Highlights in History
• On May 25, 1979, 273 people died when an American Airlines DC-10 crashed on takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare airport.
• In 1787, the Constitutional Convention began meeting in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum.
• In 1810, Argentina began its revolt against Spanish rule.
• In 1895, playwright Oscar Wilde was convicted of a morals charge in London; he was sentenced to two years in prison.
• In 1935, Babe Ruth hit the 714th and final home run of his career, for the Boston Braves, in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• In 1961, President John F. Kennedy, addressing Congress, called on the nation to work toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
• In 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.
• Ten years ago: A bipartisan congressional report said China's two-decade effort to steal U.S. weapons technology continued well into the Clinton administration; President Bill Clinton responded that his administration was already "moving aggressively to tighten security."
• Five years ago: The Boston Archdiocese said it would close 65 of 357 parishes, an offshoot of the clergy sex-abuse scandal.
• One year ago: NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander arrived to search for water on the Red Planet.
Thought for Today
"A historian is a prophet in reverse." -- Friedrich von Schlegel, German diplomat and writer (1772-1829)
Source: Associated Press
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