Page 6: Historical Events In May - 25

1946  Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan on May - 25.   

1946  Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day) on May - 25.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history chinese Red army occupies Shanghai   

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

1950  Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC on May - 25.   

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

1951  New York Giant Willie Mays first major league game (goes 0 for 5) on May - 25.   

1951  On May - 25 nY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)   

1952  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1955  Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall KS &most of Blackwell OK on May - 25.   

1955  On this day in history series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas & most of Blackwell Okla   

1956  On this day in history pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas   

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

1960  On May - 25 george Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR   

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

1961  On this day in history nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 meters   

1961  On this day in history president Kennedy announces plan to send men to the Moon   

1962  Isley Brothers release "Twist &Shout" on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  "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 May - 25 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  Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint was born on this day in history.   

1606  Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1661  On this day in history birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1125  On this day in history hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies