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May 25, 2002 China Airlines flight 611 crashes near Taiwan, killing 225, crash probably due to structural failure May 25, 1997 Bell Atlantic Senior Golf Classic May 25, 1997 David Frost wins Golf's Colonial Final in Ft. Worth Texas May 25, 1997 Indianapolis 500 race May 25, 1997 Minnesota Twins retire Kirby Puckett's uniform number May 25, 1997 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Corning Classic May 25, 1997 Todd and Mel Stottlemyre become 1st father and son to win 100 games May 25, 1996 Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American May 25, 1994 Emmy 21st Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci not nominated May 25, 1992 Jay Leno becomes permanent host of "Tonight Show" May 25, 1992 New York Yankees score 9 runs before 1st out in 8th inn, beat Brewers 13-7 May 25, 1992 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected president of Italy May 25, 1991 "People Are Still Having Sex," by LaTour hits #35 May 25, 1991 Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews May 25, 1991 Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota North Star, 4 games to 2 May 25, 1989 Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots May 25, 1989 Mariners trade Mark Langston to Montreal for Randy Johnson May 25, 1989 Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union May 25, 1989 Stanley Cup: Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2 May 25, 1989 Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy" May 25, 1988 PSV wins Europe Cup May 25, 1986 30,000,000 watch "Live Aid," a massive benefit concert May 25, 1986 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida May 25, 1986 Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed May 25, 1986 Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to New York May 25, 1986 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit May 25, 1986 Laurie Rinker wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic May 25, 1986 Virgilio Barco elected president of Colombia May 25, 1985 Allan Border scores 4th successive 1st class 100 (v Derbyshire) May 25, 1985 Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed May 25, 1984 Det Tigers lose to Seattle 7-3 ends record tying 17 consecutive wins May 25, 1984 Red Sox trade pitcher Dennis Eckersley to Cubs for Bill Buckner May 25, 1983 "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released May 25, 1983 1st National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed May 25, 1983 Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357 May 25, 1983 France performs nuclear test May 25, 1983 Kirk Gibson (Tigers) and Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park HRs May 25, 1982 Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters May 25, 1982 Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar May 25, 1982 STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad May 25, 1981 Carl Yastrzemski is 4th to get 3,000 hits (Cobb, Musial and Aaron) May 25, 1981 Daniel Goodwin, climbs Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours May 25, 1981 Rangers' Bill Stein sets AL record with 7 consecutive pinch hits May 25, 1980 "Musical Chairs" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 15 performances May 25, 1980 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic May 25, 1980 Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8") May 25, 1979 American Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275 May 25, 1979 Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt May 25, 1979 Raul Gonzales of Mexico completes 50,000 m walk in record 3:41:38.4 May 25, 1978 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2 May 25, 1977 "Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany" released May 25, 1977 "Brady Bunch Hour," last airs on ABC-TV May 25, 1977 Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election May 25, 1977 Liverpool wins 22nd Europe Cup 1 in Rome May 25, 1977 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 25, 1976 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Richard Dunn in Munich May 25, 1975 29th NBA Championship: Golden Warriors sweep Washington Bullets in 4 games May 25, 1975 Cleveland's Dennis Eckersley, debuts shuting out the A's 6-0 May 25, 1975 Joanne Carner wins LPGA American DefenderGolf Classic May 25, 1973 Argentine Peronist Hector Campora installed as president May 25, 1973 Borussia Monchengladbach wins 2nd UEFA Cup at Monchengladbach May 25, 1973 George Harrison releases "Give Me Love" in U.K. May 25, 1973 U.S. launches 1st Skylab crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz May 25, 1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander May 25, 1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 25, 1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. May 25, 1970 3rd ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars, 4 games to 2 May 25, 1969 "Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating May 25, 1969 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational May 25, 1969 Sudanese government is overthrown in a military coup May 25, 1968 BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Jim Stefanich May 25, 1968 BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dotty Fothergill May 25, 1968 Gateway Arch in St. Louis dedicated May 25, 1968 Rolling Stones release "Jumping Jack Flash" May 25, 1968 Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7 May 25, 1967 Celtic wins 12th Europe Cup 1 in Lisbon May 25, 1967 John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce May 25, 1966 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die May 25, 1965 Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles and is knocked unconscious on stage May 25, 1965 India and Pakistan border fights May 25, 1965 Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for heavyweight boxing title May 25, 1965 Roel van Duyn, Martijn Ananar and Rob Faado align in Provo May 25, 1964 16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore May 25, 1964 Frank Gilroy's "Subject is Roses," premieres in New York City May 25, 1964 Ground is broken for a new stadium in St. Louis May 25, 1964 Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut May 25, 1963 "Hot Spot" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 43 performances May 25, 1963 Early Wynn wins his 300th baseball game May 25, 1963 Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket May 25, 1963 Organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania and Zambia May 25, 1962 Isley Brothers release "Twist and Shout" May 25, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric) May 25, 1962 U.S. unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week May 25, 1961 John F. Kennedy sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade May 25, 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m May 25, 1960 George Crowe's record 11th pinch-hit HR May 25, 1959 Khrushchev visits Angola May 25, 1959 Supreme court rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional May 25, 1957 "Shinbone Alley" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 49 performances May 25, 1956 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Haurietis aquas May 25, 1955 Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas and most of Blackwell Okla May 25, 1953 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada May 25, 1953 1st non-commercial educational television station, Houston, Texas May 25, 1953 Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row May 25, 1951 New York Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5) May 25, 1950 Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in New York City May 25, 1949 Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai May 25, 1948 30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC St. Louis May 25, 1948 San Francisco receives its 1st telecast May 25, 1947 Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111 May 25, 1946 Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan May 25, 1946 Jordan gains independence from Britain (Natl Day) May 25, 1945 Arthur C. Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit May 25, 1944 Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia May 25, 1943 Riot at Mobile Alabama shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers May 25, 1943 Trident conference in Washington D.C. (operation plan '43 against Japan) May 25, 1941 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India May 25, 1941 Ted Williams raises his batting avg over .400 for 1st time in 1941 May 25, 1940 German troops conquer Boulogne May 25, 1940 Golden Gate International Expo reopens May 25, 1939 Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president May 25, 1937 1st airmail letter to circle globe returns to New York May 25, 1935 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs. Pirates May 25, 1935 Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour May 25, 1934 Bela Bartok's "Enchanted Deer," premieres May 25, 1928 Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean May 25, 1927 Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A) May 25, 1923 Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader May 25, 1922 Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump May 25, 1919 Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap May 25, 1915 2nd Battle of Ypres ends with 105,000 casualties May 25, 1915 Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pitts (Federal League), 10-0 May 25, 1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule May 25, 1911 Revolution in Mexico overthrows President Jose Porfirio Diaz May 25, 1906 After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0 May 25, 1904 38th Belmont: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6 May 25, 1900 Eyre M. Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics May 25, 1899 33rd Belmont: R. Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23 May 25, 1898 1st U.S. troop transport to Manila leaves San Francisco May 25, 1895 20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 1:50 May 25, 1895 Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite May 25, 1887 Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die May 25, 1878 Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London May 25, 1876 1st tie in NL history (Athletics and Louisville, 2-2 in 14) May 25, 1876 4th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Shirley wins in 2:44.75 May 25, 1870 Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Quebec May 25, 1868 Aust Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins vs. Surrey Gentlemen May 25, 1864 Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia May 25, 1862 Battle of Winchester, Virginia May 25, 1861 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ May 25, 1844 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot May 25, 1825 American Unitarian Association founded May 25, 1812 Earthquake destroys Caracas, Venezuela May 25, 1810 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (Natl Day) May 25, 1793 Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st U.S. Roman Catholic priest ordained May 25, 1787 Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, George Washington presiding May 25, 1784 Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek May 25, 1721 John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent May 25, 1720 "Le Grand St. Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague kills 80,000 May 25, 1661 King Charles II marries Portuguese princess Catherina the Braganca May 25, 1660 English King Charles II lands in Dover May 25, 1659 Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector May 25, 1632 Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen May 25, 1522 Emperor Karel I returns to Spain May 25, 1241 1st attack on Jewish community of Frankfort-on-the-Main Germany May 25, 1085 King Alfonso VI of Castily/Leon occupy Toledo on Moren |