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Today in History: May 25

By Photos by Associated Press

May 24, 2021

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Britain's Princess Margaret Rose seems more interested in Queen Mary’s umbrella, as Queen Mary talks with Princess Elizabeth after King George VI had presented new colours to the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards at Buckingham Palace, London, on May 25, 1938.
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Sandbostel concentration camp in northwestern Germany is slowly being cleared by British medical orderlies as its surviving inmates restored to normal health. Men and women workers recruited from the surrounding village leave the camp, May 25, 1945.
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The towering lacy mushroom from the atomic cannon’s first test rises from desert floor at Frenchman’s flat, near Las Vegas, Nevada on May 25, 1953. The 280-mm gun which tossed the shell to its destination six or seven mile away is in the foreground. The rifle was touched off electrically, with the gun-loading crew entrenched a safe distance away. This picture, released on May 27, by the air force, was made probably about 10 seconds after the explosion.
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South Vietnamese soldiers prepare to load Chinese-made recoilless rifles aboard a waiting helicopter in Cambodia, 85 miles northeast of Phnom Penh, on May 25, 1970. The weapons were captured as the troops advanced down route seven toward the Chup rubber plantation.
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Ku Klux Klan members light their torches from that of their local Klan Leader Charles Carroll, right, during a membership rally in Pensacola, Florida, Saturday, May 25, 1975.
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Joe Shannon of Kent, Ohio, demonstrates operation of computer bar he designed, at National Restaurant Show in Chicago, Tuesday, May 25, 1977. In less than three seconds, the bar can mix any of up to 1,200 different drinks of from one drop to 64 ounces, price, tax and record the sale, and print a check for the customer. A key allows changing the price for “happy hour.”
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While occasional outbursts are heard against people of Japanese ancestry who move into cities or rural communities, thousands are quietly doing war jobs and living normal lives. Since 110,000 Japanese –Americans and Japanese were evacuated from their west coast homes in 1942, approximately 22,000 have left WRA relocation centers to take jobs and establish homes in various parts of the country. The evacuees become eligible for relocation after they establish their loyalty to the United States. These photos show some of the relocated men at work. Two Americans of Japanese parentage load scrap metal which will be used against the axis. Harley Asari, left, and Kenneth Jimbo are among 25 Japanese –American employees in war production at the U.S. foundry in Denver, Colorado May 25, 1944.
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Two girls stand in the crater caused by the explosion of a bomb dropped from a German plane at a small town in Essex, England, May 25, 1940. This bomb dropped in a yard, wrecking the hen coop in background. A girl was injured elsewhere in Essex and 11 men were injured in Yorkshire by bombs the same day.
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A section of the new 9,117-foot Brooklyn-battery tunnel, the longest vehicular tunnel in the United States shown April 25, 1950, which opens to the public on May 25. The new link under the East River between the tip of Manhattan and Brooklyn will cost $80,000,000 when finished. This view looks toward Brooklyn. An official?s car speeds along. The tunnel is just about complete except for removing temporary lighting, center, used during construction.
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A fireman hoses down twisted remains of an American Airlines DC-10 which crashed and exploded on takeoff from O'Hare International Airport, killing 279 passengers, May 25, 1979.
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Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali goes into a victory dance as referee Joe Walcott signals the end of the bout over fallen challenger Sonny Liston, May 25, 1965, in Lewiston, Maine. The bout ended in one minute of the first round.
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"Star Wars" fan Danny Fitzgerald of Staten Island, in Darth Vader costume, poses in front of Loews Astor Plaza movie theater in Times Square in New York, May 25, 1983, where fans are lined up for the premiere of "The Return of the Jedi," the third in a series of the "Star Wars" saga.
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In this May 24, 2011 photo, Kimberly Adams holds a poster outside Harpo Studios before the final taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in Chicago.
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Carrie Underwood, left, reacts after winning "American Idol" as host Ryan Seacrest looks on at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles Wednesday, May 25, 2005. Underwood defeated fellow finalist Bo Bice to win the "American Idol."
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Jay Leno awaits his first guest, Billy Crystal, during the inauguration of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at NBC Studios in Burbank, May 25, 1992.
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President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan, joined by daughter Maureen and children of White House staff, clasp hands and sing during the Hands Across America line in front of the White House in Washington, May 25, 1986. In line, from left, are Nancy Reagan, Amanda Reid, Reagan, Charles Waterhouse, John Kolozar, Maureen Reagan, Erica McKnight, and Lowanda Holeman. At far right in wheelchair is White House press secretary James Brady.
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People participate in Hands Across America in Santa Monica, Calif., May 25, 1986.
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