Page 6: Historical Events In May - 25

1946  On May - 25 abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan   

1946  Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1950  Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC on this day in history.   

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

1951  NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5) on this day in history.   

1952  On May - 25 uSS Iowa bombards Chongjin, Korea.   

1953  On May - 25 the first atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat NV   

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

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 this day in history.   

1956  Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas on May - 25.   

1957  On this day in history "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances   

1958  On May - 25 rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies   

1959  Khrushchev visits Angola on May - 25.   

1959  Supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional on this day in history.   

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

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

1961  NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 meters on May - 25.   

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

1962  On May - 25 isley Brothers release "Twist &Shout"   

1962  US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) on May - 25.   

1962  On May - 25 uS unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week   

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

1963  On this day in history great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket   

1963  On this day in history 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  Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on this day in history.   

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on this day in history.   

1458  Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511) was born on this day in history.   

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 May - 25.   

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

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

1688  On May - 25 birth of christian August Jacobi, composer   

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

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 May - 25.   

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

1125  Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies on this day in history.