Today is Friday, May 25th, the 145th day of 2001. There are 220 days left in the year. Good Morning. Could use a couple of prayers today - have doctor's appt.@ 9:40. Today's Highlight in History: On May 25th, 1961, President Kennedy asked the nation to work toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. On this date: 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 1895, playwright Oscar Wilde was convicted of a morals charge in London; he was 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 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 1976, US Representative Wayne L. Hays (Democrat, Ohio) admitted to a "personal relationship" with Elizabeth Ray, a committee staff member who claimed she'd received her job in order to be Hays' mistress. In 1979, 275 people died when an American Airlines DC-10 crashed on takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare airport. In 1981, daredevil Daniel Goodwin, wearing a "Spiderman" costume, scaled the outside of Chicago's Sears Tower in seven and a-half hours. Ten years ago: Foreigners fled the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa as rebels closed in on the city. Israel completed "Operation Solomon," which had evacuated 15,000 Ethiopian Jews to their promised land. Five years ago: President Clinton, honoring the men and women who died in military service, used his weekly radio address to defend America's global military role, saying it "is making our people safer and the world more secure." One year ago: The government proposed a rating system telling consumers how prone vehicles are to rolling over. Iranian state radio announced that former President Hashemi Rafsanjani had resigned from the incoming parliament, depriving hard-liners of a leading figure in the power struggle between conservatives and reformists. Today's Birthdays: Lyricist Hal David is 80. Actress Jeanne Crain is 76. Former opera singer Beverly Sills is 72. Former White House news secretary Ron Nessen is 67. Country singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall is 65. Actor Ian McKellen is 62. Actress Dixie Carter is 62. Country singer Jessi Colter is 58. Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 58. Movie director and Muppeteer Frank Oz is 57. Actress Karen Valentine is 54. Rock singer Klaus Meine (The Scorpions) is 53. Actress Patti D'Arbanville is 50. Actress Connie Sellecca is 46. Rock singer-musician Paul Weller is 43. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 38. Actress Anne Heche is 32. Actor Jamie Kennedy is 31. Actor Justin Henry is 30. Singer Lauryn Hill is 26. Actor Corbin Allred is 22. "A historian is a prophet in reverse." -- Friedrich von Schlegel, German diplomat and writer (1772-1829). (Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)