May, 25th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Wednesday 25, 2005:
Liverpool win the UEFA Champions League after beating AC Milan in the final.

Tuesday 25, 2004:
2004 - The theatrical version of ' is released on DVD.

Sunday 25, 2003:
Néstor Kirchner becomes President of Argentina after defeating Carlos Menem. He is the first elected President since the December 2001 economic crisis.

Saturday 25, 2002:
China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people.

Friday 25, 2001:
64-year-old Sherman Bull, of New Canaan, Connecticut, becomes the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Sunday 25, 1997:
Strom Thurmond becomes the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Senate, at 41 years and 10 months.

Thursday 25, 1995:
The Bosnian Serb Army kills 72 youngsters in the Bosnian city of Tuzla.

Wednesday 25, 1988:
1988 - The Berulsemann was born.

Saturday 25, 1985:
Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.

Tuesday 25, 1982:
HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.

Monday 25, 1981:
In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Friday 25, 1979:
1979 - The movie Alien opens in theaters.

Wednesday 25, 1977:
' (later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) opens a limited run in theaters before expanding to become the highest grossing movie to date.

Friday 25, 1973:
Mike Oldfield releases Tubular Bells.

Saturday 25, 1968:
In St. Louis, Missouri, US Vice-President Hubert Humphrey and US Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall dedicate the Gateway Arch as part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

Wednesday 25, 1966:
Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.

Thursday 25, 1967:
Celtic_F.C. become the first British team to reach a European_Cup final and also to win it, beating Inter_Milan 2-1 in normal time.

Saturday 25, 1963:
In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.

Thursday 25, 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.

Wednesday 25, 1955:
Kanchenjunga, third highest peak in the world is scaled successfully for the first time.

Monday 25, 1953:
Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.

Saturday 25, 1946:
The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their king.

Saturday 25, 1940:
World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk begins.

Saturday 25, 1935:
Babe Ruth hits his 714th and last home run at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, setting a baseball record that will stand for 39 years.

Tuesday 25, 1926:
Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic.

Monday 25, 1925:
The National Forensics League of the U.S. is founded.

Monday 25, 1914:
The United Kingdom's House of Commons passes Home Rule Act for devolution in Ireland.

Saturday 25, 1895:
The Republic of Taiwan is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as the president.

Thursday 25, 1865:
In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.

Friday 25, 1810:
In the May Revolution, armed citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Viceroy during the Semana de Mayo.

Friday 25, 1787:
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States. George Washington presides.

Sunday 25, 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.

Wednesday 25, 1521:
The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.

Thursday 25, 1420:
Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.

Monday 25, 1085:
Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo back from the Moors.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/25-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 25

1977:
Pat Burrell, baseball player (b: May 25, 1977) (Biography of Pat Burrell)

1976:
Miguel Tejada, Dominican Major League Baseball player (b: May 25, 1976) (Biography of Miguel Tejada)
Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player (b: May 25, 1976) (Biography of Jonny Wilkinson)

1975:
Lauryn Hill, American singer (b: May 25, 1975) (Biography of Lauryn Hill)

1974:
Monica Keena, American actress (b: May 25, 1974) (Biography of Monica Keena)

1971:
Sonya Smith, American actress (b: May 25, 1971) (Biography of Sonya Smith)

1970:
Jamie Kennedy, American actor (b: May 25, 1970) (Biography of Jamie Kennedy)

1969:
Anne Heche, American actress (b: May 25, 1969) (Biography of Anne Heche)

1967:
Poppy Z. Brite, American author (b: May 25, 1967) (Biography of Poppy Z. Brite)

1966:
McLoud, Swiss composer, musician, and multimedia artist (b: May 25, 1966) (Biography of McLoud)

1965:
Simon Fowler, English singer (Ocean Colour Scene) (b: May 25, 1965) (Biography of Simon Fowler)

1963:
Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian (b: May 25, 1963) (Biography of Mike Myers (actor))

1958:
Paul Weller, British musician (b: May 25, 1958) (Biography of Paul Weller)

1956:
Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer (b: May 25, 1956) (Biography of Sugar Minott)

1949:
Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-born novelist (b: May 25, 1949) (Biography of Jamaica Kincaid)

1944:
Frank Oz, English-born puppeteer and director (b: May 25, 1944) (Biography of Frank Oz)

1943:
Jessi Colter, American singer (b: May 25, 1943) (Biography of Jessi Colter)

1939:
Ian McKellen, English actor (b: May 25, 1939) (Biography of Ian McKellen)
Dixie Carter, American actress (b: May 25, 1939) (Biography of Dixie Carter)

1938:
Raymond Carver, American writer (b: May 25, 1938 ; d: August 2, 1988) (Biography of Raymond Carver)

1936:
Tom T. Hall, American singer and songwriter (b: May 25, 1936) (Biography of Tom T. Hall)
Vladimir (Wally) Fekula, American financeer and raconteur (b: May 25, 1936) (Biography of Vladimir (Wally) Fekula)

1935:
Cookie Gilchrist, American football player (b: May 25, 1935) (Biography of Cookie Gilchrist)

1932:
John Gregory Dunne, American writer (b: May 25, 1932 ; d: December 30, 2003) (Biography of John Gregory Dunne)

1931:
Georgi Grechko, cosmonaut (b: May 25, 1931) (Biography of Georgi Grechko)

1929:
Beverly Sills, American soprano (b: May 25, 1929) (Biography of Beverly Sills)

1927:
Robert Ludlum, writer (b: May 25, 1927 ; d: March 12, 2001) (Biography of Robert Ludlum)

1925:
Jeanne Crain, American actress (b: May 25, 1925 ; d: December 14, 2003) (Biography of Jeanne Crain)

1922:
Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (b: May 25, 1922 ; d: June 11, 1984) (Biography of Enrico Berlinguer)

1921:
Jack Steinberger, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: May 25, 1921) (Biography of Jack Steinberger)

1913:
Richard Dimbleby, British journalist and broadcaster (b: May 25, 1913 ; d: December 22, 1965) (Biography of Richard Dimbleby)

1912:
Princess Dukhye of Korea (b: May 25, 1912 ; d: April 21, 1989) (Biography of Her Imperial Highness Princess Duk-hye)

1889:
Igor Sikorsky, Russian inventor (b: May 25, 1889 ; d: October 26, 1972) (Biography of Igor Sikorsky)

1888:
Miles Malleson, English actor (b: May 25, 1888) (Biography of Miles Malleson)

1887:
Francesco Forgione, Italian priest (b: May 25, 1887) (Biography of Pio of Pietrelcina)

1882:
Marie Doro, American actress (b: May 25, 1882 ; d: October 9, 1956) (Biography of Marie Doro)

1880:
Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (b: May 25, 1880) (Biography of Jean Alexandre Barré)

1879:
Lord Beaverbrook, English publisher (b: May 25, 1879 ; d: June 9, 1964) (Biography of Max Aitken)

1877:
Billy Murray, American singer (b: May 25, 1877 ; d: August 17, 1954) (Biography of Billy Murray (singer))

1865:
John Mott, American YMCA leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: May 25, 1865 ; d: January 31, 1955) (Biography of John Mott)
Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: May 25, 1865 ; d: October 9, 1943) (Biography of Pieter Zeeman)

1860:
James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b: May 25, 1860 ; d: January 20, 1944) (Biography of James McKeen Cattell)

1845:
Lip Pike, baseball player (b: May 25, 1845 ; d: October 10, 1893) (Biography of Lip Pike)

1820:
Anne Brontë, English writer (b: May 25, 1820 ; d: May 28, 1849) (Biography of Anne Brontë)

1803:
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (b: May 25, 1803 ; d: January 18, 1873) (Biography of Edward George Bulwer-Lytton)
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (b: May 25, 1803 ; d: April 27, 1882) (Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson)

1661:
Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (b: May 25, 1661) (Biography of Claude Buffier)

1606:
Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (b: May 25, 1606 ; d: December 7, 1649) (Biography of Charles Garnier (missionary))

1458:
Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (b: May 25, 1458) (Biography of Mahmud Begada)

1334:
Emperor Suko of Japan (b: May 25, 1334 ; d: January 31, 1398) (Biography of Emperor Suko of Japan)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/25-may/births.html

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People who died on May 25

2005:
Graham Kennedy (d: May 25, 2005) (Biography of Graham Kennedy)
Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (b: June 6, 1929 ; d: May 25, 2005) (Biography of Sunil Dutt)
Ruth Laredo (d: May 25, 2005) (Biography of Ruth Laredo)

2004:
Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (b: January 3, 1917 ; d: May 25, 2004) (Biography of Roger W. Straus, Jr.)

2003:
Jeremy Michael Ward (d: May 25, 2003) (Biography of Jeremy Michael Ward)

1996:
Brad Nowell (d: May 25, 1996) (Biography of Brad Nowell)

1994:
Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (b: August 27, 1940 ; d: May 25, 1994) (Biography of Sonny Sharrock)

1988:
Ernst Ruska, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 25, 1906 ; d: May 25, 1988) (Biography of Ernst Ruska)

1986:
Chester Bowles (d: May 25, 1986) (Biography of Chester Bowles)

1965:
Sonny Boy Williamson II (d: May 25, 1965) (Biography of Sonny Boy Williamson II)

1951:
Paula von Preradovic (d: May 25, 1951) (Biography of Paula von Preradovic)

1940:
Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director (b: May 4, 1873 ; d: May 25, 1940) (Biography of Joe De Grasse)

1935:
Frank Watson Dyson (d: May 25, 1935) (Biography of Frank Watson Dyson)

1934:
Gustav Holst, English composer (b: September 21, 1874 ; d: May 25, 1934) (Biography of Gustav Holst)

1930:
Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b: April 7, 1848 ; d: May 25, 1930) (Biography of Randall Thomas Davidson)

1912:
Austin Lane Crothers (d: May 25, 1912) (Biography of Austin Lane Crothers)

1849:
Benjamin d'Urban (d: May 25, 1849) (Biography of Benjamin d'Urban)

1848:
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b: January 10, 1797 ; d: May 25, 1848) (Biography of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff)

1805:
William Paley (d: May 25, 1805) (Biography of William Paley)

1789:
Anders Dahl (d: May 25, 1789) (Biography of Anders Dahl)

1786:
Peter III of Portugal (d: May 25, 1786) (Biography of Peter III of Portugal)

1741:
Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b: November 20, 1660 ; d: May 25, 1741) (Biography of Daniel Ernst Jablonski)

1693:
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b: March 18, 1634 ; d: May 25, 1693) (Biography of Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette)

1681:
Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b: January 17, 1600 ; d: May 25, 1681) (Biography of Pedro Calderon de la Barca)

1667:
Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b: February 4, 1620 ; d: May 25, 1667) (Biography of Gustaf Bonde)

1632:
Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b: April 14, 1572 ; d: May 25, 1632) (Biography of Adam Tanner)

1595:
Valens Acidalius (d: May 25, 1595) (Biography of Valens Acidalius)

1555:
Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (b: December 9, 1508 ; d: May 25, 1555) (Biography of Gemma Frisius)
Henry II of Navarre (d: May 25, 1555) (Biography of Henry II of Navarre)

1452:
John Stafford (d: May 25, 1452) (Biography of John Stafford)

1261:
Pope Alexander IV (d: May 25, 1261) (Biography of Pope Alexander IV)

1085:
Pope Gregory VII (d: May 25, 1085) (Biography of Pope Gregory VII)

992:
Mieszko I (d: May 25, 992) (Biography of Mieszko I)

967:
Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b: June 2, 926 ; d: May 25, 967) (Biography of Murakami)

735:
Bede (d: May 25, 735) (Biography of Bede)

709:
Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne (d: May 25, 709) (Biography of Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/25-may/deaths.html