Subj : This Day In History
To : All
From : Robert Wolfe
Date : Tue May 25 2021 12:05 am
Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date
Registered to Omicron Theta
By Scott Labrecque
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Births:
05/25/1494 Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Funeral procession of Christ)
05/25/1550 Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint
05/25/1688 Christian August Jacobi, composer
05/25/1726 Giuseppi Paolucci, composer
05/25/1767 Ferdinand Franzl, composer
05/25/1767 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer
05/25/1779 Henry M Baron de Kock, officer/politician
05/25/1781 Ferdinand K J, archduke of Austria-Este/gov-gen (Sicily)
05/25/1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, US, essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn)
05/25/1821 Diederich Krug, composer
05/25/1830 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International)
05/25/1845 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner (help find PAL)
05/25/1847 Alphonse Goovaerts, composer
05/25/1847 John Alexander Dowie, [Elijah the Restorer], US, evangelist
05/25/1852 Louis FMF Franchet d'esp�rey [Desperate Frankey], Fren marshal (WW I
05/25/1865 Frederick Augustus III, King of Saxon (1904-18)
05/25/1865 John Raleigh Mott, organizer (YMCA, Nobel 1946)
05/25/1865 Pieter Zeeman, naturalist (Zeeman effect, Nobel 1902)
05/25/1878 Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel)
05/25/1879 W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker
05/25/1882 Harry Fox, entertainer
05/25/1886 Philip Murray, founded Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
05/25/1888 Miles Malleson, writer/actor (Phantom of Opera, Postman's Knock)
05/25/1889 Gilardo Gilardi, composer
05/25/1889 Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter
05/25/1889 Sverre Jordan, composer
05/25/1891 Robert W P Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper)
05/25/1898 Bennett Cerf, publisher (Random House) panelist (What's My Line)
05/25/1898 Gene Tunney, world heavyweight boxing champion (1926-30)
05/25/1898 Mischa Levitzki, composer
05/25/1947 Klaus Meine, rocker (Scorpions-No One Like You)
05/25/1901 Milenko Zivkovic, composer
05/25/1902 Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer
05/25/1904 Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer
05/25/1905 Binnie Barnes, actress (Adv of Marco Polo, Holiday, Diamond Jim)
05/25/1905 Joseph C Harsch, Toledo Ohio, newscaster (Background)
05/25/1907 U Nu, premier Burma (1948-58, 1960-62)
05/25/1908 David Lean, British director (Lawrence of Arabia)
05/25/1908 Theodore Roethke, US, poet (Words for the Wind)
05/25/1911 Andr� Renard, Belgian worker union leader (Movement Syndical Unifi�)
05/25/1916 Lou van Raised, impresario
05/25/1917 Dorothy Sarnoff, US, actress(?)
05/25/1917 Steve Cochran, actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas, Copacabana)
05/25/1917 Theodore Hesburgh, ex-president (Notre Dame)
05/25/1918 Claude Akins, actor (BJ & Bear, Movin' On, Lobo)
05/25/1918 Peder Lunde, Norway, yachtsman (Olympic-silver-1952)
05/25/1919 Gino Negri, composer
05/25/1919 Lindsey Nelson, Pulaski Tn, sportscaster (NY Mets)
05/25/1921 Hal David, lyricist (Promises Promises-Grammy 1969)
05/25/1922 Enrico Berlinguer, Italian communist/sec-gen of CPI
05/25/1923 John Weitz, spy/author/fashion designer (Friends in High Places)
05/25/1925 Aldo Clementi, composer
05/25/1925 Jeanne Crain, Barstow Calif, actress (Man Without a Star)
05/25/1926 Miles D Davis, US, jazz trumpeter (L'ascenseur pour l'�chafaud)
05/25/1927 Robert Ludlum, spy novelist (Bourne Identity)
05/25/1928 Frigyes Hidas, composer
05/25/1929 Beverly Sills, [Belle 'Bubbles' Miriam Silverman], Bkln NY, soprano
05/25/1929 David S Ruder, 23rd chairman of Security & Exchange Commission
05/25/1931 John Gabriel, US, actor (Cat Gang, Fantasies)
05/25/1932 Georgi M Grechko, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 26, T-14)
05/25/1932 John Grogery Thin, US writer
05/25/1932 K C Jones, Taylor Tx, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956)
05/25/1934 David J Burke, writer
05/25/1934 Ron Nesson, press secretary (Gerald Ford)
05/25/1935 Barbara Harris, US, actress (Family Plot, Plaza Suite)
05/25/1936 Tom T Hall, Olive Hill Ky, country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA)
05/25/1938 Ludmil Buldakova, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
05/25/1938 Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season)
05/25/1939 Dixie Carter, actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night)
05/25/1939 Ian McKellen, England, actor (Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel)
05/25/1943 Leslie Uggams, NYC, singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots)
05/25/1943 Sally Jesse Raphael, TV talk show host (Sally)
05/25/1943 Wynand C Malan, South African lawyer/NP/DP-politician
05/25/1944 Frank Oz, Heresford England, puppeteer (Sesame St, Muppet Show)
05/25/1945 Dave Lee Travis, DJ
05/25/1946 Irnema Szewinski Kirszenstein, Poland, 200m runner (1968 Olym Gold)
05/25/1946 Janet E[llen] Morris, US, sci-fi author (Golden Sword, Tempus)
05/25/1947 Jessi Colter, [Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lis
05/25/1947 Karen Valentine, Santa Rosa Cal, actress (Room 222)
05/25/1951 Clifford Archer, bassist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
05/25/1953 Jane Priest, Perth Australia, Prince Charles' lover
05/25/1953 Rich Alves, Pleasanton Calif, singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake)
05/25/1954 Alison Stern, wife of radio personality Howard Stern
05/25/1955 Connie Selleca, Bronx, actress (Hotel, Capt America II)
05/25/1956 Tatsutoshi Goto, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
05/25/1957 Hillary Bailey Smith, actress (Nora-One Life to Live)
05/25/1958 Dorothy Straight, 4 year old author (How World Begun)
05/25/1958 Paul Weller, guitar (Jam-This is Modern World, Style Council)
05/25/1959 Cathryn Harrison, London England, actress (Old Woman in Black Moon)
05/25/1960 Beno�t van Innis, Belgian cartoonist/painter/cartoonist (NY Post)
05/25/1961 Hiro Saito, wrestler (All-Japan/NJPW/Calgary)
05/25/1963 Mike Myers, Canada, comedian (SNL, Wayne's World)
05/25/1965 Mark Knight, Calif, rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals)
05/25/1965 Remco Prince, pop guitarist/singer (Burma Shave-Stash)
05/25/1967 Danny Gonzales, jockey
05/25/1969 Matt Borlenghi, LA Calif, actor (Brian Bodine-All My Children)
05/25/1970 Lindsay Greenbush, LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
05/25/1970 Sidney Greenbush, LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
05/25/1971 Justin Henry, actor (Kramer vs Kramer, 16 Candles)
Deaths:
05/25/ 615 Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies
05/25/ 709 Aldhelmus Ealdhelm, English abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 6
05/25/ 946 Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies
05/25/1085 Gregory VII, [Ildefireo], Pope (1073-85), dies
05/25/1261 Alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies
05/25/1510 Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 4
05/25/1555 Gemma Frisius, Fries geographer/astronomer, dies at 46
05/25/1765 Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53
05/25/1826 Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72
05/25/1849 Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at
05/25/1890 Rosa Bonheur, French painter, dies
05/25/1895 Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish lawyer/Justice, dies
05/25/1914 Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81
05/25/1917 Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72
05/25/1919 Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51
05/25/1924 Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51
05/25/1926 Symon Petljoera, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), dies at 47
05/25/1934 Gustav T Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59
05/25/1934 Gustavus Theodore von Holst, composer, dies at 59
05/25/1936 Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92
05/25/1937 Henry O Tanner, artist, dies
05/25/1949 Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47
05/25/1964 Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92
05/25/1968 Charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63
05/25/1968 George KFW von K�chler, German marshal (Netherlands 1940), dies at 8
05/25/1971 Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss
05/25/1971 Mark Brunswick, composer, dies at 69
05/25/1971 Terence De Marney, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo), dies at 62
05/25/1974 Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91
05/25/1981 Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84
05/25/1981 Roy James Brown, US boxer/singer (Good rockin' tonight), dies at 55
05/25/1982 Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68
05/25/1983 Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76
05/25/1984 Piet Ketting, composer, dies at 79
05/25/1985 Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer
05/25/1985 Robert Nathan, US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91
05/25/1986 Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85
05/25/1990 Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies at 60 of a heart attack
05/25/1991 Dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies
05/25/1992 Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83
05/25/1992 Johan B W Polak, publisher/publicist (Bloom of d�cadence), dies at 6
05/25/1992 Marshall Thompson, US actor (To Hell & Back), dies at 66
05/25/1992 Philip C Habib, US diplomat (Middle-East/Asia), dies at 72
05/25/1992 Viktor Grishin, hardline soviet communist, dies at 78, dies
05/25/1993 Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies
05/25/1993 Louise Tazewell, entertainer, dies at 93
Significant Events:
05/25/ 585 -BC- 1st known prediction of a solar eclipse
05/25/1085 St Gregory VII, pope (1073-85), dies (birth date unknown)
05/25/1721 John Copson becomes America's 1st insurance agent
05/25/1784 Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek
05/25/1787 Constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding
05/25/1810 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (Natl Day)
05/25/1825 American Unitarian Assn founded
05/25/1862 Battle of Winchester VA
05/25/1864 Battle of New Hope Church, GA
05/25/1870 Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Qu�bec
05/25/1876 1st tie in NL history (Athletics & Louisville, 2-2 in 14)
05/25/1887 Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die
05/25/1898 1st US troop transport to Manila leaves SF
05/25/1900 Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics
05/25/1906 After 20 straight wins, Boston Red Sox lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0
05/25/1911 Revolution in M�xico overthrows President Jos� Porfirio Diaz
05/25/1914 British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
05/25/1915 Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pitts (Federal League), 10-0
05/25/1917 M Wolf discovers asteroid #874 Rotraut
05/25/1924 V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1030 Vitja
05/25/1927 Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A)
05/25/1928 Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean
05/25/1932 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1244 Deira
05/25/1935 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates
05/25/1935 Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in one hour
05/25/1935 Jesse Owens sets 4 track world records
05/25/1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1393 Sofala
05/25/1937 1st airmail letter to circle globe returns to NY
05/25/1939 Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president
05/25/1940 German troops conquer Boulogne
05/25/1940 Golden Gate Intl Expo reopens
05/25/1941 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India
05/25/1943 Riot at Mobile Ala shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers
05/25/1943 Trident conference in Wash DC (operation plan '43 against Japan)
05/25/1945 Arther C Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit
05/25/1946 Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan
05/25/1946 Jordan gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
05/25/1947 Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111
05/25/1948 Ben Hogan wins PGA golf tournament
05/25/1948 SF receives its 1st telecast
05/25/1949 Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
05/25/1950 Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC
05/25/1951 NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5)
05/25/1953 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada
05/25/1953 1st noncommercial educational television station-Houston, Texas
05/25/1955 Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas & most of Blackwell Okla
05/25/1959 Khrushchev visits Angolia
05/25/1959 Supreme ct rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional
05/25/1961 JFK sets goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade
05/25/1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 32,770 m
05/25/1962 Isley Brother relase 'Twist & Shout'
05/25/1962 US unions AFL-CIO begins campaign for 35-hour work week
05/25/1963 Early Wynn wins his 300th baseball game
05/25/1963 Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket
05/25/1963 Organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania & Zambia
05/25/1965 Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles & is knocked unconscious on stage
05/25/1965 India & Pakistan border fights
05/25/1965 Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1st round for HW boxing title
05/25/1965 Roel van Duyn, Martijn Ananar & Rob Faado align in Provo
05/25/1966 Peru & Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
05/25/1967 John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce
05/25/1968 Rolling Stones release 'Jumping Jack Flash'
05/25/1969 Sudan military coup under colonel Ja'far al-Numeiry
05/25/1970 Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars in 3rd ABA championship, 4 games to 2
05/25/1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
05/25/1973 Argentina peronist Hector C�mpora installed as president
05/25/1973 George Harrison releases 'Give Me Love' in UK
05/25/1973 Skylab 2 (US) launched
05/25/1973 US launches 1st Skylab crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz
05/25/1975 Warriors beat Bullets for NBA championship, 4 games to 0
05/25/1976 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Richard Dunn in Munich
05/25/1977 'Beatles Live! At Star-Club in Hamburg Germany' released
05/25/1977 Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election
05/25/1978 'Star Wars' released
05/25/1978 Mont Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
05/25/1979 American Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275
05/25/1979 Israel begins to return Sinai to Egypt
05/25/1979 Raul Gonz�les of M�xico completes 50,000 m walk in record 3:41:38.4
05/25/1980 Jacek Wszoka of Poland sets high jump record (7'8')
05/25/1981 Al Unser becomes 1st Indy 500 winner to be disqualified
05/25/1982 Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
05/25/1982 Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar
05/25/1982 STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad
05/25/1983 'Return of the Jedi' (Star Wars 3) released
05/25/1983 Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357
05/25/1985 Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11,000 killed
05/25/1986 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
05/25/1986 Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from Calif to NY
05/25/1986 KC Royal George Brett gets his 2,000th hit
05/25/1986 Virgilio Barco elected president of Colombia
05/25/1988 PSV wins Europe Cup
05/25/1989 Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens for Stanley Cup
05/25/1989 Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots
05/25/1991 Israel evacuates 14,000 Ethiopian Jews
05/25/1992 Jay Leno becomes permanent host of 'Tonight Show'
05/25/1992 NY Yankees score 9 runs before 1st out in 8th inn, beat Brewers 13-7
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