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| Birthday May 25, 1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher |
| Birthday May 25, 1847 John Alexander Dowie, (Elijah the Restorer), American evangelist |
| Birthday May 25, 1865 John R. Mott, worked in internat'l church movements (Nobel 1946) |
| Birthday May 25, 1886 Philip Murray, founder of Congress of Industrial Organizations |
| Birthday May 25, 1889 Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter |
| Birthday May 25, 1898 Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30) |
| Birthday May 25, 1898 Bennett Cerf, publisher |
| Birthday May 25, 1917 Theodore Hesburgh, ex-president of Notre Dame |
| Birthday May 25, 1918 Claude Aikins, Actor |
| Birthday May 25, 1925 Jeanne Crain, in Barstow Calif |
| Birthday May 25, 1926 Miles Davis, trumpeter, pioneered cool jazz (Porgy and Bess) |
| Birthday May 25, 1927 Robert Ludlum, spy novelist |
| Birthday May 25, 1927 International best-selling thriller writer Robert Ludlum is born |
| Birthday May 25, 1929 Beverly Sills, in Brooklyn NY, soprano |
| Birthday May 25, 1932 Georgi M. Grechko, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 26, T-14) |
| Birthday May 25, 1935 Barbara Harris, in Illinois |
| Birthday May 25, 1943 Leslie Uggams, singer NYC |
| Birthday May 25, 1947 Karen Valentine, in Santa Rosa California |
| Birthday May 25, 1947 Jessi Colter, in Phoenix Arizona |
| Birthday May 25, 1955 Connie Sellecca, in Bronx |
| History May 25, 1085 St Gregory VII - pope (1073-85) - dies (birth date unknown) |
| History May 25, 1660 The English Restoration |
| History May 25, 1787 Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia |
| History May 25, 1787 Constitutional Convention begins |
| History May 25, 1787 Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia |
| History May 25, 1793 Catholic priest ordained in America |
| History May 25, 1810 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (Nat'l Day) |
| History May 25, 1825 American Unitarian Assn founded |
| History May 25, 1861 President Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War |
| History May 25, 1862 Confederates score a victory at First Battle of Winchester |
| History May 25, 1878 HMS Pinafore premieres in London |
| History May 25, 1895 Oscar Wilde is sent to prison for indecency |
| History May 25, 1911 Thomas Mann visits the Lido in Venice |
| History May 25, 1915 Large-scale deportations of Armenians begin in Turkey |
| History May 25, 1927 Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A) |
| History May 25, 1935 Babe Ruth hits last home run |
| History May 25, 1935 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs - Boston Braves vs Pirates |
| History May 25, 1940 Golden Gate Intl Exposition reopens |
| History May 25, 1944 Operation Knight's Move is launched |
| History May 25, 1945 Arther C Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit |
| History May 25, 1946 Jordan gains independence from Britain (Natl Day) |
| History May 25, 1948 SF receives its 1st telecast |
| History May 25, 1950 Bkln-Battery Tunnel opened in NYC |
| History May 25, 1953 1st noncommercial educational television station - Houston - Texas |
| History May 25, 1953 1st atomic cannon electronically fired - Frenchman Flat - Nevada |
| History May 25, 1961 JFK asks Congress to support the space program |
| History May 25, 1961 JFK sets goal of putting a man on moon |
| History May 25, 1963 Org for African Unity formed |
| History May 25, 1963 African Unity Day |
| History May 25, 1968 Communist launch new offensive |
| History May 25, 1969 National Democratic Front formed in Saigon |
| History May 25, 1973 US launches 1st Skylab crew Kerwin - Conrad - Weitz |
| History May 25, 1975 Grizzly bear is classified as a threatened species |
| History May 25, 1977 Star Wars released |
| History May 25, 1977 Chinese government removes ban on Shakespeare |
| History May 25, 1978 Star Wars released |
| History May 25, 1979 DC-10 crashes, killing all aboard |
| History May 25, 1979 Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt |
| History May 25, 1979 Worst air crash in U.S. history |
| History May 25, 1983 Return of the Jedi (Star Wars 3) released |
| History May 25, 1994 Pennsylvania man buried with his beloved Corvette |