Tukuk-OS📅 May 25
23 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on May 25? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2020 — George Floyd, a black American man, was murdered (memorial pictured) during an arrest by a white police officer in Minneapolis, sparking protests in the U.S. and other countries.
- 2013 — Naxalite insurgents of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) attacked a convoy of Indian National Congress leaders in the state of Chhattisgarh, causing at least 27 deaths.
Naxalite–Maoist insurgencyCommunist Party of India (Maoist)2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley
- 2012 — In a test flight, SpaceX's Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
- 2011 — The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated daytime talk show in U.S. television history, hosted by Oprah Winfrey (pictured), was broadcast.
The Oprah Winfrey ShowTalk showTelevision in the United States
- 2009 — North Korea conducted a nuclear test and several other missile tests that were widely condemned internationally and led to sanctions from the United Nations Security Council.
2009 North Korean nuclear testUnited Nations Security Council
- 1979 — Six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on his way to school in New York City, and later became one of the first missing children to have his picture featured on milk cartons.
- 1979 — During takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, an engine detached from American Airlines Flight 191, causing a crash that killed 273 people in the deadliest aviation accident in United States history.
- 1971 — Joetha Collier, a recent high school graduate, was killed in Drew, Mississippi, in a case that attracted widespread attention from civil rights activists.
- 1967 — Having purged a group of rivals, Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Il Sung delivered the "May 25 teaching", entrenching his son Kim Jong Il as his designated successor.
Kapsan faction incidentSupreme Leader (North Korean title)Kim Il Sung
- 1962 — The Baltimore Steam Packet Company, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, went out of business.
- 1961 — In an address to Congress, U.S. president John F. Kennedy announced his support for the Apollo program, with "the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth".
Joint session of the United States CongressJohn F. KennedyApollo program
- 1961 — A fire broke out at a squatter settlement in Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore, rendering approximately 16,000 people homeless.
- 1955 — Joe Brown and George Band, members of the British Kangchenjunga expedition, made the first ascent of the world's third-highest mountain but deliberately did not set foot on the summit.
Joe Brown (climber)George Band1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition
- 1944 — The Wehrmacht and their collaborationist allies launched Operation Rösselsprung, a failed attempt to assassinate the Yugoslav Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito.
- 1940 — Second World War: German troops captured Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, forcing British forces to evacuate via Dunkirk.
- 1936 — Employees of the Remington Rand company began an 11-month strike action, during which time the company executives developed the notorious "Mohawk Valley formula" to intimidate the strikers.
- 1895 — Oscar Wilde was sentenced by Alfred Wills to two years of hard labor for gross indecency.
- 1878 — Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore (poster featured) premiered at the Opera Comique in London.
- 1816 — The poems Kubla Khan and Christabel by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge were published.
- 1810 — The Primera Junta, the first independent government in Argentina, was established in an open cabildo in Buenos Aires, marking the end of the May Revolution.
- 1787 — The Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia with the intention of revising the Articles of Confederation of the United States.
Constitutional Convention (United States)PhiladelphiaArticles of Confederation
- 1782 — American Revolutionary War: US Colonel William Crawford began a failed expedition to destroy British-allied American Indian towns along the Sandusky River in the Ohio Country.
American Revolutionary WarWilliam Crawford (soldier)Crawford expedition
- 1644 — Ming–Qing transition: Ming general Wu Sangui allowed the invading Manchu to cross the Great Wall of China, enabling them to capture Beijing and establish the Qing dynasty.
Births
- 2002 — Cam Ward, American football player
- 2001 — Chloé Lukasiak, American actress and dancer
- 2000 — Claire Liu, American tennis player
- 1999 — Brec Bassinger, American actress
- 1999 — Ibrahima Konaté, French footballer
- 1996 — David Pastrňák, Czech ice hockey player
- 1995 — Kagiso Rabada, South African cricketer
- 1994 — Matt Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1994 — Aly Raisman, American gymnast
- 1993 — James Porter, English cricketer
- 1993 — Norman Powell, American basketball player
- 1990 — Bo Dallas, American wrestler
Deaths
- 2026 — Sonny Rollins, American jazz musician (born 1930)
- 2024 — Grayson Murray, American professional golfer (born 1993)
- 2024 — Albert S. Ruddy, Canadian film producer (born 1930)
- 2024 — Richard M. Sherman, American songwriter (born 1928)
- 2024 — Johnny Wactor, American actor (born 1986)
- 2023 — Joy McKean, Australian country music singer-songwriter (born 1930)
- 2022 — Morton L. Janklow, American literary agent (born 1930)
- 2021 — John Warner, American attorney and politician (born 1927)
- 2021 — Lois Ehlert, American author and illustrator (born 1934)
- 2020 — George Floyd, African American man murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (born 1973)
- 2019 — Claus von Bülow, Danish-British socialite (born 1926)
- 2018 — Kaduvetti Guru, Indian politician and Veera Vanniyar caste leader (born 1961)
Observances & holidays
- Africa Day (African Union)
- African Liberation Day (African Union, Rastafari)
- Christian feast day: Aldhelm
- Christian feast day: Bede
- Christian feast day: Canius
- Christian feast day: Cristóbal Magallanes
- Christian feast day: Denis Ssebuggwawo Wasswa
- Christian feast day: Dionysius of Milan
- Christian feast day: Dúnchad mac Cinn Fáelad
- Christian feast day: Gerard of Lunel
- Christian feast day: Madeleine Sophie Barat
- Christian feast day: Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
- Christian feast day: Maximus (Mauxe) of Évreux
- Christian feast day: Pope Gregory VII
- Christian feast day: Zenobius of Florence
- Christian feast day: May 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- First National Government / National Day (Argentina)
- Geek Pride Day (geek culture)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Jordan from the United Kingdom in 1946.
- Last bell (Russia, post-Soviet countries)
- Liberation Day (Lebanon)
- International Missing Children's Day and its related observances: National Missing Children's Day (United States),
- National Tap Dance Day (United States)
- Towel Day in honour of the work of the writer Douglas Adams
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