CoM Moderators Posted May 25 Posted May 25 1900 - Retired London fire master Eyre Massey Shaw aged 70 reputedly becomes oldest gold medalist in Olympics for sailing (disputed) 1915 - A British Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on the failure of the Dardanelles offensive sacks Lord Kitchener as head of munitions and Winston Churchill as Lord of the Admiralty 1943 - Agnes Moorehead appears in "Sorry, Wrong Number" on the radio program "Suspense", her most successful appearance 1964 - Frank Gilroy's dramatic play "The Subject Was Roses", starring Jack Albertson and Martin Sheen, opens at Royale Theatre, NYC; runs for 832 performances; wins Pulitzer Prize, and 2 Tony Awards 1966 - Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die 1966 - "Au Hasard Balthazar", French film directed by Robert Bresson, starring Anne Wiazemsky and François Lafarge, is released 1970 - 3rd ABA Championship: Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars, 4 games to 2 1972 - Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander 1982 - Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar 2011 - Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show More Historical Events »
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