Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
May 25
| 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. | |
| 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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| 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. | |
| 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). | |
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