What happened this day in history May 25

What are the important events that happened on May 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

May 25: Facts & Myths About This Day

May 25 is the 145th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 220 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 12, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 485,592 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatetracontapentagon’ day.

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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 268 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,538 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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May 25 Historical Events

  • 240 BC
    First recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet.
  • 1420
    Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
  • 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 of England.
  • 1798
    United Irishmen Rebellion: The Carnew massacre, Dunlavin massacre and Carlow massacre takes place.
  • 1878
    Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
  • 1951
    Future Hall of Famer Willie Mays was called up by the New York Giants from their farm team Minneapolis Millers. We went 0-5 in his first major league game.
  • 1953
    Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conduct their first and only nuclear artillery test.
  • 1966
    Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
  • 1982
    HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.
  • 1999
    The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People’s Republic of China’s nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.

Who were born on May 25?

  • 1848
    Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, editor and publisher (d. 1924)
  • 1886
    Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary (d. 1945)
  • 1887
    Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1968)
  • 1888
    Miles Malleson, English actor (d. 1969)
  • 1921
    Jack Steinberger, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1953
    Eve Ensler, American playwright
  • 1969
    Stacy London, American fashion consultant
  • 1975
    Blaise Nkufo, Swiss footballer
  • 1984
    Luke Ball, Australian rules footballer
  • 1986
    Juri Ueno, Japanese actress

Who died on May 25?

  • 615
    Pope Boniface IV (b. c. 550)
  • 1261
    Pope Alexander IV
  • 1789
    Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)
  • 1849
    Benjamin d'Urban, British general and colonial administrator (b. 1777)
  • 1899
    Rosa Bonheur, French realist painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
  • 1930
    Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)
  • 1968
    Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
  • 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)

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