Unix Timestamp: 1022284800
Saturday, May 25. 2002, 12:00:00 AM UTC

North Korea conducts its second nuclear test. //www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/25/2579959.htm (ABC News Australia)

North Korea announces that it has conducted a second successful nuclear test in the province of North Hamgyong. The United Nations Security Council condemns the reported test.

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party wins the most seats in elections for the Karnataka legislature, India. //www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2255434.htm?tab=latest (Radio Australia)

NASA's Phoenix spacecraft becomes the first to land on the northern polar region of Mars.

The "Phoenix" lander arrives at Mars, landing successfully in the Green Valley region of Vastitas Borealis. //www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html (NASA)

After docking in Miami at 05:00, the "SS Norway" (old "SS France") is severely damaged by a boiler explosion at 06:30, that kills 7, and injures 17 crew members. A few weeks later it is announced by NCL that she will never sail again as a commercial ocean liner.

Cardiff City F.C. defeat Queens Park Rangers F.C. in the Football League Second Division play-off final held at The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

Israel withdraws IDF troops from southern Lebanon after 18 years.

Israel withdraws IDF forces from southern Lebanon after 22 years.

Egan v. Canada: The Supreme Court of Canada rules that discrimination based on sexual orientation is prohibited under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

In Australia, Lindy Chamberlain receives compensation for wrongful conviction on murder charges.

The Surinamese general election is won by the military-backed New Front for Democracy and Development.

Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.

Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the 1st nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in 1955.

Cal Ripken, Jr. plays the first of what eventually becomes his record-breaking streak of 2,632 consecutive Major League Baseball games.

Falklands War: British RFA''Sir Galahad'' is destroyed during the Bluff Cove Air Attacks

Hussain Muhammad Ershad seizes power in Bangladesh.

The 1982 Lebanon War begins: Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.

Tottenham Hotspur F.C. wins the FA Cup, beating QPR 1–0 in a replay.

VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727 passenger jet, crashes into forest Fortaleza, killing 137.

Indianapolis 500: In what Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson and Speedway public address announcer Tom Carnegie later call the greatest moment in the track's history, 1973 winner Gordon Johncock wins his second race over 1979 winner Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds, the closest finish to that date, after Mears draws alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of more than 11 seconds in the final 10 laps.

Falklands War: British RFA "Sir Galahad" is destroyed during the Bluff Cove Air Attacks

Conservative candidate Tim Smith holds the seat of Beaconsfield in a by-election. The Labour Party candidate is future Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The United Nations Security Council votes to demand that Israel withdraw its troops from Lebanon.

Aston Villa wins the European Cup, beating Bayern Munich 1–0 after a 69-minute goal by Peter Withe in Rotterdam.

British ships HMS "Coventry" and Atlantic Conveyor are sunk during the Falklands War

Kielder Water, an artificial lake in Northumberland, is opened.

British ships HMS \'\'Coventry\'\' and Atlantic Conveyor are sunk during the Falklands War

President Ronald Reagan becomes the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.

In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

John Frum supporters in Vanuatu storm government offices on the island of Tanna. Vanuatu government troops land the next day and drive them away.

In South Korea, military government forces and pro-democracy protesters clash 2,000 protesters die.

Vernon Jordan is shot and critically injured in an assassination attempt in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Joseph Paul Franklin (the first major news story for CNN).

Indianapolis 500: Johnny Rutherford wins for a third time in car owner Jim Hall's revolutionary ground effect Chaparral car the victory is Hall's second as an owner.

A bomb explodes in the security section of Northwestern University, wounding a security guard (the first Unabomber attack).

"Star Wars" opens in cinemas and later becomes the historic highest grossing film for that time.

U.S. President Gerald Ford defeats challenger Ronald Reagan in 3 Republican presidential primaries: Kentucky, Tennessee and Oregon.

Indianapolis 500: Bobby Unser wins for a second time in a rain-shorted 174 lap, 435 mile (696 km) race.

Andean Pact (Andean Group) established.

Apollo program: "Apollo 10" returns to Earth, after a successful 8-day test of all the components needed for the upcoming first manned Moon landing.

"Midnight Cowboy", an X-rated, oscar winningJohn Schlesinger film, debuts.

Naxalite Guerrilla War: Beginning with a peasant uprising in the town of Naxalbari, this Marxist/Maoist rebellion sputters on in the Indian countryside. The guerrillas operate among the impoverished peasants, fighting both the government security forces and private paramilitary groups funded by wealthy landowners. Most fighting takes place in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.

The Folk-Rock band Fairport Convention plays their first gig in Golders Green, north London.

The Australian referendum, 1967 passes with an overwhelming 90% support, removing, from the Australian Constitution, 2 discriminatory sentences referring to Indigenous Australians. It signifies Australia's first step in recognising Indigenous rights.

The 25th Amendment is added to the Constitution of the United States.

Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston in the first round of their chionship rematch with the Phantom Punch at the Central Maine Civic Center in Lewiston.

The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The new Coventry Cathedral is consecrated.

Apollo program: President Kennedy announces before a special joint session of Congress his goal to put a man on the Moon before the end of the decade.

India announces the institution of diplomatic relations with Spain (still under Franco's rule)

Joe Brown and George Band are the first to attain the summit of Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, as part of a British team led by Charles Evans.

Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its only nuclear artillery test: Upshot-Knothole Grable.

The first atomic bomb boosted by the inclusion of thermonuclear materials, is tested in the Item test on Enewetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands by the U.S.

The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is formally opened to traffic.

The United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) was founded on this date at Ellinwood Malate Church in Manila, Philippines.

An airliner of the Flugfelag Íslands crashes into a mountainside, killing 25 people.

The parliament of Transjordan makes emir Abdullah their king.

The Remington Rand strike of 1936–1937 begins, spawning the notorious Mohawk Valley formula, a corporate plan for strikebreaking.

The first flight by the Irish airline Aer Lingus takes place.

British luxury liner leaves Southton on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic

The (Republic of Prekmurje) formally declares independence from Hungary.

Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested/confirmed by Arthur Eddington's observation of a total solar eclipse in Principe, and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.//www.firstscience.com/site/articles/coles.asp Eclipse that Changed the Universe ndash Einstein's Theory of Relativity

VolcanoKelut erupts in Java, killing about 20,000.

Einstein\\\\\\'s theory of general relativity is tested/confirmed by Arthur Eddington's observation of a total solar eclipse in Principe, and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.//www.firstscience.com/site/articles/coles.asp Eclipse that Changed the Universe ndash Einstein\\\\\\'s Theory of Relativity

China agrees to Twenty-One Demands.

The United Kingdom's House of Commons passes Irish Home Rule.

Mexican Revolution: Porfirio Diaz signs his resignation and leaves for Veracruz on May 31 he leaves for exile in France.

Oscar Wilde is convicted of sodomy and gross indecency and is sentenced to serve 2 years in prison at Reading.

Mobile magazine explosion: 300 are killed in Mobile, Alabama when an ordnance depot explodes.

The Royal Geographical Society awards Paweł Edmund Strzelecki a Gold Medal for exploration in the south eastern portion of Australia.

The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.

Romanian inventor Petrache Poenaru receives a French patent for the invention of the first fountain pen with a replaceable ink cartridge.

Felling mine disaster: A mine explosion at the Felling colliery near Jarrow, England leaves 96 dead.

May ndash Orangist troops attack Vreeswijk, Harmelen and Maarssen civil war starts in the Netherlands.

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to convene a Constitutional Convention intended to amend the Articles of Confederation. However, a new Constitution for the United States is eventually produced. George Washington presides over the Convention.

A battle is fought at Sahay.

The last hearth Tax is collected in England and Wales.

Charles II of England lands at Dover.

Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector.

Japan ndash Battle of Mimaomote: Doi Kiyonaga defeats the forces of Kumu Yorinobu.

The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.

Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.

The French States-General rejects the Second Treaty of London.

Alfonso VI of Castile enters the Islamic city of Toledo, Spain, and invites French knights to settle the central plateau of Spain.

Katedralskolan, Lund, the oldest school in Scandinavia, is founded.

By this year, the annual output of copper currency for the ChineseSong Dynasty reaches 6 billion coins a year, prompting the Chinese government to adopt the world's first paper-printed money later in the 1120s.

The Domesday survey is commissioned by William I of England, apparently prompted by the abortive invasion of Canute IV of Denmark, to ensure proper taxation and levies.

Henry IV extends the Peace of God over his entire empire.

Vratislav, Duke of Bohemia, is crowned King.

The Third Wall of Jerusalem collapses and the Jews withdraw from Bezetha to the Second Wall, where the defences are unorganized.