Today's Highlight in History:
On May 25th, 1787, the Constitutional Convention was convened¹ in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum².
On this date:
In 1810, Argentina began its revolt against Spain.

In 1895, playwright³ Oscar Wilde was convicted of a morals charge in London; he was sentenced to prison.

In 1935, Babe Ruth hit the 714th and final home run of his career, for the Boston Braves, in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In 1946, Transjordan (now Jordan) became a kingdom as it proclaimed its new monarch⁴, King Abdullah Ibn Ul-Hussein.

In 1961, President Kennedy asked the nation to work toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

In 1963, the Organization of African Unity⁵ was founded, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

In 1968, the Gateway⁶ Arch, part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, was dedicated⁷.

In 1976, US Representative Wayne L. Hays (Democrat, Ohio) admitted to a "personal relationship" with Elizabeth Ray, a committee staff member who claimed she'd received her job in order to be Hays' mistress.

In 1979, 275 people died when an American Airlines DC-10 crashed on takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare airport.

In 1992, Jay Leno made his debut⁸ as full-time⁹ host of NBC's "Tonight Show," succeeding Johnny Carson.

Ten years ago: A congressional report cast doubts on the US Navy's official finding that a troubled sailor probably had caused the blast that killed 47 servicemen aboard the battleship USS "Iowa."

Five years ago: NATO warplanes struck Bosnian Serb headquarters. (Serbs answered with swift defiance¹⁰, storming UN weapons depots¹¹, attacking safe areas and taking peacekeepers as hostages.)

One year ago: A bipartisan congressional report said China's two-decade effort to steal US weapons technology continued well into the Clinton administration; President Clinton responded that his administration was already "moving aggressively to tighten¹² security." Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr decided¹³ against re-prosecuting Whitewater figure Susan McDougal and Julie Hiatt Steele, a witness in the Monica Lewinsky investigation¹⁴, after both their trials ended with hung juries.