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* May 25-The new Coventry Cathedral, designed by Basil Spence, is consecrated in England ; artworks incorporated include: the exterior sculpture St Michael's Victory over the Devil by Sir Jacob Epstein ; the tapestry Christ in Glory in the Tetramorph, designed by Graham Sutherland ; the Mater Dolorosa sculpture by John Bridgeman ; the Baptistry window by John Piper and Patrick Reyntiens ; and the engraved glass Screen of Saints and Angels by John Hutton.
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* May 25-The 25th Amendment is added to the Constitution of the United States.
* May 25-The all Technicolor musical film, Song of the Flame, based on the 1925 Broadway musical of the same name, is released to rave reviews.
* May 25-The remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier killed in France in World War I are brought back to Canada and buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa
* May 25-The Parliament of England passes the Statute of Monopolies, requiring patent monopolies to show novelty.
* May 25-The last edition of The Irish Press is published.
* May 25-The British Prime Minister appoints a national wartime coalition of twelve Liberals, eight Unionists and one Labour member.
* May 25-The first steel rails are rolled at a foundry in Chicago from Bessemer steel made in blast furnaces in Wyandotte, Michigan.
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Colonel Benjamin Ford wrote to Morgan from Wilmington that he understood a Mrs. Sanderson from Maryland had obtained permission from Smallwood to visit Philadelphia, and would return on May 26th, escorted by several officers from Maryland `` belonging to the new levies in the British service ''.
It was in the midst of such White House deliberations that Premier Khrushchev on May 4 made new inquiries through the U. S. Embassy in Moscow about a meeting with the President in the near future.
In May 2010, Rite Publishing secured a license from Diceless by Design to use the rules system in the creation of a new product to be written by industry and system veteran Jason Durall.
He was saved by the new sulphonamide drug, Sulphapyridine, known at the time under the research code M & B 693, discovered and produced by May & Baker Ltd, Dagenham, Essex – a subsidiary of the French group Rhône-Poulenc.
On May 16, 2006 AOL will launch a new service for AIM.
A new translation by Zinnie Harris at the Donmar Warehouse, starring Gillian Anderson, Toby Stephens, Anton Lesser, Tara FitzGerald and Christopher Eccleston opened in May 2009.
In May 2008, the Navy announced new plans to reposition its forces throughout Brazil.
In May 2010, the band stated on their website that they were " back in the studio working on some new songs " and later revealed that they were " in the final stages of recording the album ".
On May 9, 2011, the City of Lubbock held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Buddy and Maria Elena Holly Plaza, the new home of the statue and the Walk of Fame.
Shareholder nominations can only occur at the general meeting itself or through the prohibitively expensive process of mailing out ballots separately ; in May 2009 the SEC proposed a new rule allowing shareholders meeting certain criteria to add nominees to the proxy statement.
Henry II ordered the building of a new cathedral, which was consecrated May 6, 1012.
Pavel Holoborodko computed B < sub > n </ sub > for n = 1. 1 * 10 < sup > 8 </ sup > using Harvey's implementation, which is a new record ( May 2012 ).
A new modern constitution, which devolved some authority from the United Kingdom to the Cayman Islands government, was passed by referendum on 20 May 2009.
The new CEO, Scott A. Ernest, started on 31 May 2011.
" ( May 1929 ), replacing his existing character Kull of Atlantis with his new hero, and retitling it " The Phoenix on the Sword ".
First transmission in this format was episode 7351 on 31 May 2010 with a new set of titles and re-recorded theme tune.
On 26 May 2010 ITV1 previewed the new HD titles on the Coronation Street website.
A new, completely re-recorded version of the theme tune replaced the original when the series started broadcasting in HD on 31 May 2010.
May 20 Republican Year 37 / 1948, Chiang Kai-shek's inauguration speech as the first President of the Republic of China in the new constitution of 1948
A new Constitution was promulgated in 1947, and Chiang was formally elected by the National Assembly as the first term President of the Republic of China on May 20, 1948.
Earl Mason, hired from Inland Steel effective on May 1996, immediately made an impact as the new CFO.
In May 2007, HP announced in a press release a new logo for their Compaq Division to be placed on the new model Compaq Presarios.
He was videotaped when he spoke at the dedication of WRC-TV's new studios in Washington, D. C., on May 21, 1958.
A joint venture between the Irish Rugby Football Union, the FAI and the Government, saw it replaced by a new state-of-the-art 50, 000 seat Aviva Stadium, which opened in May 2010.
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* May 25 – The new Coventry Cathedral is consecrated.
* May 25 – British ships HMS Coventry and Atlantic Conveyor are sunk during the Falklands War
In May 1819, Captain Arent de Peyster ( or Peyter ) of New York, as captain of the armed brigantine or privateer Rebecca, sailing under British colours, while on a voyage from Valparaíso to India, passed through the southern Tuvalu waters ; de Peyster sighted Nukufetau and Funafuti, which he named Ellice's Island after an English Politician, Edward Ellice, the Member of Parliament for Coventry and the owner of the Rebecca's cargo.
The War Requiem, first performed on 30 May 1962, was commissioned to mark the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which was built after the original fourteenth-century structure was destroyed in a World War II bombing raid on the night of 14 November 1940.
A 50th anniversary performance was given by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Coventry Cathedral on May 30, 2012.
Some historians have discerned elements of Pagan fertility rituals in the Godiva story whereby a young " May Queen " was led to the sacred Cofa's tree perhaps to celebrate the renewal of spring The oldest form of the legend has Godiva passing through Coventry market from one end to the other while the people were assembled, attended only by two knights.
Andover was incorporated on May 18, 1848, from Hebron and Coventry.
Coventry was incorporated in May 1712.
Charles conferred with the House of Lords, and then had Lord Coventry deliver his reply ; that if the Commons did indeed trust the King, they should not request a public bill, and that Parliament would be prorogued on 13 May.
In May 1958 Phillips performed as St. Joan in G. B. Shaw's Saint Joan, at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, which had opened just six weeks before, produced by Bryan Bailey.
His final competitive game came against West Ham on 11 May 1997, and his final appearance before retiring was five days later on 16 May in a testimonial for David Busst ( the player whose career had been ended by an injury suffered against United the previous year ) against Coventry City at Old Trafford.
Hard negotitation with Curzon and the Coventry Canal was required, during which the junction with the Coventry Canal was moved from Griff to Marston, but the bill finally became an Act of Parliament in May 1794.
Reid was appointed manager of First Division side Coventry City in May 2004 with the aim of getting the club promoted to the Premier League.
His very last appearance in a United shirt came on the last day of the season, 8 May 1994, when United drew 0 – 0 at home with Coventry City.
In February 2008, he returned to England to manage Coventry City, but he was dismissed in May 2010 following a disastrous run of results.
Shortly after being appointed Minister for Drugs & Crime Reduction in the May 2006 reshuffle, he revealed to the Coventry Evening Telegraph that, as a student, he had smoked cannabis.
Cunningham made his maiden speech on 12 May 1992 in which he spoke of the social and economic problems of Coventry and criticised the then level of central government resources allocated to the city.
* Heneage Michael Charles Finch, 9th Earl of Aylesford ( 31 October 1908 – 28 May 1940 ), killed in action like his father ; he married 18 April 1940 ( as her second husband ) Pamela Elizabeth Dugdale, née Coventry ( 16 October 1901 – 4 May 1990 ), elder daughter of the cricketer Colonel Hon.
The town of Coventry was virtually destroyed by the Coventry Blitz ( 7 September 1940 to May 1941 ).
Their first gig was on May 31st of that year, at the Coventry, a rock club in Queens.
Broadsword however was unable to successfully defend HMS Coventry when the pair were attacked on May 25.
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