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 May - 25 patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78   

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

1949  Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai on May - 25.   

1949  On this day in history simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47   

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

1950  On this day in history 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  USS Iowa bombards Chongjin, Korea on May - 25.   

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

1953  On this day in history 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada   

1955  On May - 25 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  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas on this day in history.   

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

1958  Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1959  Khrushchev visits Angola on May - 25.   

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  On May - 25 nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 meters   

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 May - 25 uS performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)   

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

1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1963  "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 43 performances on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 25 16th Emmy Awards Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke &Mary Tyler Moore   

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

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on May - 25.   

1458  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on May - 25.   

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

1661  Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on May - 25.   

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

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  On this day in history death of murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)   

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  Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies on May - 25.