25 May in History

1085--King Alfonso VI of Castile captures Toledo from the Moors.

1521--The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V Hapsbourg, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, which declares Martin Luther an outlaw.

1787--The Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with George Washington presiding.

1940--The Battle of Dunkirk begins.

1953--In Nevada, the United states conducts its only nuclear artillery test.

1961--President Kennedy, in an address to a special joint session of Congress, outlines the nation's goal to put a man on the Moon before the end of the decade.

1982--The HMS Coventry is sunk in the Falklands by Argentinian aircraft with Exocet missiles.

2009--North Korea conducts its second probable nuclear test.