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What happened in history on this day: May 25?
On May 25 in ...
- 1787 - Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, George Washington presiding.
- 1793 - Father Stephen Theodore Badin is first ordained US Roman Catholic priest.
- 1825 - American Unitarian Association is founded.
- 1844 - First telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot in Maryland, USA.
- 1857 - The US Mint releases Flying Eagle cents to circulation, first American small cents (0.75 inch diameter).
- 1861 - John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus.
- 1862 - Battle of Winchester, Virginia.
- 1864 - Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia.
- 1905 - The Commonwealth statue is placed atop the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
- 1937 - First airmail letter to circle the globe returns to New York.
- 1940 - The Golden Gate International Exposition opens for a second season, at San Francisco's Treasure Island.
- 1943 - Riot at Mobile Alabama shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers.
- 1943 - Trident conference in Washington DC (operation plan '43 against Japan).
- 1950 - Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in New York City, New York.
- 1953 - At the Nevada Test Site, the U.S. conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
- 1953 - First non-commercial educational television station-Houston, Texas, USA.
- 1955 - Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall, Kansas, and most of Blackwell, Oklahoma.
- 1959 - US Supreme Court rules that Louisiana prohibiting black-white boxing is unconstitutional.
- 1961 - US President John Kennedy appeals to Congress that the nation should commit to "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth" by the end of the decade.
- 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric).
- 1962 - American unions AFL-CIO starts campaign for 35-hour work week.
- 1964 - In Los Angeles, California, the 16th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Joey Bishop and E.G. Marshall.
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Jack Klugman for playing Joe Larch in episode "Blacklist" of The Defenders
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Series (Lead): Dick Van Dyke for The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Shelley Winters for playing Jenny Dworak in episode "Two Is The Number" of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Lead): Mary Tyler Moore for The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor: Albert Paulsen for episode "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress: Ruth White for episode "Little Moon of Alban" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy: Jerry Paris for The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama: Tom Gries for episode "Who Do You Kill?" of East Side/West Side
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music: Robert Scheerer for The Danny Kaye Show
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Original: Ernest Kinoy for episode "Blacklist" of The Defenders
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation: Rod Serling and John O'Hara for episode "It's Mental Work" of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy or Variety: Carl Reiner, Sam Denoff, and Bill Persky for The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction and Scenic Design: Warren Clymer for Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Music: The Bell Telephone Hour
- Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program or Series: Danny Kaye for The Danny Kaye Show
- Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Documentary Programs: David L. Wolper, Mel Stuart, and Theodore H. White for The Making of the President 1960
- Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Comedy: The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Variety: The Danny Kaye Show
- Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama: The Defenders
- Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming: Discovery
- Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of News Reports: The Huntley-Brinkley Report
- Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of News Commentary or Public Affairs: NBC White Paper
- Program of the Year: The Making of the President 1960
- Outstanding Achievement in Composing Original Music for Television: Elmer Bernstein for The Making of the President 1960
- 1964 - Ground is broken for a new sports stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri.
- 1964 - US Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation is unconstitutional.
- 1965 - U.S. Treasury officials announce that dollar coin production had been suspended.
- 1968 - Gateway Arch in Saint Louis dedicated.
- 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1973 - US launches first Skylab; crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz.
- 1977 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1977 - 20th Century Fox releases the film Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope to theaters in the USA.
- 1978 - A bomb explodes in the security section of Northwestern University, wounding a security guard (the first Unabomber attack).
- 1979 - John Spenkelink is executed in Florida, in the first use of the electric chair in America after the reintroduction of death penalty in 1976.
- 1979 - In Chicago, Illinois, USA, American Airlines Flight 191 DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, killing all 271 on board and 2 people on the ground in the deadliest aviation accident in U. S. history.
- 1981 - Daniel Goodwin scales outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 hours.
- 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, to raise money to fight hunger and homelessness.
- 1989 - Eastern Airlines graduates its first class of non-union pilots.
- 1989 - Thirteen days after a Southern Pacific train derails, a Calnev pipeline explodes at the same section of Duffy Street in San Bernardino, California.
- 1996 - Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American.
- 1997 - Strom Thurmond becomes the longest serving member in the history of the United States Senate (41 years and 10 months).
- 2006 - Kenneth Lay, CEO of Enron, is indicted on ten counts of securities fraud and related charges.
- 2008 - NASA's Mars Phoenix lander touches down in the far north of Mars, sending back to Earth pictures of a region never previously seen up close.
Births on May 25
- 1803 - Birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson in the USA; essayist/philosopher (Concord Hymn).
- 1845 - Birth of William Muldoon in Belfast, New York, USA; boxing commissioner (help find PAL).
- 1905 - Birth of Joseph C Harsch in Toledo, Ohio, USA; newscaster (Background).
- 1915 - Birth of Virginia Ellen Simms AKA Ginny Simms AKA Virginia Eastvold in San Antonio, Texas, USA; actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band).
- 1917 - Birth of Steve Cochran in Eureka, California, USA; actor (Mozambique, Gay Senotiys, Dallas).
- 1918 - Birth of Claude Akins in Nelson, Georgia, USA; actor (BJ and the Bear, Movin' On, Lobo).
- 1919 - Birth of Lindsey Nelson in Pulaski, Tennessee, USA; sportscaster (New York Mets).
- 1925 - Birth of Jeanne Crain in Barstow, California, USA; actress (Man Without a Star).
- 1927 - Birth of Robert Ludlum in New York City, New York; spy novelist (Bourne Identity).
- 1931 - Birth of John Gabriel in Niagara Falls, New York, USA; actor (Cat Gang, Fantasies).
- 1932 - Birth of K C Jones in Taylor, Texas, USA; basketball player (Olympics-gold-1956).
- 1936 - Birth of Tom T Hall in Olive Hill, Kentucky, USA; country singer/writer (Harper Valley PTA).
- 1939 - Birth of Dixie [Virginia] Carter in McLemoresville, Tennessee, USA; actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night).
- 1943 - Birth of Leslie Uggams in New York City, New York, USA; singer/actress (Leslie Uggams Show, Roots).
- 1947 - Birth of Jessi Colter [Miriam Johnson] in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; country singer ("I'm Not Lisa").
- 1947 - Birth of Karen Valentine in Santa Rosa, California, USA; actress (Love American Style, Room 222).
- 1947 - Birth of Mitch Margo in Brooklyn, New York, USA; rocker (The Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight").
- 1953 - Birth of Donald Albert Weibring Junior in Quincy, Illinois, USA; PGA golfer (1979 Quad Cities).
- 1953 - Birth of Rich Alves in Pleasanton, California, USA; singer (Pirates of the Mississippi - Fred Jake).
- 1955 - Birth of Connie Selleca in the Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Hotel, Captain America II).
- 1957 - Birth of Hillary Bailey Smith in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Margot - As the World Turns, Nora - One Life to Live).
- 1962 - Birth of Amy Read in Birmingham, Michigan, USA; golfer (1994 Healthsouth Palm Beach-15th).
- 1965 - Birth of Mark Knight in California, USA; rock guitarist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals).
- 1966 - Birth of Bill Haselman in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA; catcher (Boston Red Sox).
- 1966 - Birth of Dave Hollins in Buffalo, New York, USA; infielder (Minnesota Twins).
- 1966 - Birth of Melissa McNamara in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; LPGA golfer (1991 Stratton Mountain Classic).
- 1967 - Birth of Ruthie Bolton in McClain, Mississippi, USA; basketball guard (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Nathalie Schneyder in San Francisco, California, USA; synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Anne Heche in Aurora, Ohio, USA; actress (Donnie Brasco, Juror, Volcano).
- 1969 - Birth of Matt Borlenghi in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Brian Bodine - All My Children).
- 1970 - Birth of Heather Simmons-Carrasco in Mountain View, California, USA; synchronized swimmer (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Joey Eischen in West Covina, California, USA; pitcher (Los Angeles Dodgers).
- 1970 - Birth of Sidney [Robin] Greenbush in Hollywood, California, USA; twin actress (Carrie - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1970 - Birth of [Rachel] Lindsay Greenbush in Hollywood, California, USA; twin actress (Carrie - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1971 - Birth of Justin Henry Rye in New York, USA; actor (Kramer versus Kramer, Sixteen Candles).
- 1975 - Birth of Adam Saathoff in Tuscon, Arizona; running target (Olympics-1996).
Deaths on May 25
- 1972 - Death of Rudolf Dreikurs in Chicago, U.S.A. (born in Vienna, Austria); psychologist, founded the Alfred Adler Institute in Chicago.
- 1979 - John Spenkelink is executed in Florida, in the first use of the electric chair in America after the reintroduction of death penalty in 1976.
- 1981 - Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at age 84.
- 1985 - Robert Nathan, US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at age 91.
- 1986 - Chester Bowles, American senator/ambassador, dies at age 85 (born 1901).
- 1992 - Philip C Habib, US diplomat (Middle-East/Asia), dies at age 72.
- 1996 - Buck, dog (TV show Married with Children), dies at age 13.
- 2008 - Death of Jack Simplot, American multibillionaire potato farmer, at age 99.
- 2015 - Death of Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer (born 1940).
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