Historical Events In May - 25

1946  On this day in history abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan   

1946  On this day in history jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

1946  Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1947  Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111 on this day in history.   

1948  On May - 25 30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC St Louis   

1949  Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai on May - 25.   

1949  Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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  New York Giant Willie Mays first major league game (goes 0 for 5) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1955  On this day in history 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  On this day in history "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances   

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

1959  On May - 25 khrushchev visits Angola   

1959  On this day in history supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional   

1960  George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR on May - 25.   

1961  JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade on this day in history.   

1961  On May - 25 nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 meters   

1961  On May - 25 president Kennedy announces plan to send men to the Moon   

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

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

1963  On May - 25 great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket   

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 May - 25.   

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  On May - 25 birth of emperor Sukō (d. 1398)   

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

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 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 this day in history birth of christian August Jacobi, composer   

0615  Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies on May - 25.   

0709  On this day in history aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, Engl abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69   

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

0946  On May - 25 edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies   

0967  On May - 25 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  On this day in history gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies   

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