Today is Monday, May 25, the 145th day of 2009. There are 220 days left in the year.
585 B.C. _ First known prediction of a solar eclipse
1810 _ Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (National Day)
1844 _ First telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot
1895 _ Oscar Wilde sentenced to two years hard labor for being a sodomite
1914 _ British House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule
1935 _ Jesse Owens equals or breaks six world records in one hour
1969 _ ``Midnight Cowboy" released with an X rating
1976 _ Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Richard Dunn in Munich
1978 _ ``Star Wars" released
1989 _ Mikhail Gorbachev elected executive president of the Soviet Union