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1510May 25Georges d’Amboise (49), French cardinal, viceroy in North Italy, died.
1522May 25Emperor Karel I returned to Spain.
1550May 25Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier, monastery founder, saint, was born.
1555May 25Gemma Frisius (46), Frisian geographer, astronomer, died.
1632May 25Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptured Prague on Saksen.
1659May 25Richard Cromwell resigned as English Lord Protector.
1681May 25Caldéron de la Barca (b.1600), Spanish dramatist & poet, died.
1688May 25Christian August Jacobi, composer, was born.
1713May 25John Stuart 3rd earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63), was born.
1720May 25“Le Grand St. Antoine” reached Marseille, plague killed 80,000.
1721May 25John Copson became America’s 1st insurance agent.
1726May 25Giuseppi Paolucci, composer, was born.
1729May 25Jean de Neufville, Dutch-US merchant (started 4th English war), was born.
1765May 25Pierre-Joseph Le Blan (53), composer, died.
1767May 25Ferdinand Franzl, composer, was born.
1779May 25Henry M. Baron de Kock, Dutch officer, politician, was born.
1781May 25Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este, Governor-General (Sicily), was born.
1784May 25Jews were expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek.
1787May 25The Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia after enough delegates showed up for a quorum. The Founding Fathers turned to the Rushworth’s Collections of England for revolutionary precedents. George Washington presided. Rhode Island refused to send delegates.
1793May 25Father Stephen Theodore Badin became the 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained.
1810May 25Argentina declared independence and began its revolt from Napoleonic Spain.
1818May 25Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (d.1897), Swiss cultural historian, was born. “The people no longer believe in principles, but will probably periodically believe in saviors.” “Neither in the life of the individual nor in that of mankind is it desirable to know the future.”
1821May 25Diederich Krug, composer, was born.
1825May 25American Unitarian Association was founded.
1826May 25Christian Friedrich Ruppe (72), composer, died.
1830May 25Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International), was born.
1839May 25John Eliot, English meteorologist, was born.
1844May 25The first telegraphed news dispatch, sent from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, appeared in the Baltimore “Patriot.”
1847May 25Alphonse Goovaerts, composer, was born.
1849May 25Andreas Michiels (52), Dutch Military Governor of West Sumatra, died in battle.
1851May 25Jose Justo de Urquiza of Argentina led a rebellion against his former ally, the absolute ruler Juan Manuel de Rosas.
1852May 25Louis Franchet d’Espèrey [Desperate Frankey], French marshal (WWI), was born.
1861May 25John Merryman was arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus. This later sparked a supreme court decision protecting the writ.
1862May 25Battle of Winchester, VA.
1864May 25Battle of New Hope Church, Ga. Joseph E. Johnston tried to halt Sherman’s advance on Atlanta at the Hell Hole.
1865May 25Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18), was born.
1870May 25Irish Fenians raided Eccles Hill, Quebec.
1877May 25Billy Murray, singer, was born.
1878May 25Gilbert & Sullivan’s opera “HMS Pinafore” premiered in London.
1879May 25W. Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canada-English banker, was born.
1882May 25Harry Fox, entertainer, was born.
1886May 25Philip Murray, founder of Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), was born.
1887May 25Gas lamp at Paris Opera caught fire and 200 died.
1888May 25Miles Malleson, writer, actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman’s Knock), was born.
1889May 25Gilardo Gilardi, composer, was born.
1891May 25Robert W.P. Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper), was born.
1894May 25Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Verschaeve Gives Evidence), was born.
1895May 25Playwright Oscar Wilde was convicted of a morals charge in London; he was sentenced to two years in prison.
1896May 25Jan N. Bakhuizen van den Brink, theologist, church historian, was born.
1898May 25Bennett Cerf, publisher, founder of Random House, was born.
1899May 25Marie-Rosalie “Rosa” Bonheur (68), French painter, died.
1901May 25Milenko Zivkovic, composer, was born.
1902May 25Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, was born.
1904May 25Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer, was born.
1905May 25Joseph C. Harsch, newscaster (Background), was born in Toledo, OH.
1907May 25U Nu, premier Burma (1948-58, 1960-62), was born.
1908May 25David Lean, British director (Lawrence of Arabia), was born.
1910May 25Ernest Anderson, publicist, was born.
1911May 25Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico, resigned his office under pressure from the revolution.
1912May 25Eddie Maxwell, singer (Yes We Have No Bananas), was born.
1913May 25Joseph Peter Grace, businessman, was born.
1914May 25Paolo Giorza (81), composer, died.
1915May 25Daniel Wolf, journalist, was born.
1916May 25Virginia Ginny Simms, actress, singer (Kay Kyser Band), was born.
1917May 25Steve Cochran, actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas), was born in Eureka, CA.
1918May 25Claude Akins Nelson, actor (BJ & Bear, Movin’ On, Lobo), was born in GA.
1919May 25Gino Negri, composer, was born.
1921May 25Hal David, lyricist (Promises Promises-Grammy 1969), was born.
1922May 25Babe Ruth was suspended for 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an umpire.
1923May 25John Weitz, spy, author, fashion designer (Friends in High Places), was born.
1924May 25Theodore Morse (51), composer, died.
1925May 25Aldo Clementi, composer, was born.
1926May 25Kitty Kallen, rocker, was born.
1927May 25Robert Ludlum, spy novelist (Bourne Identity), was born in NYC.
1928May 25Frigyes Hidas, composer, was born.
1929May 25David S. Ruder, 23rd chairman of Securities & Exchange Commission, was born.
1931May 25John Gabriel, actor (Cat Gang, Fantasies), was born in Niagara Falls, NY.
1932May 25Georgi Mikhailovich Grechko, USSR cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 26, T-14), was born.
1933May 25Roger Bowen, actor (MASH, Main Event, What about Bob, Petulia), was born.
1934May 25David J. Burke, writer, was born in Liverpool, England.
1935May 25Babe Ruth hit his last three and 714th and final home run for the Boston Braves in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1936May 25Tom T. Hall, country singer, writer (Harper Valley PTA), was born in Olive Hill, KY.
1937May 25Henry O. Tanner, artist, died.
1938May 25Raymond Carver, American writer, was born.
1939May 25Dixie [Virginia] Carter, actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night), was born in McLemoresville, TN.
1940May 25The Golden Gate International Expo reopened.
1941May 25Some 5,000 drowned in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India.
1942May 25Bill Young, rocker, was born.
1943May 25Leslie Uggams, singer, actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots), was born in NYC.
1944May 25Frank Oz, puppeteer (Sesame St, Muppet Show), was born in Heresford, England.
1945May 25Arthur C. Clark proposed relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
1946May 25Janet E[llen] Morris, US sci-fi author (Golden Sword, Tempus), was born.
1947May 25Mitch Margo, rocker (Tokens-Lion Sleeps Tonight), was born in Brooklyn, NY.
1948May 25Klaus Meine, rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You), was born in Hanover, Germany.
1949May 25Jamaica Kincaid, author (Annie John, Lucy), was born in Antigua as Elaine P. Richardson.
1950May 25Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opened in NYC.
1951May 25Clifford Archer, bassist (Atlantic Starr-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover), was born.
1953May 25Jane Priest, Prince Charles’ lover, was born in Perth, Australia.
1955May 25Connie Selleca, actress (Hotel, Captain America II), was born in Bronx, NY.
1956May 25Pope Pius XII published his encyclical Haurietis aquas.
1957May 25“Shinbone Alley” closed at Broadway Theater in NYC after 49 performances.
1958May 25Paul Weller, guitar (Jam-This is the Modern World, Style Council), was born.
1959May 25US Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana’s prohibition of black-white boxing was unconstitutional.
1960May 25Benoît van Innis, Belgian cartoonist, painter, (New York Post), was born.
1961May 25NASA civilian pilot Joseph A. Walker took the X-15 to 32,770 meters.
1962May 25Isley Brothers released “Twist & Shout.”
1963May 25“Hot Spot” closed at Majestic Theater in NYC after 43 performances.
1964May 25In the16th Emmy Awards the winners included the Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore.
1965May 25Mark Knight, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin’ on Coals), was born in California.
1966May 25Peru and Argentina soccer fans fought in Lima and 248 died.
1967May 25John Lennon took delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce. He had acquired the Phantom V on June 3, 1965.
1968May 25Charles K. Feldman, film producer, died. His film productions included Casino Royale (1967).
1969May 25Matt Borlenghi, actor, was born in Los Angeles, CA. In the early 1990s played Brian Bodine in the soap opera “All My Children.”
1971May 25Justin Henry Rye, actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, 16 Candles), was born in Rye, NY.
1972May 25The final US CORONA reconnaissance satellite was launched.
1973May 25George Harrison released “Give Me Love” in UK.
1974May 25Donald Crisp (b.1882), English film actor and director, died in California.
1975May 25The Golden Gate Warriors won the NBA title in a 4-game sweep over the Washington Bullets.
1976May 25US Representative Wayne L. Hays, Democrat from Ohio, admitted to a “personal relationship” with Elizabeth Ray, a committee staff member who claimed she’d received her job in order to be Hays’ mistress.
1977May 25“Brady Bunch Hour” last aired on ABC-TV.
1978May 25A package bomb injured Terry Marker, a Northwestern Univ. security guard. It was later attributed to the Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski.
1979May 25273 people died in America’s worst domestic air disaster when an American Airlines DC-10 crashed during takeoff at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The left engine was lost on takeoff. 3 of the dead were on the ground.
1980May 25“Musical Chairs” closed at Rialto Theater in NYC after 15 performances.
1981May 25Daredevil Daniel Goodwin, wearing a “Spiderman” costume, scaled the outside of Chicago’s Sears Tower in seven and a-half hours.
1982May 25Larry J. Blake (b.1914), character actor (Earth vs. the Flying Saucers), died.
1983May 25“Return of the Jedi” (Star Wars 3) was released.
1984May 25Piet Ketting (b.1904), Dutch pianist, conductor, composer, died.
1985May 25A cyclone ravaged the Meghna River delta of Bangladesh. Some 10,000 people and 500,000 head of cattle died; hundreds of thousands were left homeless.
1986May 25Some 600 people died when the ferry Shamia went down in the River Meghna in southern Barisal district, Bangladesh.
1987May 25A jury in New York acquitted former Labor Secretary Raymond J. Donovan and seven other construction executives of fraud and grand larceny.
1988May 25President Reagan left for a trip to the Soviet Union and a superpower summit with Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
1989May 25Weird Al Yankovic recorded “She Drives Like Crazy.”
1990May 25A congressional report cast doubts on the US Navy’s official finding that a troubled sailor probably had caused the blast that killed 47 servicemen aboard the battleship USS “Iowa.”
1991May 25“People Are Still Having Sex” by LaTour hit #35.
1992May 25The NBC “Jay Leno Show” began following the end of the “Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson. It was initially produced by Helen Kushnick (1945-1996).
1993May 25The US White House announced it was putting five fired employees of its travel office on paid leave during an investigation of accusations of financial mismanagement.
1994May 25The UN Security Council lifted a 10-year-old ban on weapons exports from South Africa, scrapping the last of its apartheid-era embargoes.
1995May 25NATO warplanes struck Bosnian Serb headquarters.  Serbs answered with swift defiance, storming UN weapons depots, attacking safe areas and taking peacekeepers as hostages.
1996May 25President Clinton, honoring the men and women who died in military service, used his weekly radio address to defend America’s global military role, saying it “is making our people safer and the world more secure.”
1997May 25Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., became the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, marking 41 years and 10 months of service.
1998May 25It was reported that the Aramaic language, spoken by some 500-800 thousand people in the Middle East, was expected to die out within 2-3 decades. Parts of the Bible’s books of Ezra and Daniel were written in Aramaic.
1999May 25NATO approved plans for 50,000 ground soldiers to move into Kosovo.
2000May 25The US government proposed a rating system telling consumers how prone vehicles are to rolling over.
2001May 25A federal appeals court lifted an injunction on publication of “The Wind Done Gone,” Alice Randall’s satirical retelling of “Gone With The Wind” from a black viewpoint.
2002May 25In Colombia presidential elections were held. Alvaro Uribe received 53% of the vote, over 20 more than rival Horacio Serpa.
2003May 25Gil de Ferran won the Indianapolis 500.
2004May 25David Dellinger, peace activist and one of the 1968 “Chicago Seven” defendants, died in Vermont.
2005May 25Pres. Bush met with Indonesian Pres. Yudhoyono. The US decided to lift a ban on the government sale of non-lethal defense equipment to Indonesia as part of a step-by-step process to restore full military ties frozen due to human rights abuses.
2006May 25President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the two politicians most responsible for beginning a war now highly unpopular with both their publics, acknowledged sour notes during a news conference at the White House.
2007May 25President Bush signed a bill to pay for military operations in Iraq that did not contain a timetable for troop withdrawals.
2008May 25The Libertarian Party picked Bob Barr, a former Georgia congressman and ex-Republican, as its US presidential candidate.
2009May 25The US Coast Guard cutter Venturous intercepted a smugglers’ boat near the Haitian barrier island of La Tortue and took on board 35 of the approximately 100 illegal passengers. 6 armed smugglers threatened other passengers and prevented them from getting on the Coast Guard ship, instead fleeing with them aboard the vessel in shallow water.
2010May 25The Dow Jones industrials plunged below 10,000 as investors worried about a global economic slowdown and tensions between North and South Korea turned away from stocks.
2011May 25President Barack Obama warned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi there would be ‘no let up’ in pressure on him to go, following a second successive night of heavy NATO bombing in Tripoli.
2012May 25The privately held SpaceX Dragon capsule docked with the Int’l. Space Station.
2013May 25In San Antonio, Texas, torrential rains swamped the city killing 3 people.
2014May 25In western Colorado three men went missing after a half-mile stretch of ridge, saturated by rain, collapsed. The resulting mud slide in the Grand Mesa stretched for three miles.
   
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