On this day

May 25

Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on May 25 across the 1 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.

1 event 1 century 1 country

1958

Minneapolis was the historic flour-milling capital of the world

Minneapolis United States

significant Mississippi River waterpower at Saint Anthony Falls (the only major waterfall on the Mississippi) powered significant flour mills from the 1850s onward; General Mills (founded 1856 as Washburn-Crosby Company) and Pillsbury (founded 1872) were Minneapolis-based; by…

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