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MAY 25
- TODAY IS NATIONAL GEEK DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL WINE DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL TAP DANCE DAY
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BIRTHDAYS:
- RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882)
- FRANK OZ (1944, 73)
- SIR IAN MCKELLEN (1939, 78)
- BILL SHARMAN (1926-2010)
- K.C. JONES (1932, 85)
- DAVID PASTRNAK (1996, 21)
ON THIS DAY:
- IN 1521, CHARLES V ISSUES THE EDICT OF WORMS, DECLARING MARTIN LUTHER AN OUTLAW
- IN 1878, GILBERT AND SULLIVAN'S H.M.S. PINAFORE OPENS IN LONDON'S OPERA COMIQUE
- IN 1953, THE FIRST PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION, KUHT BEGINS BROADCASTING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
- IN 1965, MUHAMMED ALI BEATS SONNY LISTON IN LEWISTON, ME- GENERATING ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC (AND MOST COPYRIGHTED) PHOTOS IN SPORTS HISTORY
- IN 1968 THE GATEWAY ARCH IN ST. LOUIS IS DEDICATED
- IN 1977, "STAR WARS" IS RELEASED IN THEATRES