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Events from History on May 25

xxxx : 1st known prediction of a solar eclipse
1085 : King Alfonso VI of Castily/Le¢n occupy Toledo on Moren
1241 : 1st attack on Jewish community of Frankfort-on-the-Main Germany
1522 : Emperor Karel I returns to Spain
1632 : Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen
1659 : Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector
1660 : English King Charles II lands in Dover
1661 : King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Bragan‡a
1720 : "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague kills 80,000
1721 : John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent
1784 : Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek
1787 : Constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding
1793 : Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained
1810 : Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (Natl Day)
1812 : Earthquake destroys Caracas Venezuela
1825 : American Unitarian Assn founded
1844 : 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot
1861 : John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus
1861 : it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ
1862 : Battle of Winchester VA
1864 : Battle of New Hope Church, GA
1868 : Aust Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen
1870 : Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Qu‚bec
1876 : 1st tie in NL history (Athletics & Louisville, 2-2 in 14)
1878 : Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London
1887 : Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die
1895 : Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite
1898 : 1st US troop transport to Manila leaves SF
1900 : Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics
1906 : After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0
1911 : Revolution in M‚xico overthrows President Jos‚ Porfirio Diaz
1914 : British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
1915 : 2nd Battle of Ypres ends with 105,000 casualties
1915 : Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pitts (Federal League), 10-0
1919 : Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap
1922 : Babe Ruth suspended 1 day & fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump
1923 : Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader
1927 : Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A)
1928 : Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean
1934 : B‚la Bart•k's "Enchanted Deer," premieres
1935 : Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour
1937 : 1st airmail letter to circle globe returns to NY
1940 : German troops conquer Boulogne
1940 : Golden Gate Intl Expo reopens
1941 : 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India
1941 : Ted Williams raises his batting avg over .400 for 1st time in 1941
1943 : Riot at Mobile Ala shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers
1943 : Trident conference in Wash DC (operation plan '43 against Japan)
1944 : Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia
1945 : Arthur C Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit
1946 : Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan
1946 : Jordan gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
1948 : 30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC St Louis
1948 : SF receives its 1st telecast
1949 : Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
1950 : Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC
1953 : 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada
1953 : 1st non-commercial educational television station-Houston, Texas
1953 : Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row
1955 : Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas & most of Blackwell Okla
1956 : Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas
1957 : "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 49 performances
1959 : Khrushchev visits Angola
1959 : Supreme ct rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional
1960 : George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR
1961 : JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
1961 : NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m
1962 : Isley Brothers release "Twist & Shout"
1962 : US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1962 : US unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week
1963 : "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 43 performances
1963 : Organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania & Zambia
1964 : 16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore
1964 : Frank Gilroy's "Subject is Roses," premieres in NYC
1964 : Ground is broken for a new stadium in St Louis
1964 : Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut
1965 : Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles & is knocked unconscious on stage
1965 : India & Pakistan border fights
1965 : Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1965 : Roel van Duyn, Martijn Ananar & Rob Faado align in Provo
1966 : Peru & Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
1967 : John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce
1968 : BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Jim Stefanich
1968 : Gateway Arch in St Louis dedicated
1968 : Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash"
1969 : "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating
1969 : Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup
1971 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 : Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
1972 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 : Argentine Peronist Hector C mpora installed as president
1973 : George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in UK
1973 : US launches 1st Skylab crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz
1975 : Cleve's Dennis Eckersley, debuts shuting out the A's 6-0
1976 : Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Richard Dunn in Munich
1977 : "Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released
1977 : "Brady Bunch Hour," last airs on ABC-TV
1977 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 : "Star Wars" released
1979 : American Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275
1979 : Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
1979 : Raul Gonz les of M‚xico completes 50,000 m walk in record 3:41:38.4
1980 : "Musical Chairs" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 15 performances
1980 : Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8")
1981 : Al Unser becomes 1st Indy 500 winner to be disqualified
1981 : Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to get 3,000 hits (Cobb, Musial & Aaron)
1981 : Daniel Goodwin, scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours
1981 : Rangers' Bill Stein sets AL record with 7 consecutive pinch hits
1982 : Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
1982 : Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar
1982 : STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad
1983 : "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released
1983 : 1st National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed
1983 : Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357
1983 : France performs nuclear test
1983 : Kirk Gibson (Tigers) & Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park HRs
1984 : Det Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins
1984 : Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner
1985 : Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire)
1985 : Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed
1986 : 30,000,000 watch "Live Aid," a massive benefit concert
1986 : 7,000,000 Americans form "Hands Across America"
1986 : 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
1986 : Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed
1986 : Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from Calif to NY
1986 : KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
1986 : Virgilio Barco elected president of Colombia
1989 : Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots
1989 : Mariners trade Mark Langston to Montreal for Randy Johnson
1989 : Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union
1989 : Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy"
1991 : Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews
1992 : Jay Leno becomes permanent host of "Tonight Show"
1992 : Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected president of Italy
1994 : Emmy 21st Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci not nominated
1996 : Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American
1997 : Bell Atlantic Senior Golf Classic
1997 : Indianapolis 500 race
2002 : Pakistan test Ghauri Missile
2002 : A Chinese Airline the left Taipai with 206 passengers onboard crashes into sea near Penghu islands
2002 : Pakistan High Commissioner Mr. Ashraf Jehangir Qazi leaves for Islamabad

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