05-25-2005, 05:01 AM
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May 25th
1803 ~ Birthday of Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher.
1889 ~ Birthday of Igor Sikorsky developer of the helicopter.
1895 ~ Oscar Wilde was convicted of sodomy and gross indecency and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
1926 ~ Birthday of Miles Davis, jazz musician and composer.
1929 ~ Birthday of Beverly Sills, Soprano.
1934 ~ Death of Gustav Holst, English composer.
1953 ~ At the Nevada Test Site, the U.S. conducted its first and only nuclear artillery test.
1963 ~ In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity was established.
1973 ~ Mike Oldfield released Tubular Bells.
1979 ~ The movie Alien opened, starring Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver.
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