 May - 25.  

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  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  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 this day in history.  

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