May 25

It's May 25th

It's Geek Pride Day

On this day in 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
...in the Chinese chronicle Records of the Grand Historian or Shiji, which describes a comet that appeared
in the east and moved north.

In 1895 – Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other
male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.

In 1933 – The Walt Disney cartoon "Three Little Pigs" premieres at Radio City Music Hall
, featuring the hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"


In 1961 - John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of Congress, that
the United States "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out
, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."

In 1966 - Explorer 32 launches.

In 1968 – The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.

In 1973 - Gong releases "Flying Teapot"


- Mike Oldfield releases "Tubular Bells"


In 1977 – "Star Wars" is released in US theaters.


In 1979 - David Bowie releases "Lodger"


In 1983 - Dio releases "Holy Diver"


In 1987 - Death releases "Scream Bloody Gore"


In 2001 – Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of
Mt. Everest, with Dr. Sherman Bull.

In 2008 - Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search
for environments suitable for water and microbial life.


In 2012 – The SpaceX Dragon 1 becomes the first commercial spacecraft to
successfully rendezvous and berth with the ISS.

Birthdays:

Paul Weller


Barry Windsor-Smith


Klaus Meine


Frank Oz


Charlie Harper


Pierre Bachelet


Leslie Uggamsas Chanteuse in "2 Weeks in Another Town"


John Palmer



Ian McKellen
as John Keats in "Solo" (Episode 8)
"Solo" (TV Series 1970)
on Tubi

Tom Phillips
"Concerto Grosso"

Pages from "A Humument"



Tom T. Hall


Victoria Shaw
as Christine Downs in "The Crimson Kimono"


Sarah Marshall
as Miss Schwartz in "Lord Love a Duck"


John Gregory Dunne


Irwin Winkler


David Wynne
"Girl with Dolphin"


William Bowyer
"Anchored at Blackshore"


Claude Akins
as George Mandy in "The Human Jungle"


Claude Pinoteau


Jeanne Crain
as Diane Blane in "The Tattered Dress"


Kitty Kallen


Hal David


Steve Cochran
as Brad Webster in "Mozambique"


Miles Malleson
as Dr. Tobler in "Brides of Dracula"

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