Page 8: Historical Events In May - 25

1978  On this day in history "Star Wars" released   

1979  On May - 25 american Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275   

1979  On May - 25 israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt   

1980  On this day in history "Musical Chairs" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 15 performances   

1981  Al Unser becomes first Indianapolis 500 winner to be disqualified on this day in history.   

1981  On May - 25 daniel Goodwin, scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours   

1981  Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84 on May - 25.   

1982  Ferguson Jenkins becomes the 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters on this day in history.   

1982  Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar on May - 25.   

1982  On this day in history sTS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad   

1982  On this day in history larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68   

1983  "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released on May - 25.   

1983  Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357 on this day in history.   

1983  On May - 25 first National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed   

1983  On this day in history france performs nuclear test   

1983  Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76 on May - 25.   

1984  Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79 on May - 25.   

1985  On this day in history cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed   

1985  On this day in history harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer   

1986  On this day in history 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida   

1986  Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed on May - 25.   

1986  On this day in history hands Across America - 7 million people hold hands from California to New York   

1986  Kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit on May - 25.   

1986  On May - 25 virgilio Barco elected President of Colombia   

1986  Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1988  PSV wins Europe Cup on this day in history.   

1989  On May - 25 eastern Airlines graduates its first class of non-union pilots   

1989  Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union on May - 25.   

1989  On May - 25 weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy"   

1990  On this day in history vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60   

1991  "People Are Still Having Sex" by LaTour hits #35 on this day in history.   

1991  On May - 25 israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews   

1991  On this day in history dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies   

1992  On this day in history jay Leno becomes permanent host of "The Tonight Show"   

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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  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On this day in history birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)   

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

1606  On May - 25 birth of charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649)   

1661  Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737) was born on May - 25.   

1688  Christian August Jacobi, composer was born on this day in history.   

0615  Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 25.   

0967  Death of Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926) on May - 25.   

0992  Death of Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935) on this day in history.   

1085  Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies on May - 25.   

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