• May 25 2007

    6 Years ago

    The Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire for the second time.


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  • May 25 2003

    10 Years ago

    Néstor Kirchner becomes President of Argentina after defeating Carlos Menem. He is the first elected President since the economic crisis.


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  • May 25 2002

    11 Years ago

    China Airlines China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people.


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  • May 25 2002

    11 Years ago

    A train crash in Tenga rail disaster, Mozambique kills 197 people.


  • May 25 2001

    12 Years ago

    32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.


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  • May 25 2000

    13 Years ago

    Liberation Day (Lebanon). Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanon territory after 22 years of its first Operation Litani.


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  • May 25 1999

    14 Years ago

    The United States House of Representatives releases the ''Cox Report'' which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.


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  • May 25 1997

    16 Years ago

    A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah.


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  • May 25 1995

    18 Years ago

    The Bosnia and Herzegovina Serb Army Tuzla massacre in the Bosnian city of Tuzla.


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  • May 25 1985

    28 Years ago

    Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.


  • May 25 1982

    31 Years ago

    HMS Coventry (D118) is sunk during the Falklands War.


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  • May 25 1981

    32 Years ago

    In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.


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  • May 25 1979

    34 Years ago

    American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground.


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  • May 25 1977

    36 Years ago

    Star Wars: Episode IV is released. It rapidly becomes a cult classic and is the start of a six-movie franchise.


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  • May 25 1966

    47 Years ago

    Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.


  • May 25 1966

    47 Years ago

    The first prominent Big-character poster during the Cultural Revolution in China is posted at Peking University.


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  • May 25 1963

    50 Years ago

    In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.


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  • May 25 1961

    52 Years ago

    Apollo program: President of the United States John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the moon" before the end of the decade.


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  • May 25 1961

    52 Years ago

    King Hussein of Jordan (country) marries Princess Muna al-Hussein (Antoinette Gardiner).


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  • May 25 1955

    58 Years ago

    In the United States, a night time Fujita scale tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.


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