Historical Events for 25th May 2023

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1571 - Pope Pius V forms The Holy League to fight the Ottomans with other Catholic maritime states including Spain, Venice, Naples and Sicily
1868 - Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen
1943 - Agnes Moorehead appears in "Sorry, Wrong Number" on the radio program "Suspense", her most successful appearance
1965 - Dave Davies of The Kinks knocked unconscious in an on stage scuffle with drummer Mick Avory at Cardiff’s Capital Theatre
1968 - Rolling Stones release song "Jumping Jack Flash"
1968 - Unicorn by The Irish Rovers hits #7
1983 - Fire in Nassermeer, Egypt, kills 357
2011 - Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show
2019 - First ever albino panda footage in the wild released (taken in April) from China's Wolong National Nature Reserve
2021 - Coup in Mali as military Colonel Assimi Goïta ousts country's civilian President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane arresting and detaining them

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