On this day, May 25 …

1927: Ford ends production of the Model T after 20 years.

1935: Babe Ruth hits his last three career home runs — Nos. 712, 713 and 714 — for the Boston Braves in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1935: Jesse Owens tied the world record for the 100-yard dash. He ran it in 9.4 seconds. He also broke three other world track records.

1961: President John F. Kennedy tells Congress: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.”

1965: Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston in the first round of their world heavyweight title rematch in Lewiston, Maine.

1979: An American Airlines DC-10 crashed during takeoff at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. 275 people were killed.

1986: An estimated 7 million Americans participate in “Hands Across America” to raise money for the nation’s hungry and homeless.

1992: Jay Leno makes his debut as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show,” succeeding Johnny Carson.

2008: NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander arrives on the Red Planet to begin searching for evidence of water; the spacecraft confirms the presence of water ice at its landing site.

2012: SpaceX becomes the first commercial spacecraft to dock at the International Space Station.

2018: Harvey Weinstein is charged in New York with rape and another sex felony in the first prosecution to result from the wave of allegations against him.