Today In History

Today is Friday, May 25, the 145th day of 2018. There are 220 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1968: The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was dedicated by Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall.

ON THIS DATE

› 1787: The Constitutional Convention began at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum.

› 1793: Father Stephen Theodore Badin became the first Roman Catholic priest to be ordained in the United States during a ceremony in Baltimore.

› 1916: The Chicago Tribune published an interview with Henry Ford in which the automobile industrialist was quoted as saying, “History is more or less bunk.”

› 1935: Babe Ruth hit his last three career home runs — nos. 712, 713 and 714 — for the Boston Braves in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. (The Pirates won, 11-7.)

› 1961: President John F. Kennedy told Congress: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”

› 1986: An estimated 7 million Americans participated in “Hands Across America” to raise money for the nation’s hungry and homeless.

› 1992: Jay Leno made his debut as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show,” succeeding Johnny Carson.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actress Ann Robinson is 89. Former White House news secretary Ron Nessen is 84. Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 75. Movie director and Muppeteer Frank Oz is 74. Actress Karen Valentine is 71. Actress Jacki Weaver is

71. Playwright Eve Ensler is 65. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 55. Actor Matt Borlenghi is 51. Actor Joseph Reitman is

50. Rock musician Glen Drover is 49. Actress Anne Heche is 49. Actresses Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush (TV: “Little House on the Prairie”) are 48. Actor-comedian Jamie Kennedy is 48. Actress Octavia Spencer is 48. Actor Cillian Murphy is 42. Actor Ethan Suplee is 42. Rock musician Todd Whitener is

40. Actor Corbin Allred is

39. Actress Ebonee Noel is 28. Musician Guy Lawrence (Disclosure) is 27. Olympic gold medal gymnast Aly Raisman is 24.