On this Day ~ May 25th
585 BC
1st known prediction of a solar eclipse
615
Boniface IV Pope (608-15), dies
1241
1st attack on Jewish community of Frankfort-on-the-Main Germany
1420
Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
1494
Jacopo Pontormo II Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ), was born
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 Bragança
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 Philadelphia, George Washington presiding
1793
Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained
1810
Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day)
1812
Earthquake destroys Caracas Venezuela
1825
American Unitarian Association founded
1844
1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot
1862
Battle of Winchester VA
1864
Battle of New Hope Church GA
1868
Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins vs Surrey Gentlemen
1870
Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Québec
1878
Gilbert & Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore" premieres in London
1887
Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die
1900
Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in the Olympics
1911
Revolution in México overthrows President José Porfirio Diaz
1914
British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
1915
2nd Battle of Ypres ends with 105,000 casualties
1927
Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A)
1928
Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean
1932
Goofy make his debut
1935
Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour
1937
1st airmail letter to circle the globe returns to New York
1940
Golden Gate International Expo reopens
1943
Riot at Mobile AL shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers
1946
Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1947
Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Company's Mine #5 killing 111
1948
San Fransisco receives its 1st telecast
1949
Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
1953
1st non-commercial educational television station-Houston TX
1955
Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall KS & most of Blackwell OK
1959
Supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional
1961
JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
1962
Isley Brothers release "Twist & Shout"
1963
Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian, is born
1964
16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore
1965
Dave Davies of the Kinks stumbles & is knocked unconscious on stage
1967
John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce
1968
"Unicorn" by The Irish Rovers hits #7
1969
"Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating
1973
US launches 1st Skylab; crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz
1977
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope opens in theaters and eventually becomes the highest grossing film of all time.
1979
American Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275
1983
"Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released
1983
1st National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed
1986
95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
1986
Hands Across America - 7 million people hold hands from California to New York (anyone want to admit they participated in this?
)
1989
Eastern Airlines graduates its 1st class of non-union pilots
1991
Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews
1992
1997
Muhammad Fadhel PM of Iraq (1953-54), dies