WorldHistoree 1895-05-25 00:00:00
Oscar Wilde, a playwright, poet and novelist, was convicted of a morals charge and sentenced to prison in London.

WorldHistoree 1844-05-25 00:00:00
The first telegraphed news dispatch, sent from Washington, DC, to Baltimore, MD, appeared in the Baltimore "Patriot."

WorldHistoree 1844-05-25 00:00:00
The gasoline engine was patented by Stuart Perry.

WorldHistoree 1810-05-25 00:00:00
Argentina declared independence from Napoleonic Spain.

WorldHistoree 1787-05-25 00:01:00
The Constitutional convention opened in Philadelphia with George Washington presiding.