By The Associated Press
                - Today is Tuesday, May 25, the 145th day of 1999. There are 220 days
                  left in the year.

                - On May 25, 1979 275 people died in America's worst domestic air
                  disaster when an American Airlines DC-10 crashed during takeoff at
                  Chicago's O'Hare airport.
                - In 1787 the Constitutional Convention was convened in Philadelphia
                  after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum.
                - In 1810 Argentina began its revolt against Spain.
                - In 1844 the first telegraphed news dispatch, sent from Washington to
                  Baltimore, appeared in the Baltimore Patriot.
                - In 1895 playwright Oscar Wilde was convicted of a morals charge in
                  London and 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 monarch, 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 Unity was founded in Addis
                  Ababa, Ethiopia.
                - In 1968 the Gateway Arch, part of the Jefferson National Expansion
                  Memorial in St. Louis, was dedicated.
                - In 1992 Jay Leno made his debut as full-time host of NBC's "Tonight
                  Show," succeeding Johnny Carson.
                - Ten years ago the Calgary Flames won their first Stanley Cup by
                  defeating the Montreal Canadiens in game six of their championship
                  series.
                - Five years ago the UN Security Council lifted a 10-year-old ban on
                  weapons exports from South Africa, scrapping the last of its
                  apartheid-era embargoes.
                - One year ago Indonesia's new president, B.J. Habibie, promised to
                  hold elections. Leaders in the former Soviet republic of Georgia and
                  its breakaway province of Abkhazia agreed to a cease-fire after a
                  week of fighting.

                *Happy Birthday*
                - Lyricist Hal David is 78.
                - Actress Jeanne Crain is 74.
                - Author Robert Ludlum is 72.
                - Former opera singer Beverly Sills is 70.
                - Former White House news secretary Ron Nessen is 65.
                - Country singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall is 63.
                - Actor Sir Ian McKellen is 60.
                - Actress Dixie Carter is 60.
                - Country singer Jessi Colter is 56.
                - Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 56.
                - Movie director and Muppeteer Frank Oz is 55.
                - Actress Karen Valentine is 52.
                - Rock singer Klaus Meine (The Scorpions) is 51.
                - Actress Patti D'Arbanville is 48.
                - Actress Connie Sellecca is 44.
                - Rock singer-musician Paul Weller is 41.
                - Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 36.
                - Actress Anne Heche is 30.
                - Actor Jamie Kennedy is 29.
                - Singer Lauryn Hill is 24.