Today in history

On May 25,1787, the Constitutional Convention was convened in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum.

In1810 Argentina began its revolt against Spain.

In 1895 play wright Oscar Wilde was convicted on a morals charge in London andwas sentenced to prison.

In1925 John Scopes was indicted in Tennessee for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.

In1935 Babe Ruth hit the 714th and final homerun of his career for the Boston Braves, in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In 1961 President John Kennedy asked the nation to work toward putting aman on the moon by the end of the decade.

In 1985 more than11,000 people were killed as a hurricane and tidal wave devastated Bangladesh.

In 1986 an estimated 7 million Americans participated in “Hands Across America,” forming a line across the country to bring attention to and raise money for the hungry and homeless.

In1991 Israel completed “Operation Solomon,” which had evacuated 15,000 Ethiopian Jews to their promised land.

In 1995 NATO war planes struck Bosnian Serb headquarters. (Serbs answered with swift defiance, storming UN weapons depots, attacking safe areas and taking peacekeepers as hostages.)

In 2006 former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were convicted in Houston of conspiracy and fraud for the company’s downfall.