May 25
1787 - The Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia under the leadership of George Washington, in order to establish a new U.S. government.
1925 - John Scopes was indicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
1946 - Transjordan became a kingdom as it proclaimed its new monarch, Abdullah I.
1961 - President John F. Kennedy told Congress: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth."
1964 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, ordered the Virginia county to reopen its public schools, which officials had closed in an attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka desegregation ruling.
1968 - The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated.
1969 - Midnight Cowboy, the only X-rated film to ever win a best picture Oscar, was released.
1977 - The science fiction classic Star Wars (retroactively titled Episode IV: A New Hope) was released in theaters.
1979 - The worst air disaster in U.S. history (excluding the 9/11 terrorist attacks) occurred when a DC-10 crashed at Chicago's O'Hare airport, killing over 270 people.
1981 - Daredevil Dan Goodwin, wearing a Spiderman costume, scaled the outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 1/2 hours.
1986 - An estimated 7 million people participated in "Hands Across America," forming a line across the country to raise money for the nation's hungry and homeless.
1992 - Jay Leno debuted as the new host of NBC's "Tonight Show," succeeding Johnny Carson.
2005 - Carrie Underwood won the fourth season of "American Idol."
2006 - Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, the chief executives who guided Enron through its spectacular rise and even more stunning fall, were found guilty of fraud and conspiracy.
2008 - NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on the Red Planet to begin searching for evidence of water; the spacecraft confirmed the presence of water ice at its landing site.
2011 - A judge in Tucson, Arizona, ruled that Jared Lee Loughner, the man accused of wounding U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six in a shooting rampage, was mentally incompetent to stand trial.
2011 - A judge in Salt Lake City sentenced street preacher Brian David Mitchell to life in prison for kidnapping and raping Elizabeth Smart, who was 14 at the time of her abduction in 2002.
2011 - "The Oprah Winfrey Show" aired its final broadcast, ending a 25-year run.
2016 - It was announced that about a dozen states were suing the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that matched their gender identity. (A federal judge put the directive on hold after the suit was filed; the Trump administration lifted the Obama guidelines in February 2017.)
2018 - Harvey Weinstein was charged in New York with rape and another sex felony in the first prosecution to result from the wave of allegations against him; the once-powerful movie producer turned himself in to face the charges and was released on $1 million bail after a court appearance. (Weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault; he is serving a 23-year prison sentence.)
2020 - George Floyd, a Black man, died when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for about 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and pleading that he couldn’t breathe; Floyd’s death, captured on video by a bystander, would lead to worldwide protests, some of which turned violent, and a reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.
2020 - President Donald Trump made Memorial Day visits to Arlington National Cemetery and Baltimore’s Fort McHenry; Democrat Joe Biden chose Memorial Day to make his first public appearance in two months; he placed a wreath at a park near his Delaware home.
Birthdays
22 - Brec Bassinger (actress)
27 - Aly Raisman (gymnast)
31 - Bo Dallas (professional wrestler)
36 - Lauren Frost (actress/singer)
36 - Roman Reigns (professional wrestler)
42 - Corbin Allred (actor)
44 - Alberto Del Rio (professional wrestler)
45 - Julia Carey (producer)
45 - Ethan Suplee (actor)
45 - Colin Murphy (actor)
45 - Erinn Hayes (actress)
48 - Molly Sims (actress)
50 - Justin Henry (actor)
51 - Octavia Spencer (actress)
52 - Anne Heche (actress)
53 - Joseph Reitman (actor)
58 - Mike Myers (actor/comedian)
63 - Paul Weller (singer)
66 - Connie Sellecca (actress)
70 - Patti D'Arbanville (actress)
74 - Jacki Weaver (actress)
74 - Karen Valentine (actress)
77 - Frank Oz (muppeteer)
78 - Leslie Uggams (actress)
82 - Ian McKellen (actor)
92 - Ann Robinson (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 25
1922 - Babe Ruth was suspended for one day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an umpire.
1935 - American track star Jesse Owens broke three world records and tied another in a little over an hour.
1935 - Babe Ruth of the Boston Braves hit the 714th and final home run of his career in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, a record that would stand until broken by Hank Aaron in 1974.
1951 - Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays made his major league debut with the New York Giants.
1959 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in State Athletic Commission v. Dorsey, struck down a Louisiana law prohibiting interracial boxing matches. (The case had been brought by Joseph Dorsey Jr., a Black professional boxer.)
1965 - Muhammad Ali recorded a knockout over Sonny Liston just 1 minute and 56 seconds into the first round for the heavyweight championship in Lewiston, Maine. (Ali's victory generated controversy over whether he'd truly connected when he sent Liston crashing to the canvas with a right to the head, or whether it was a "phantom punch," implying that the fight had been fixed.)
1970 - The Indiana Pacers defeated the Los Angeles Stars in six games to win the ABA championship.
1975 - The Golden State Warriors defeat the Washington Bullets in a sweep to win the NBA championship.
1978 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins to win their third straight Stanley Cup.
1981 - Al Unser became the first Indianapolis 500 winner to be disqualified.
1981 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox becomes the fourth player in major league history to play in 3,000 games (joining Ty Cobb, Stan Musial and Hank Aaron).
1982 - Ferguson Jenkins became the seventh pitcher in major league history to record 3,000 career strikeouts.
1989 - The Calgary Flames defeated the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup.
1991 - The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Minnesota North Stars to win the Stanley Cup.
1995 - The NHL announced the sale of the Quebec Nordiques to COMSAT, who would move the franchise to Colorado and become the Avalanche.
1997 - The Minnesota Twins retired Kirby Puckett's #34.
1997 - Todd and Mel Stottlemyre became the first father and son to win 100 baseball games.
1787 - The Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia under the leadership of George Washington, in order to establish a new U.S. government.
1925 - John Scopes was indicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
1946 - Transjordan became a kingdom as it proclaimed its new monarch, Abdullah I.
1961 - President John F. Kennedy told Congress: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth."
1964 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, ordered the Virginia county to reopen its public schools, which officials had closed in an attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka desegregation ruling.
1968 - The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated.
1969 - Midnight Cowboy, the only X-rated film to ever win a best picture Oscar, was released.
1977 - The science fiction classic Star Wars (retroactively titled Episode IV: A New Hope) was released in theaters.
1979 - The worst air disaster in U.S. history (excluding the 9/11 terrorist attacks) occurred when a DC-10 crashed at Chicago's O'Hare airport, killing over 270 people.
1981 - Daredevil Dan Goodwin, wearing a Spiderman costume, scaled the outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 7 1/2 hours.
1986 - An estimated 7 million people participated in "Hands Across America," forming a line across the country to raise money for the nation's hungry and homeless.
1992 - Jay Leno debuted as the new host of NBC's "Tonight Show," succeeding Johnny Carson.
2005 - Carrie Underwood won the fourth season of "American Idol."
2006 - Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, the chief executives who guided Enron through its spectacular rise and even more stunning fall, were found guilty of fraud and conspiracy.
2008 - NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander arrived on the Red Planet to begin searching for evidence of water; the spacecraft confirmed the presence of water ice at its landing site.
2011 - A judge in Tucson, Arizona, ruled that Jared Lee Loughner, the man accused of wounding U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six in a shooting rampage, was mentally incompetent to stand trial.
2011 - A judge in Salt Lake City sentenced street preacher Brian David Mitchell to life in prison for kidnapping and raping Elizabeth Smart, who was 14 at the time of her abduction in 2002.
2011 - "The Oprah Winfrey Show" aired its final broadcast, ending a 25-year run.
2016 - It was announced that about a dozen states were suing the Obama administration over its directive to U.S. public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that matched their gender identity. (A federal judge put the directive on hold after the suit was filed; the Trump administration lifted the Obama guidelines in February 2017.)
2018 - Harvey Weinstein was charged in New York with rape and another sex felony in the first prosecution to result from the wave of allegations against him; the once-powerful movie producer turned himself in to face the charges and was released on $1 million bail after a court appearance. (Weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault; he is serving a 23-year prison sentence.)
2020 - George Floyd, a Black man, died when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for about 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and pleading that he couldn’t breathe; Floyd’s death, captured on video by a bystander, would lead to worldwide protests, some of which turned violent, and a reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S.
2020 - President Donald Trump made Memorial Day visits to Arlington National Cemetery and Baltimore’s Fort McHenry; Democrat Joe Biden chose Memorial Day to make his first public appearance in two months; he placed a wreath at a park near his Delaware home.
Birthdays
22 - Brec Bassinger (actress)
27 - Aly Raisman (gymnast)
31 - Bo Dallas (professional wrestler)
36 - Lauren Frost (actress/singer)
36 - Roman Reigns (professional wrestler)
42 - Corbin Allred (actor)
44 - Alberto Del Rio (professional wrestler)
45 - Julia Carey (producer)
45 - Ethan Suplee (actor)
45 - Colin Murphy (actor)
45 - Erinn Hayes (actress)
48 - Molly Sims (actress)
50 - Justin Henry (actor)
51 - Octavia Spencer (actress)
52 - Anne Heche (actress)
53 - Joseph Reitman (actor)
58 - Mike Myers (actor/comedian)
63 - Paul Weller (singer)
66 - Connie Sellecca (actress)
70 - Patti D'Arbanville (actress)
74 - Jacki Weaver (actress)
74 - Karen Valentine (actress)
77 - Frank Oz (muppeteer)
78 - Leslie Uggams (actress)
82 - Ian McKellen (actor)
92 - Ann Robinson (actress)
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Today in Sports History - May 25
1922 - Babe Ruth was suspended for one day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an umpire.
1935 - American track star Jesse Owens broke three world records and tied another in a little over an hour.
1935 - Babe Ruth of the Boston Braves hit the 714th and final home run of his career in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, a record that would stand until broken by Hank Aaron in 1974.
1951 - Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays made his major league debut with the New York Giants.
1959 - The U.S. Supreme Court, in State Athletic Commission v. Dorsey, struck down a Louisiana law prohibiting interracial boxing matches. (The case had been brought by Joseph Dorsey Jr., a Black professional boxer.)
1965 - Muhammad Ali recorded a knockout over Sonny Liston just 1 minute and 56 seconds into the first round for the heavyweight championship in Lewiston, Maine. (Ali's victory generated controversy over whether he'd truly connected when he sent Liston crashing to the canvas with a right to the head, or whether it was a "phantom punch," implying that the fight had been fixed.)
1970 - The Indiana Pacers defeated the Los Angeles Stars in six games to win the ABA championship.
1975 - The Golden State Warriors defeat the Washington Bullets in a sweep to win the NBA championship.
1978 - The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Boston Bruins to win their third straight Stanley Cup.
1981 - Al Unser became the first Indianapolis 500 winner to be disqualified.
1981 - Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox becomes the fourth player in major league history to play in 3,000 games (joining Ty Cobb, Stan Musial and Hank Aaron).
1982 - Ferguson Jenkins became the seventh pitcher in major league history to record 3,000 career strikeouts.
1989 - The Calgary Flames defeated the Montreal Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup.
1991 - The Pittsburgh Penguins defeat the Minnesota North Stars to win the Stanley Cup.
1995 - The NHL announced the sale of the Quebec Nordiques to COMSAT, who would move the franchise to Colorado and become the Avalanche.
1997 - The Minnesota Twins retired Kirby Puckett's #34.
1997 - Todd and Mel Stottlemyre became the first father and son to win 100 baseball games.
