On this day …
May 25, 2017
- In 1878, the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera HMS Pinafore opened in London.
- In 1925, John T. Scopes was indicted for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in Tennessee.
- In 1935, track star Jesse Owens broke three world records and tied a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich.
- In 1953, the first public television station in the United States began broadcasting from the University of Houston.
- In 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced at a joint session of Congress his goal of putting a man on the Moon by the end of the decade.
- In 1968, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated.
- In 1977, Star Wars was released in theaters; it went on to become the highest grossing film of all time.
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