Historical Events of May 25 BC (Before Comet):
1787 - The Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia.
1898 - 2500 men were dispatched to Manila as part of the Spanish-American War.
1953 - The first atomic artillery shell was fired in Nevada.
1961 - President John F. Kennedy stated that the United States would be the first to put a man on the moon.
1979 - A DC-10 leaving Chicago's O'Hare Airport crashed killing 273 people.
Births:
1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist/philosopher.