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25 May, 2003
Néstor Kirchner becomes President of Argentina after defeating Carlos Menem. He is the first elected President since the economic crisis.
25 May, 2002
China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people. A train crash in Tenga, Mozambique kills 197 people.
25 May, 2001
64-year-old Sherman Bull, of New Canaan, Connecticut, becomes the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
25 May, 1999
The United States House of Representatives released the Cox Report which detailed the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
25 May, 1985
Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
25 May, 1982
Dozens killed as Argentines hit British ships - Dozens of men are feared dead in the seas around the Falkland Islands after frigates are destroyed.
25 May, 1979
American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground
25 May, 1977
Liverpool F.C. win their first European Champions' Cup, defeating Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-1 in the Stadio Olimpico, Rome. George Lucas' film, Star Wars, is released, and becomes an instant hit.
25 May, 1967
Celtic win European Cup - Celtic become the first British team to win the European Cup, beating favourites Internazionale Milan 2-1.
25 May, 1963
African states unite against white rule - Leaders of 32 African nations set up an organisation that will give them a united voice for the first time in African history.
25 May, 1961
Kennedy pledges man on Moon - President John F Kennedy says the US will aim to put the first man on the Moon by the end of the decade.
25 May, 1953
Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
25 May, 1940
World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk begins.
25 May, 1935
Babe Ruth hits his 714th and last home run at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, setting a baseball record that will stand for 39 years.
25 May, 1914
The United Kingdom's House of Commons passes Home Rule Act for devolution in Ireland.
25 May, 1911
Revolution in Mxico overthrows President Jos Porfirio Diaz
25 May, 1900
Eyre M Shaw, 78, becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics.
25 May, 1895
Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
25 May, 1659
Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth.

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