Page 6: Historical Events In May - 25

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

1946  On May - 25 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history chinese Red army occupies Shanghai   

1949  Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 on May - 25.   

1950  On May - 25 brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC   

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

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

1951  On May - 25 nY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)   

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

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  On May - 25 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas   

1957  On May - 25 "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances   

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

1959  On May - 25 khrushchev visits Angola   

1959  On May - 25 supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional   

1960  On May - 25 george Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR   

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 May - 25.   

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

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

1962  US unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week on May - 25.   

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

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  "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 43 performances on May - 25.   

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

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1048  Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on this day in history.   

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on this day in history.   

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  Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1661  On May - 25 birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)   

1688  On May - 25 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  On May - 25 death of bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673)   

0946  Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1125  On May - 25 hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies