Thursday, May 25, 2000
History today -- 8:41 am CST, Update by The Master
- 1787: The Constitutional Convention was convened in Philadelphia.
- 1810: Argentinian revolt against Spain begins.
- 1895: Playwright Oscar Wilde is convicted of a morals charge and sentenced to prison.
- 1935: Babe Ruth hits his 714th and final home run of his career for the Boston Braves.
- 1946: Transjordan (now Jordan) became a kingdom as it proclaimed its new monarch, King Abdullah Ibn Ul-Hussein.
- 1961: President Kennedy makes his "send a man to the moon" speech.
- 1968: The Gateway to the West arch is completed in St. Louis.
- 1979: 275 people die in a DC-10 plane crash out of Chicago's O'Hare airport.
- 1992: Jay Leno debuts on his first "Tonight Show" after Johnny Carson's retirement.
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