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May 25

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

In 1803, American essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston.

In 1810, Argentina began its revolt against Spain.

In 1979, 275 people died in America's worst air disaster when an American Airlines DC-10 crashed at Chicago's O'Hare airport.

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Jazz musician Miles Davis  (1926)

Author Robert Ludlum (1927)

Former opera singer Beverly Sills  (1929)

Country singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall  (1936)

Country singer Jessi Colter  (1943)

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"In war, there is no second prize for the runner-up."
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Omar Bradley