Historical Events In May - 25

1978  "Star Wars" released on this day in history.   

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

1979  On this day in history israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt   

1980  On May - 25 "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 this day in history 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  On May - 25 ferguson Jenkins becomes the 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters   

1982  On May - 25 iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar   

1982  STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad on this day in history.   

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

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

1983  On this day in history fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357   

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

1983  On May - 25 france performs nuclear test   

1983  Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 25 piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79   

1985  Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed   

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

1986  On May - 25 kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit   

1986  Virgilio Barco elected President of Colombia on this day in history.   

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  On May - 25 mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union   

1989  Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy" on this day in history.   

1990  Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60 on May - 25.   

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

1991  Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews on May - 25.   

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

1992  On May - 25 jay Leno becomes permanent host of "The Tonight Show"   

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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 this day in history.   

1458  On May - 25 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of christian August Jacobi, composer   

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

0709  Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69 on this day in history.   

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and monk (b. circa 672 or 673) on this day in history.   

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

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  Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies on this day in history.   

1125  Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies on May - 25.