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May 25

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Rome's King Triumphs — Servius Tullius celebrates over the Etruscans
Rome, Roman KingdomAncient
567

Rome's King Triumphs

Servius Tullius celebrates over the Etruscans

Through the streets of ancient Rome, King Servius Tullius rode in triumph, celebrating his military victory over the Etruscans -- the very people from whom his dynasty had sprung. The sixth king of Rome, Servius was credited with establishing the first Roman census and organizing the city into classes based on wealth rather than birth. His triumph over the Etruscans demonstrated Rome's growing independence from its cultural forebears and its emergence as a power in its own right.

567 BC
George Lennon Was Born — An IRA commander forged in revolution
IrelandEarly 20th Century
1900

George Lennon Was Born

An IRA commander forged in revolution

In Ireland, George Lennon was born into a land consumed by the struggle for independence from British rule. He would become a leader of the Irish Republican Army during both the War of Independence and the bitter Civil War that followed, commanding forces in some of the conflict's most intense engagements. His life spanned nearly the entire arc of modern Irish history, from revolution through partition to the peace process.

1900 AD
Nuclear weapons testing — Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
Controlled detonation of nuclear weapons for scientific or political purposesLate 20th Century
1953

Nuclear weapons testing

Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.

Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Over 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been carried out since 1945. Nuclear testing is a sensitive political issue. Governments have often performed tests to signal strength. Because of their destruction and fallout, testing has seen opposition by civilians as well as governments, with international bans having been agreed on.

1953 AD