What Happened on May 25, 1919

Historical Events

Stengel Releases Sparrow

Casey Stengel releases a sparrow from under his baseball cap

Baseball Hall of Fame Manager Casey Stengel

Famous Birthdays

Gino Negri, Italian composer, songwriter, and actor, born in Perledo, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1991)
Lindsey Nelson, American sportscaster (NY Mets), born in Pulaski, Tennessee (d. 1995)

Born in 1919

Famous Deaths

Madam C. J. Walker (1867-1919)

African American entrepreneur (First American self-made female millionaire, Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company), dies of kidney failure complications at 51