En este día...

ON THIS DAY

On This Day: May 25

Go to Index »

• See larger version »
• Buy a reproduction »

On May 25, 1925, John T. Scopes was indicted in Tennessee for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
Go to article »

On May 25, 1926, Miles Davis, the American trumpeter who had a strong influence on jazz music, was born. Following his death on Sept. 28, 1991, his obituary appeared in The Times.

Go to obituary » | Other birthdays »

On This Date

1787	The Constitutional Convention was convened in Philadelphia.
1878	Song-and-dance man Bill "Bojangles" Robinson was born in Richmond, Va.
1895	Playwright Oscar Wilde was convicted of a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison.
1935	Baseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth hit the 714th and final home run of his career.
1946	Transjordan became a kingdom as it proclaimed its new monarch, King Abdullah Ibn Ul-Hussein.
1951	Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays made his major league debut with the New York Giants.
1968	The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated.
1979	An American Airlines DC-10 crashed during takeoff at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, killing all 271 people on board and two on the ground.
1981	Daredevil Dan Goodwin, wearing a Spiderman costume, scaled the outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in 71/2 hours.
1986	An estimated 7 million people participated in "Hands Across America," forming a line across the country to raise money for the nation's hungry and homeless.
1992	Jay Leno debuted as host of NBC's "Tonight Show," succeeding Johnny Carson.
2005	Carrie Underwood won the fourth season of "American Idol."
2006	Former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were convicted in Houston of conspiracy and fraud for the company's downfall. (Skilling faces resentencing after his original 24-year sentence was overturned; Lay died before he could be sentenced.)

Current Birthdays

Actor Ian McKellen turns 72 years old years old today.

AP Photo/Charles Sykes

Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher turns 33 years old today.

AP Photo/Jim Prisching

1921	Hal David, Songwriter, turns 90
1932	K.C. Jones, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 79
1936	Tom T. Hall, Country singer, songwriter, turns 75
1943	Leslie Uggams, Singer-actress, turns 68
1944	Frank Oz, Movie producer, "muppeteer", turns 67
1947	Karen Valentine, Actress ("Room 222"), turns 64
1955	Connie Sellecca, Actress, turns 56
1958	Paul Weller, Rock musician (The Jam, Style Council), turns 53
1960	Amy Klobuchar, U.S. senator, D-Minn., turns 51
1963	Mike Myers, Actor, comedian ("Saturday Night Live," "Austin Powers" movies), turns 48
1969	Anne Heche, Actress, turns 42
1973	Molly Sims, Actress, turns 38
1974	Miguel Tejada, Baseball player, turns 37
1975	Lauryn Hill, R&B singer, turns 36
1976	Cillian Murphy, Actor, turns 35
1984	Shawne Merriman, Football player, turns 27

Historic Birthdays

Miles Davis5/25/1926 - 9/28/1991American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer.Go to obituary »

75	Claude Buffier 5/25/1661 - 5/17/1737 French Jesuit philosopher, historian and educator
78	Ralph Waldo Emerson 5/25/1803 - 4/27/1882 American poet and essayist; important figure in Transcendentalism
71	Bill "Bojangles" Robinson 5/25/1878 - 11/25/1949 American stage and screen dancer
85	Sir William Beaverbrook 5/25/1879 - 6/9/1964 Canadian-born English politician, journalist and newspaper proprietor
66	Phillip Murray 5/25/1886 - 11/9/1952 Scottish-born American labor leader
83	Igor Sikorsky 5/25/1889 - 10/26/1972 Russian-born American aircraft designer; developed the helicopter
73	Bennett Cerf 5/25/1898 - 8/27/1971 American publisher, businessman and founder of Random House Publishers
81	Gene Tunney 5/25/1897 - 11/7/1978 American boxer; defeated Jack Dempsey in 1926
52	Richard Dimbleby 5/25/1913 - 12/22/1965 English reporter and pioneering broadcast journalist