Today in History
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2002 A China Airlines jumbo jet breaks apart in mid-air
The Boeing 747 aircraft crashed into the Taiwan Strait, leaving no survivors among the 225 people on
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1979 American Airlines flight 191 crashes shortly after takeoff
The photo showing the lopsided DC-10 hurtling towards the ground at O'Hare International Airport in
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1979 Etan Patz disappears
The disappearance and murder of the 6-year-old boy from New York City and the extensive publicity it
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1977 The first Star Wars film is released
George Lucas' epic space opera is one of the most popular works in movie history.
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1963 32 African countries form a coalition against white rule
The Organisation of African Unity was founded to promote decolonization and end white minority gover
Births On This Day,
May, 25
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1979 Jonny Wilkinson
English rugby player
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1976 Cillian Murphy
Irish/English actor
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1974 Frank Klepacki
American drummer, composer
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1899 Kazi Nazrul Islam
Indian flute player, poet
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1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson
American poet, philosopher
Deaths On This Day,
May, 25
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2006 Desmond Dekker
Jamaican singer-songwriter
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2005 Graham Kennedy
Australian actor
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1934 Gustav Holst
English composer
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1848 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
German author, composer
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992 Mieszko I of Poland
