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Day of the year
May 25 is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 220 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo back from the Moors .1420 - Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ .1521 - The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor , issues the Edict of Worms , declaring Martin Luther an outlaw .1659 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament , beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth .1738 - A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.1787 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States . George Washington presides.1810 - In the May Revolution , citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Viceroy during the Semana de Mayo .1837 - The Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec ) rebel against the British for freedom1865 - In Mobile, Alabama , 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes .1895 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.1895 - The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as the president.
1914 - The United Kingdom 's House of Commons passes Home Rule Act for devolution in Ireland .1925 - Scopes Trial : John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Darwin 's theory of evolution .1926 - Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura , the head of the Paris -based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic .1935 - Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks five world records and ties a sixth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan .1936 - The Remington Rand strike , led by the American Federation of Labor , begins.1938 - Spanish Civil War : Bombing of Alicante , 313 deaths.1940 - World War II : The Battle of Dunkirk begins.1946 - The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their king.1953 - Nuclear testing : At the Nevada Test Site , the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.1955 - In the United States , a night time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas , killing 80 and injuring 273. It was the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.1961 - Apollo program : U.S. president John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the moon " before the end of the decade.1961 - King Hussein of Jordan marries Princess Muna al-Hussein (Antoinette Gardiner).
1963 - In Addis Ababa , Ethiopia , the Organisation of African Unity is established.1966 - Explorer program : Explorer 32 launches.1966 - The first prominent DaZiBao during the Cultural Revolution in China was posted at Peking University .
1977 - Star Wars is released. It rapidly becomes a cult classic and is the start of a six-movie franchise.1979 - American Airlines Flight 191 : In Chicago , a DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground.1981 - In Riyadh , the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain , Kuwait , Oman , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates .1982 - HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War .1985 - Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge , which kills approximately 10,000 people.1989 - Calgary Flames won the Stanley Cup for the first time.1995 - The Bosnian Serb Army kills 72 youngsters in the Bosnian city of Tuzla .1997 - A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah .1999 - The United States House of Representatives released the Cox Report People's Republic of China 's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.2000 - Liberation Day of Lebanon . Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanese territory after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978 .2001 - 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer , of Boulder, Colorado , becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest .2002 - China Airlines Flight 611 : A Boeing 747 -200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people.2002 - A train crash in Tenga , Mozambique kills 197 people.
2003 - Néstor Kirchner becomes President of Argentina after defeating Carlos Menem . He is the first elected President since the economic crisis.2005 - Liverpool won the European Champions League on penalties after losing 3-0 at half time to AC Milan. An amazing 3 goals in 6 minutes turned the game around for the Scousers. They went on to win 3-2 on penalties.2007 - The Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire for the second time.
Births
1048 - Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085 )1334 - Emperor Sukō (d. 1398 )1458 - Mahmud Begada , Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511 )1606 - Charles Garnier , French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649 )1661 - Claude Buffier , French philosopher and historian (d. 1737 )1713 - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792 )1725 - Samuel Ward , American politician (d. 1776 )1783 - Philip Pendleton Barbour , Virginia politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1841 )1803 - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton , English novelist and playwright (d. 1873 )1803 - Ralph Waldo Emerson , American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882 )
1818 - Jacob Burckhardt , Swiss historian (d. 1897 )1845 - Lip Pike , baseball player (d. 1883 )1846 - Princess Helena of the United Kingdom , daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1923 )1846 - Naim Frashëri , Albanian poet and writer(d. 1900 )1852 - William Muldoon , wrestler (d. 1933 )1856 - Louis Franchet d'Espèrey , French general (d. 1942 )1860 - James McKeen Cattell , American psychologist (d. 1944 )1865 - John Mott , American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955 )1865 - Pieter Zeeman , Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943 )
1877 - Billy Murray , American singer (d. 1954 )1878 - Bill "Bojangles" Robinson , African American entertainer (d. 1949 )1879 - Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook , Canadian-born publisher (d. 1964 )1880 - Jean Alexandre Barré , French neurologist (d. 1967 )1882 - Marie Doro , American actress (d. 1956 )1886 - Philip Murray , U.S. (Scottish-born) labor leader (d. 1952 )1886 - Rash Behari Bose , leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945 )
1887 - Pio of Pietrelcina , Catholic saint (d. 1968 )1888 - Miles Malleson , English actor (d. 1969 )1889 - Igor Sikorsky , Russian inventor (d. 1972 )1892 - Josip Broz Tito , Yugoslav resistance leader and later dictator (d. 1980 )1897 - Gene Tunney , American heavyweight champion (d. 1978 )1898 - Bennett Cerf , American publisher, TV personality (d. 1971 )1899 - Kazi Nazrul Islam , Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (d. 1976 )1900 - Alain Grandbois , French Canadian poet (d. 1975 )1903 - Binnie Barnes , British actress (d. 1998 )1907 - U Nu , Burmese politician (d. 1995 )1908 - Theodore Roethke , American poet (d. 1963 )1909 - Alfred Kubel , German politician (d. 1999 )1909 - Marie Menken , American experimental filmmaker and socialite (d. 1970 )
1912 - Princess Dukhye of Korea (d. 1989 )1913 - Richard Dimbleby , British journalist and broadcaster (d. 1965 )1917 - Steve Cochran , American actor (d. 1965 )1918 - Claude Akins , American actor (d. 1994 )1921 - Jack Steinberger , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate1921 - Hal David , American lyricist and songwriter
1922 - Enrico Berlinguer , Italian politician (d. 1984 )1922 - Kitty Kallen , American big band singer
1924 - István Nyers , Hungarian footballer (d. 2005 )1925 - Rosario Castellanos , Mexican poet (d. 1974 )1925 - Jeanne Crain , American actress (d. 2003 )
1925 - Don Liddle , baseball player (d. 2000 )
1927 - Robert Ludlum , American writer (d. 2001 )1929 - Beverly Sills , American soprano (d. 2007 )1929 - Warren Frost , American actor
1931 - Georgi Grechko , cosmonaut 1931 - Aili Jõgi , Estonian freedom fighter
1932 - John Gregory Dunne , American writer (d. 2003 )1933 - Ray Spencer , English footballer1935 - Cookie Gilchrist , American football player1935 - Victoria Shaw , Australian-born American actress (d. 1988 )
1936 - Tom T. Hall , American singer and songwriter1938 - Raymond Carver , American writer (d. 1988 )1939 - Dixie Carter , American actress1939 - Ian McKellen , English actor
1943 - Jessi Colter , American singer1943 - John "Poli" Palmer , British rock musician (Family )
1944 - Frank Oz , English-born puppeteer and director1944 - Pierre Bachelet , French singer and songwriter (d. 2005 )
1944 - John Bunnell , former Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon and TV personality
1944 - Robert MacPherson , American mathematician
1946 - David A. Hargrave , RPG designer1948 - Sgt. Slaughter , American professional wrestler1948 - Klaus Meine , German musician (Scorpions )
1949 - Jamaica Kincaid , Antiguan-born novelist1951 - Bob Gale , American screenwriter1952 - Al Sarrantonio , American writer1952 - Jeffrey Bewkes , American media executive
1953 - Eve Ensler , American playwright1953 - Daniel Passarella , Argentine football player
1953 - Stan Sakai , Japanese-American cartoonist (Usagi Yojimbo )
1955 - Alistair Burt , British politician1956 - Sugar Minott , Jamaican singer1956 - David P. Sartor , American music composer
1956 - Tatsutoshi Goto , Japanese professional wrestler
1957 - Edward Lee , American writer1957 - Robert Picard , French Canadian ice hockey player
1958 - Paul Weller , British musician1959 - Manolis Kefalogiannis , Greek politician1959 - Rick Wamsley , Canadian ice hockey player
1959 - Julian Clary , British television personality
1960 - Amy Klobuchar , American politician, junior senator from Minnesota 1962 - Rick Nattress , Canadian ice hockey player1963 - Mike Myers , Canadian actor and comedian1964 - Ivan Bella , Slovak cosmonaut1964 - David Shaw , Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands 1967 - Poppy Z. Brite , American author1968 - Kendall Gill , American basketball player1969 - Anne Heche , American actress1969 - Stacy London , American fashion consultant
1969 - Glen Drover , Canadian guitar player (Megadeth )
1970 - Joey Eischen , baseball player1970 - Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush , American actresses
1970 - Jamie Kennedy , American actor
1970 - Satsuki Yukino , Seiyuu
1971 - Sonya Smith , American actress1971 - Justin Henry , American actor
1971 - Marco Cappato , Italian politician
1972 - Octavia Spencer , American actress1973 - Demetri Martin , American comedian1973 - Molly Sims , American supermodel and actress
1973 - Daz Dillinger , American hip-hop performer
1974 - Frank Klepacki , American musician1975 - Lauryn Hill , American singer1976 - Tarik Glenn , National Football League offensive lineman1976 - Miguel Tejada , Dominican baseball player
1976 - Cillian Murphy , Irish actor
1978 - Brian Urlacher , American football player1979 - Carlos Bocanegra , American soccer player1979 - Jonny Wilkinson , English international and Newcastle Falcons rugby player
1979 - Caroline Ouellette , French Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Sam Sodje , Nigerian footballer
1980 - Jae Hee , South Korean actor1980 - David Navarro , Spanish footballer
1982 - Adam Boyd , English footballer1982 - Daniel Braaten , Norwegian footballer
1982 - Ryan Gallant , American skateboarder
1983 - Kunal Khemu , Indian actor1984 - Marion Raven , Norwegian Singer-Songwritter (M2M )1984 - Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir , 2005 Miss World
1984 - Kyle Brodziak , Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Shawne Merriman , American football Player for the San Diego Chargers
1985 - Luciana Abreu , Portuguese singer and actress1986 - Yoan Gouffran , French football player1986 - Juri Ueno , Japanese actress1987 - Timothy Derijck , Belgian football player1993 - Dilley sextuplets , American sextuplets1999 - Maisy McLeod-Riera , New Zealand actress
Deaths
709 - Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne 735 - Bede , English historian and monk967 - Murakami , Emperor of Japan (b. 926 )992 - Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans1085 - Pope Gregory VII 1261 - Pope Alexander IV 1452 - John Stafford , Archbishop of Canterbury 1555 - Gemma Frisius , Dutch mathematician and cartographer (b. 1508 )1555 - Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503 )
1595 - Valens Acidalius , German critic and poet (b. 1567 )1632 - Adam Tanner , Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572 )1667 - Gustaf Bonde , Swedish statesman (b. 1620 )1681 - Pedro Calderón de la Barca , Spanish playwright (b. 1600 )1693 - Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette , French writer (b. 1634 )1741 - Daniel Ernst Jablonski , German theologian (b. 1660 )1786 - Peter III of Portugal , consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (b. 1717 )1789 - Anders Dahl , Swedish botanist (b. 1751 )1797 - John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden , British field marshal (b. 1719 )1805 - William Paley , English philosopher (b. 1743 )1848 - Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , German writer (b. 1797 )1849 - Benjamin d'Urban , British general and colonial administrator (b. 1777 )1899 - Rosa Bonheur , French realist painter and sculptor (d. 1822 )1912 - Austin Lane Crothers , American politician (b. 1860 )1917 - Maksim Bahdanovič , Belarusian poet (b. 1891 )1919 - Madame C.J. Walker , African American philanthropist and tycoon (b. 1867 )1924 - Lyubov Popova , Russian painter (b. 1889 )1926 - Symon Petlura , Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1879 )1927 - Payne Whitney , American businessman (b. 1876 )1930 - Randall Thomas Davidson , Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848 )1934 - Gustav Holst , English composer (b. 1874 )1935 - Sir Frank Watson Dyson , English astronomer (b. 1868 )1940 - Joe De Grasse , American film director (b. 1873 )1943 - Nils von Dardel , Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888 )1951 - Paula von Preradović , Croatian-born writer (b. 1887 )1954 - Robert Capa , Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913 )1965 - Sonny Boy Williamson , (Alec "Rice" Miller) American Blues singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1899 )1968 - Georg von Küchler , German field marshal (b. 1881 )1977 - Yevgenia Ginzburg , Russian writer (b. 1904 )1979 - John Arthur Spenkelink , American murderer (b. 1949 )1981 - Fredric Warburg , British publisher and author (b. 1898 )1983 - Jean Rougeau , French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1925 )1983 - Black Jack Stewart ,Canadian NHL hockey player1986 - Chester Bowles , American politician (b. 1901 )1988 - Ernst Ruska , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906 )1994 - Sonny Sharrock , American jazz guitarist (b. 1940 )1995 - Dany Robin , French actress (b. 1927 )1996 - Renzo De Felice , Italian historian (b. 1929 )1996 - Bradley Nowell , American singer and guitarist (Sublime ) (b. 1968 )
2000 - Nicholas Clay , British actor (b. 1946 )2002 - Pat Coombs , English actress (b. 1926 )2003 - Jeremy Michael Ward , American musician (The Mars Volta ) (b. 1976 )2004 - Roger W. Straus, Jr. , American publisher (b. 1917 )2005 - Sunil Dutt , Indian actor and politician (b. 1929 )2005 - Robert Jankel , British coachbuilder (b. 1938 )
2005 - Graham Kennedy , Australian television personality (b. 1934 )
2005 - Ruth Laredo , American pianist (b. 1937 )
2005 - Gregory Scott Johnson , American murderer (b. 1965 )
2006 - Desmond Dekker , Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941 )2007 - Charles Nelson Reilly , American actor and host (b. 1931 )
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