Page 6: Historical Events In May - 25

1946  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Company's Mine #5 killing 111   

1947  Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111 on May - 25.   

1948  30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC St Louis on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1951  On May - 25 new York Giant Willie Mays first major league game (goes 0 for 5)   

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

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  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 May - 25.   

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

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

1959  On May - 25 khrushchev visits Angola   

1959  Supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional on May - 25.   

1960  On this day in history george Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR   

1961  On May - 25 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 32,770 meters on this day in history.   

1961  President Kennedy announces plan to send men to the Moon on May - 25.   

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

1962  On this day in history 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  On May - 25 organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania &Zambia   

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

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

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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 May - 25.   

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 May - 25.   

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

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  On May - 25 birth of christian August Jacobi, composer   

0615  On May - 25 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  On May - 25 edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies   

0967  On this day in history death of murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926)   

0992  On this day in history 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