Historical Events In May - 25

1946  On May - 25 abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan   

1946  Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day) on May - 25.   

1946  Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on May - 25.   

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  On May - 25 30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC St Louis   

1949  Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai on this day in history.   

1949  Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1950  On May - 25 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 May - 25.   

1951  On this day in history nY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)   

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  On this day in history series of 19 twisters destroy Udall KS &most of Blackwell OK   

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

1958  On this day in history rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies   

1959  On May - 25 khrushchev visits Angola   

1959  Supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional on this day in history.   

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 May - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1962  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)   

1962  On May - 25 uS unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week   

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

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 this day in history.   

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1048  On this day in history birth of emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085)   

1334  On this day in history birth of emperor Sukō (d. 1398)   

1458  On this day in history birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)   

1494  Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ) was born on this day in history.   

1550  On May - 25 birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint   

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  Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies on May - 25.   

0709  On May - 25 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 May - 25 edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies   

0967  On May - 25 death of murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)   

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

1085  On this day in history gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies   

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