CoM Moderators Posted May 25 Posted May 25 Historical Events 1868 - Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen 1878 - W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "H.M.S. Pinafore" premieres in London, their first international success 1959 - Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visits Angola 1967 - John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelically painted Rolls Royce 1992 - Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected President of Italy More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1886 - Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary leader against the British Raj in India, born in Bengal, India (d. 1945) 1936 - Tom T. Hall, American country singer, songwriter ("Harper Valley PTA"), and author, born in Olive Hill, Kentucky (d. 2021) 1946 - David A. Hargrave, American game designer and writer known as The Dream Weaver (Arduin), born in United States (d. 1988) 1969 - Matt Borlenghi, Italian-American actor (Brian Bodine-All My Children), born in Los Angeles, California 1973 - Daz Dillinger [Delmar Drew Arnaud], American hip-hop performer, born in Long Beach, California More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1789 - Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751) 1916 - Jack Marsh, Australian cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies in a pub brawl at 41 or 42 1948 - Witold Pilecki, Polish WWII resistance fighter (volunteered to go to Auschwitz, Witold's Report), executed by communist secret police after a show trial at age 47 1965 - Sonny Boy Williamson II [Aleck Miller], American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, dies at 65 1996 - Bernard Sendall, British deputy director general of British Independent Television Authority and author (Independent Television in Britain), dies at 83 More Famous Deaths »
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