25 May History


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  • 585 BC    -    Thales of Greece makes the first known prediction of a solar eclipse.
  • 1085    -    Alfonso VI takes Toledo, Spain from the Muslims.
  • 1787    -    The Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia with George Washington presiding.
  • 1810    -    Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain.
  • 1851    -    Jose Justo de Urquiza of Argentina leads a rebellion against Juan Manuel de Rosas, his former ally.
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  • 1911    -    Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico, resigns his office.
  • 1914    -    The British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule.
  • 1925    -    John Scopes is indicted for teaching Darwinian theory in school.
  • 1935    -    Jesse Owens sets six world records in less than an hour in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • 1946    -    Jordan gains independence from Britain.
  • 1953    -    The first atomic cannon is fired in Nevada.
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  • 25 May Birthdays

  • 1803    -    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher.
  • 1878    -    Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, tap dancer.
  • 1886    -    Philip Murray, American labor leader, founder of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
  • 1889    -    Igor Sikorsky, American aviation engineer who developed the first successful helicopter.
  • 1898    -    Bennett Cerf, publisher, founder of Random House.
  • 1898    -    Gene Tunney, heavyweight boxing champion.
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  • 1908    -    Theodore Rothke, poet.
  • 1926    -    Miles Davis, American jazz trumpeter.
  • 1929    -    Beverly Sills, opera singer.
  • 1932    -    John Gregory Dunne, novelist and journalist.
  • 1938    -    Raymond Carver, American writer.
  • 1949    -    Jamaica Kincaid, author (Annie John, Lucy).