May 25 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 25
In the headlines today:

2005		Country singer Carrie Underwood is announced winner of the fourth season of FOX-TV's American Idol reality show. Rocker Bo Bice is runner-up. (photo credit: Arista)
2002	More than 200 people die when a China Airlines Boeing 747 jetliner plunges into the Taiwan Strait.
1992	Jay Leno makes his debut as permanent host of The Tonight Show, succeeding Johnny Carson.
1990		Foreigner lead singer Lou Gramm quits the band to pursue a solo career. (photo credit: Wounded Bird Records)
1968	The Gateway Arch, located in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
1961		US president John F. Kennedy asks the nation to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. (photo credit: NARA)
1946	Transjordan (now known as Jordan) becomes a kingdom, with King Abdulla Ibn Ul-Hussein as the new monarch.
1935	Babe Ruth, in a Boston Braves uniform, hits the 714th and final home run of his career in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1927	The Ford Motor Company announces it is discontinuing the Model T automobile in favor of its Model A.
1895	Playwright Oscar Wilde is sentenced to prison on a morals charge.
1844	The Baltimore Patriot carries the first-ever telegraphed news dispatch (received from Washington, DC).
1810	Argentina begins its revolt against Spain.
1787	The US Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia.