25th may history..... 1085 - King Alfonso VI of Castily/Leon occupy Toledo on Moren 1241 - 1st attack on Jewish community of Frankfurt am Main, Germany 1420 - Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ. 1521 - Edict of Worms outlaws Martin Luther & his followers 1522 - Emperor Karel I returns to Spain 1632 - Albrecht von Wallenstein recaptures Prague on Saksen 1659 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England. Many pubs in England have since been called Tumbeldown Dick in his memory. 1660 - King Charles II of England lands in Dover 1720 - The Ship Le Grand St Antoine reaches Marseille, bringing Europes last major plague outbreak. Kills around 100,000 1721 - John Copson becomes Americas 1st insurance agent 1738 - A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners. 1784 - Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek 1787 - Constitutional convention opens at Phila, G Washington presiding 1793 - Father Stephen Theodore Badin is 1st US Roman Catholic priest ordained 1810 - The Primera Junta (local government) is established in Argentina 1810 - In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Spanish Viceroy Cisneros during Semana de Mayo. 1825 - American Unitarian Association founded 1837 - The Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom. 1844 - 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot King Charles IIKing Charles II 1861 - John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ 1862 - Battle of Winchester VA 1864 - Battle of New Hope Church, GA 1868 - Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen 1870 - Irish Fenians raid Eccles Hill, Quebec 1876 - 1st tie in NL history (Athletics & Louisville, 2-2 in 14) 1876 - 4th Preakness: G Barbee aboard Shirley wins in 2:44.75 1878 - Gilbert & Sullivans opera HMS Pinafore premieres in London 1887 - Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die 1895 - 20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 1:50.5 1895 - Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for gross indecency 1895 - The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as the president. 1898 - 1st US troop transport to Manila leaves SF 1899 - 33rd Belmont: R Clawson aboard Jean Beraud wins in 2:23 1900 - Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics Writer/Poet Oscar WildeWriter/Poet Oscar Wilde 1904 - 38th Belmont: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6 1906 - After 20 straight wins, Boston Pilgrims lose to Chicago White Sox 3-0 1911 - Revolution in Mexico overthrows President Jose Porfirio Diaz 1914 - British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule Bill 1915 - 2nd Battle of Ypres ends with 105,000 casualties 1915 - Chicago Claude Hendrix no-hits Pitts (Federal League), 10-0 1919 - Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap 1922 - Babe Ruth suspended 1 day & fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump 1923 - Britain recognizes Transjordan with Abdullah as its leader 1926 - Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian Peoples Republic. 1932 - Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in Mickeys Revue by Walt Disney 1934 - Béla Bartòks Enchanted Deer premieres 1935 - Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs Pirates 1935 - Track and field athlete Jesse Owens equals or breaks 6 world records in 45 minutes at Big Ten meet at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor US 1936 - The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins. Baseball Great Babe RuthBaseball Great Babe Ruth 1937 - 1st airmail letter to circle globe returns to NY 1938 - Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths. 1939 - Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president 1940 - German troops conquer Boulogne 1940 - Golden Gate International Exposition reopens 1941 - 5,000 drown in a storm at Ganges Delta region in India 1941 - Ted Williams raises his batting average over .400 for 1st time in 1941 1943 - Riot at Mobile, Alabama, shipyard over upgrading 12 black workers 1943 - Trident conference in Washington, DC (operation plan 43 against Japan) 1944 - Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia 1945 - Arthur C Clark proposes relay satellites in geosynchronous orbit 1946 - Jordan gains independence from Britain (National Day); Abdullah ibn Hussein becomes king of Jordan 1947 - Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Cos Mine #5 killing 111 1948 - 30th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Norwood Hills CC St Louis 1948 - SF receives its 1st telecast Golfer Ben HoganGolfer Ben Hogan 1949 - Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai 1950 - Brooklyn Battery Tunnel opens in NYC 1951 - NY Giant Willie Mays 1st major league game (goes 0 for 5) 1953 - 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada 1953 - 1st non-commercial educational television station-Houston, Texas 1953 - Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row 1955 - Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall Kansas & most of Blackwell Okla
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 12:10:14 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015