May 25: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1787The Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia to draft the US Constitution.
2. 1807The Kabakçı Mustafa Rebellion began in Istanbul; it ended with the deposition of Sultan Selim III.
3. 1933Walt Disney's cartoon Three Little Pigs was screened at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
4. 1961US President John F. Kennedy announced to Congress the goal of landing a person on the Moon before the end of the decade.
5. 2008NASA's Phoenix spacecraft successfully landed in Mars's northern polar region.

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